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           EMBRACE AND HUGGED ME.
         
         “I’M GLAS YOU CAME.” SHE SAJJIJ.I LOOKED INTO HER EYES.I LOOKED AWAY AND
         
         LEANED INTO TODD.THE SONG ENDED AND I DISENTANGLED MYSELF AND WALKED OVER
         
         TO THE PUNCH TABLE.DRAKE CAME OVER A MINUTE LATER.I BUSIED MYSELF
         
         ADJUSTING MY HAIR.I STARTED TO WALK AWAY.DRAKE SEIZED MY ARM.
         
           “SHE REALLY CARES ABOUT YOU.” HE SAID IN HIS DEEP VOICE.I LOOKED AT
         DRAKE,MY LOWER LIP TREMBLING.
         
           “SHE MIGHT BE i’HiE ONLY ONE.” I SAID CRUELY.I TOSSED MY HALF FULL CUP
         IN THE TRASH.
         
           “ANDREA?” HE ASKED.I LOOKED AT HIM.
         
         “WHAT?” I SAID HARSHLY.DRAKE JUST LOOKED ME OVER.
         
           “WHY CAN’T YOU BE HAPPY FOR ME?” HE ASKED QUIETLY.A TEAR SLID DOWN MY
         CHEEK.
         
           “WHY CAN’T I BE HAPPY... .FOR YOU?” I ASKED MY VOICE TREMBLING.OH
         MY HOW IT HURT TO TALK TO HIM.
         
           “YES ANDREA.” HE SAID.I SLAPPED HIM THEN.
         
             “BECAUSE YOU NEVER WANTED US TO BE HAOPY.ANDI?ANDI?ANDI!?”
         
         
         
           I BOLTED UPRIGHT AND FOUND MYSELF SUDDENLT UNDERWATER.
         STRONG ARMS LIFTED ME.I LOOKED INTO DRAKE’S SMILING FACE.
         
           “SOME DREAM,HUH BABE?” DRAKE ASKED.I LOOKED AROUND.OKAY,NOW I WAS
         
         EMBARRASSED.HOW,I ASKED MYSELF,COULD I FALL ASLEEP ON THE POOL’S EDGE
         AT MY OWN POOL PARTY? I LAUGHED AND KISSED DRAKE ON HIS LIPS.
         
           “A VERY INTERESTING DREAM.” I SAID SWEETLY.I SAW KIMBER IN THE
         
         WATER PLAYING VOLLEYBALL WITH A COUPLE OF HER FRIENDS.I LAUGHED AS DRAKE
         EASILY PICKED ME UP AND CARRIED ME OUT OF THE POOL.I SAW MY BROTHER HANK0
         LOOK AT ME THEN DOWN AT HIS GIRLFRIEND SKYE WELLS.DRAKE SET ME DOWN
         
         GENTLY ON A LOUNGE CHAIR AND HANDED ME A TOWEL.i wrapped it around my
         
         SLINKY WHITE BIKINI AND STOOD UP.I SHIVERED,BUT NOT FROM THE WARM BREEZE
         THAT BLEW THROUGH THE YARD.
         
           WAS IT THAT DREAM?WHAT WASTHAT DREAM ABOUT?