High school for the arts

[art_dancer]

I shake my head saying, "I don't want you to have to lie about yourself. When you eventually meet my parents, then I want you to just be yourself.. and they'll just have to learn to get over it," I tell him, following him out to the car. "Wow, that's pretty," I tell him with a smile, looking at the tiara.

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"Alright. I can do that." He said to her. He looked at the crown. "Thank you. It was like three dollars at the dollar store. I buy one for every girls birthday that I work at." He said to her as he shut the door and locked it before going back in and giving the tiara to Marissa. Marissa smiled. "I love it! Thank you prince charming!" She said smiling. She put it on. "Of course." Eric said.

[art_dancer]

I follow him back inside, smiling as the young girl places the tiara on her head. "Beautiful," I tell her smiling. "Now you look like a true princess. Tiara and all."

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Marissa smiled and hugged him and then hugged Rosemary. "Thank you so much! Best Birthday ever!" She said and some of the parents came and picked up their kids. Eric sat on the floor because the others wanted to play duck duck goose. He said he would play.

[art_dancer]

I smiled, looking down at the girl and hugging her back. I watch as Eric sits down on the ground to play duck duck goose, smiling at the thought of him being chased around by some eight year old girls. It was quite funny if you thought about it.

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Marissa tagged Eric and Eric ran after her. He was clearly wanting her to win and did not run very fast. Eric tagged another little girl and let her catch him. He sat in the middle of the circle and smiled at Rosemary.

[art_dancer]

I smiled back at him. My silly Prince Charming, and my other lead in the play. I really hope this date works out. Really, there was a lot riding on this. If things didn't go well, it could get awkward between us. And there was no room for awkwardness when are in the play together.

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Eric stayed in the middle the rest of the game. The rest of the girls were picked up and Marissa hugged them. "Thanks for coming to my party." She said and walked to her room with some of her new toys. Her mom came over and paid them $50 each. "Thank you both for coming." She said. Eric nodded and put the money in his pocket. "Anytime." Eric said and took Rosemary's hand and went out to the car. He opened the door for her.

[art_dancer]

"Thank you, it was a lot of fun," I say, taking the money and putting it away. Once we get into the car, I tell Eric, "and thank you for talking me into doing that. I had a lot of fun. It was lovely being your princess," I add with a laugh.

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"I am glad that you liked it. You did perfect." He said to her. "I had a lot of fun being your prince. I hope to get to do that for a while." Eric said smiling at her. He got in and drove. "Want to go to my house and change before you go home so your parents don't say anything about the way you are dressed?" He asked her.