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thought we could, you know, after the practice.
    Want to?”
    Her heart thumped. “Uh. Well. I’m not sure how long we’ll go. It gets late sometimes.” Alex reached out and looped some of her hair in his fingertips. A lazy grin spread across his face. “Can’t wait.” Jennifer stiffened. Uh-oh. What have I done?
    Brought a monster to life? No, Alex isn’t really a monster.
    He’s a football player, heavy emphasis on the player.
    “I’ll probably be really tired after,” she explained. “Really tired.”
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    He still had her hair in his fingers, wasn’t letting go.
    “I’ll wake you up.”
    As casually as she could, she eased back. Her hair fell to the side of her face. Chip announced the five-minute break was over and relief coursed through her. “I have to go.”
    Alex sat back in the chair, as if his butt was rooted.
    “I’ll be right here.”
    “Oh—okay.”
    Jennifer wrung her hands as she walked back to the stage. The heat of every curious eye in the auditorium pricked her in the back. Snaky whispers snuck in the air.
    Her gaze fell directly on John. His gaze bore into hers.
    “Let’s take it from scene twenty,” Chip announced.
    “John. Jenn.”
    The stage cleared. Because scene twenty was the scene where they kissed, none of the cast disappeared backstage; they eagerly found seats in the auditorium.
    “ ‘Kay you guys, we’ll start whenever you’re ready,” Chip called, his voice fading as he walked to the rear of the theater. “People, take your seats, we’re almost out of time.”
    John only briefly looked down at the tape marking the spot on the dark wood floor. His eyes lifted to Jennifer’s. Raw determination set firmly in his jaw, fired bright colors in his eyes. Jennifer took in a deep breath. It wasn’t enough. She couldn’t think of her line.
    The room was quiet as a tomb.
    “Jenn?” Chip asked.
    Her entire body flushed. “I’m ready.” Then she made herself walk to her starting mark.
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    these walls, for stony limits cannot hold love out.” Intensity snapped in the hot air around John. Gold flecks in his eyes lit to fiery amber. Muscles in his arms and body flexed and moved with urgency. Jennifer almost lost her train of thought. She had to switch gears fast.
    She forgot the bodies to her right and the scent of paint evaporated. When the music crested, cuing them to kiss, her heart soared with the violins. He took her hands.
    Gently, he drew her toward him and the air was filled with everything wonderful and curious about him, past and present.
    She wet her lips, looking at his as he spoke.
    “Alack, there lies more peril in thine eye than twenty of their swords. Look thou but sweet, and I am proof against their enmity.”
    She took a breath and said, “I would not for the world they saw thee here.”
    “I have night’s cloak to hide me from their eyes.
    And but thou love me, let them find me here. My life were better ended by their hate, than prorogued, wanting of thy love.”
    The colors in his eyes shifted, like a rainbow moved by the breeze. Silence surrounded them. His head dipped. She closed her eyes, eager to taste the soft sweetness of him again.
    “We’re out of time, guys,” Chip’s booming voice severed the silky silence.
    Jennifer’s eyes shot open, John’s did the same.
    Both moved back, still joined at their hands by the poetic exchange of words. Chip ordered the house lights up over moans and complaints barking from the cast who felt gypped not getting to see the kiss.
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    “Sorry, guys.” Chip held up both hands as he quickly strode to the front of the stage, clipboard tucked under his arm. “But I’ve had a few complaints from parents who will remain nameless about rehearsals going too late.” Another round of groaning