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That was an understatement because he
looked more than great, he looked amazing, like a superstar. He was
wearing designer dark denim jeans with a long sleeve green collared
shirt that matched my dress. He had left the first few buttons
open, like celebrities do, and it wasn’t tucked in. He topped it
off with a really expensive looking chocolate brown leather jacket,
and matching brown shoes. He also had sunglasses on, which he took
off when he saw me. He could easily have been going to the Teen
Choice awards, instead of a silly high school Valentine’s dance. I
knew that I was so lucky to have him as my date, but there was
something missing. I couldn’t quite put my finger on it.
    Chase opened the shiny black limo door
for me, even though the driver had gotten out. His bodyguards were
following us in a black SUV. Thank goodness they weren’t riding
with us, because they scared me to death. You definitely didn’t
want to mess with them.
    I had never seen the inside of a limo
before, and it was better than I had imagined. There were rows of
soft white leather seats, and a fluffy white carpet. There was a
plasma TV with huge speakers, and even a mirror ball hanging from
the ceiling.
    “ Would you like a glass of
non-alcoholic champagne?” He held up a bottle.
    “ Yes please.” My mouth
always got really dry like sandpaper when I’m nervous.
    He popped the cork, and the champagne
didn’t soak us like I had expected.
    Chase was sitting very close to me, and
it made me feel like I couldn’t breathe. My dress suddenly felt too
tight.
    It was absolutely unreal to be sitting
with Chase Carson in his limo. If you had told me a week ago that
this would have happened, I would have laughed hysterically.
Everything was so perfect, even the warm February weather was just
right.
    “ You smell delicious.” He
said, sniffing me like a dog.
    I leaned slightly away from him. “It’s
the perfume you gave me. Thank you for the gifts, it was really
sweet of you.”
    “ It was my pleasure. It’s
the least I can do for such a beautiful girl. If beauty were time,
you'd be eternity.”
    I smiled, and looked out the
window.
    “ If a thousand painters worked for a thousand years, they
could not create a work of art as beautiful as you.”
    “ You’re going to give me a
big head,” I said, patting his hand.
    “ It’s strange, I feel so
nervous around you. My heart is racing, my palms are sweating, and
my knees are weak.”
    It realized that it must have been the
love potion causing him to feel the symptoms of infatuation. That’s
what Liz said happens to a person’s body when those three chemicals
are released. Except that with Chase, the infatuation was
artificial.
    “ I haven’t been able to
eat all day, or even sit still, so I practiced my dance moves in my
home studio all afternoon.”
    “ You have your own
studio?” I asked, shocked by his celebrity lifestyle.
    “ Yes, and my own movie
theatre, tennis court, and bowling alley.”
    “ Wow, you must live in a
mansion.”
    “ Money can’t buy love.” He
opened the window and pointed to the stars. “If a star fell from
the sky every time I thought of you, then tonight the sky would be
empty…”
    “ Ok, we’re here.” I
interrupted loudly, clapping my hands. His constant gushing was
getting a bit annoying, especially because I knew that it wasn’t
really him talking, it was the love potion. Everything was
happening so fast, I felt like I couldn’t keep up. I had been too
shocked to feel really happy. I always thought that I knew how I
would feel if Chase loved me, but I didn’t feel like that. Maybe it
was because of the love potion. I felt bad that he was only doing
everything because of the love potion. But at the same time, it
felt good to have so much attention from him, and to be so popular.
I felt like a star, just like the perfume.
    He put his sunglasses back on even
though it was dark outside, and held my hand as we exited the limo.
My senses were