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The chum and the sparkle

Dana Manoli

Submitted to Contest #254

Here we go again. Stiff, sweaty, uncomfortable, at yet another dance party he didn't want to attend; steering at the changing couples from one dance to another, noticing secret glances and remembering the beautiful summer evenings in the country.He genuinely had no choice. This year he must accompany his mother and sister to all the made up by the ton parties. Brianna, his younger sister, made her debut.So he sits and waits for hours, just like the porters stuck up at the door. He, for one, has no intention of making even a non-compulsory ge...

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