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play
them!
” Arnie declared, meaning the twins.
    â€œThey are
hot!
” Bobby agreed. “Did you see the way one of them was checking me out?”
    â€œThat’s because your fly is unzipped,” Arnie joked.
    â€œI can’t tell them apart,” Paul offered. “Which one was Bree and which one was Samantha?”
    â€œWhat difference does it make?” Bobby demanded. “They’re both totally hot!” He was silent for a moment. “Talk about dating two girls at once! What would it be like to go out with twins? Wow.”
    Paul shook his head. “Bobby, even you wouldn’t do that.”
    â€œSure he would,” Arnie said enthusiastically.
    â€œSure I would,” Bobby murmured thoughtfully. “I’d go out with one on Friday and the other one on Saturday. And make them swear not to tell the other.”
    â€œNo way,” Paul insisted.
    â€œWhy shouldn’t I give each of them a break?” Bobby demanded, warming to the idea. “I mean, why not spread it around? Those two girls have been deprived for too long.”
    â€œAt least he isn’t conceited,” Paul muttered dryly.
    Bobby spun around to face his two friends. “You don’t think I could do it?”
    â€œI think they’d tell each other,” Paul replied. “And then they’d tell you to get lost.”
    â€œWant to bet?” Bobby demanded heatedly.
    Arnie twirled a drumstick in his fingers. He studied Bobby’s serious expression. “You really think you could date both Wade twins in one weekend?”
    â€œNo problem, guys,” Bobby boasted. “No problem at all.”

chapter 3
A Warning
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I ’m late. I’ve got to run,” Paul said. He slid his keyboard into the cabinet. “My mom is going to be waiting in the street.”
    â€œGood practice,” Bobby commented, his eyes on the heavy gray clouds outside the music room window. “Maybe you guys won’t embarrass me Friday night.”
    â€œThe two
Tommy
songs need work,” Paul said, hurrying to the door. “We weren’t together. And the tempo was way too slow.”
    â€œYeah,” Bobby agreed. He played a fast riff from one of the
Tommy
songs. “I’ve been listening to the CD. That’s the right tempo. Same as The Who.”
    â€œWho’s on first?” Arnie chimed in.
    â€œWhat’s on second” was Bobby’s reply.
    â€œI’m out of here,” Paul said.
    Bobby unplugged the white Fender Strat from the amp. He grinned at Arnie. “Think the Wade twins are still around?”
    â€œYou’re really going to do it?” Arnie asked.
    â€œYou can have them when I’m done,” Bobby told him.
    â€œYou’re a real friend,” Arnie joked. He started a drumroll but dropped a stick. It clattered to the floor and rolled in front of Bobby. As Bobby bent to pick it up, he saw Melanie Harris step into the room.
    Bobby tossed the drumstick at her. “Think fast!”
    Melanie let out a surprised squeal and ducked out of the way. The drumstick hit the wall and bounced across the floor. “Give me a break,” Melanie said. She bent to pick up the drumstick, then scowled at Bobby.
    Bobby laughed. He watched Melanie as she crossed the room to Arnie. She was a short girl, a little chunky. She had waist-length straight brown hair that she usually wore in a single braid. She had beautiful brown eyes and a great smile.
    Bobby had fallen for that amazing smile. The previous spring he had gone out with Melanie for nearly three months. A record for him.
    But Melanie stopped smiling at him when she discovered he was dating other girls behind her back. She broke up with him immediately, tears running down her face. She hadn’t smiled at him since.
    Now she was going with Arnie.
    Just as well, Bobby thought. He really didn’t like the emotional ones. Why did she have to cry the night she broke up