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read that look, but she knew she never had wanted him to stop; it had made her breath catch in her throat. Their eyes had locked, their argument forgotten. Suddenly she knew with certainty he would bridge the couple of inches separating them and kiss her, and she had also known she had wanted that kiss desperately. Unfortunately, it had been the moment her brother chose to reappear. They had sprung quickly apart at the sound of his footsteps, and looked away from each other. She would never forget the sad little smile he had given her; never forget that it was the moment she realized she had fallen in love with him.
     
    She knew then that she couldn’t give a damn if Ben was dating Shelley and Madonna, and that in fact she had never really cared. Nor did she care about what he thought of her. She had met the men she was meant to be with; all she had to do was to convince him she was the one for him as well. Her hopes grew every time he smiled at her, every time she saw a quick flash of the longing she felt for him reflected in his eyes. And the day when, clammy handed, stomach knotted in three, she went to ask him to the dance, her initial reason for the invite lay completely forgotten, all she could think about was that she would be able to spend some time alone with him. To her complete joy, he had accepted, although his comment that “he couldn’t let his friend’s little sister go alone to a dance” made her grind her teeth; she would have to make sure he saw her as a woman as opposed to someone’s little sister.

Finally the day of the dance had come. Eva had bought the perfect dress. It was red and simple and she thought she looked rather good in it. The cut of the dress hinted more then it showed her high rounded breasts. The dark color offset her fair complexion. It hugged her tiny waist and flared around her slender hips, to stop a couple of inches above her knees, showing long tanned legs. Her long wavy black hair was left untied and flowed silkily down the middle of her back. For only accessories she had the sparkles in her eyes, an instead of lipstick she opted for lip-gloss that made her full lips look wet and inviting. She knew she looked a far cry from the usual pony-tailed jean clad girl, but she wanted Jake to be proud to be seen with her, wanted him to see her as a woman. Just as she took a last look in the mirror and was ready to go downstairs to meet her date, her phone rang.
    “Hello?”
    “Hey girl, so you ready for the big date?” Alex asked from the other end?
    Eva smiled thinking of Jake, hoping he would finally notice she wasn’t just Josh’s sister.
    “Yes, I hope Jake realize we are made for each other…”
    Alex voice came back on the line a little confused.
    “Jake? But I thought it was Ben you wanted to get back at.”
    Eva groaned inwardly as she suddenly recalled her revenge plan. She also cursed her omission to tell Alex all about her change of heart, and of her new feelings for Jake. For some reason she hadn’t told her best friend her true feelings. So now, Alex was not likely to understand why she would forgo revenge, which they so carefully planned. Still she had to make Alex understand and make her promise to forget all about it.
    “Hmmm Alex, I don’t think its such a good idea after all, I don’t care enough about Ben to go through the trouble. I mean we should just enjoy ourselves and forget all about our plan.
    “What? Are you insane? Revenge is a must Eva. You will see, after you will feel a lot better and plus, can you imagine Shelley’s face when you are going to walk in with Jake on your arm, and have Ben beg you to take him back? It will be priceless believe me. You can’t, not do this.” Alex sounded so certain it was the thing to do. Eva thought, “What’s the harm in it?” Jake was still going with her; he didn’t have to find out that she had originally had other reasons to ask him. Lost in her thoughts and self-justification, she didn’t notice