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beautiful girl I have ever laid
eyes on,” he said.  Again, he was unaware of where these words were coming
from.  “And you seem to like me.  You even seem romantically inclined towards
me.  That never happens.  None of this ever happens.  So can you see why I am
dubious about this?  It all seems like an elaborate hoax, set up to make me
look foolish. I’ve seen that movie with the pig’s blood, and I don’t have the
power to strike back like that girl did, so please spare me getting played for
a fool tonight.”
    Her eyes had
brightened when he told her how beautiful he thought she was, but they darkened
again when he finished.  Sapphire looked down at her hands for a moment.  Jimmy
thought she was either about to cry or reveal that this was all a joke.  He
braced himself for the humiliation.  Then, suddenly, she looked up at him
again.
    “Jimmy,” she said,
“you are too hard on yourself.  Maybe, just maybe, sometimes good things happen
to nice people.  Learn to accept a miracle when one falls into your lap.”
    She leaned forward
suddenly.  Before he even realized what she was doing, her lips were pressed
against his.  Jimmy’s eyes opened wide and, at first, he tried to pull back. 
When he did, she pushed forward, keeping her lips on his.  He finally relaxed
and let himself kiss her back.  Her lips, at first, were very cold, like ice
and then they warmed at his touch.  He felt a tingling start at the very tips
of his toes and wash over his body and felt sweat spring out on his forehead. 
He lifted his right arm and put it on her shoulder and, with his other hand
felt her skin beneath her dress.  He heard music, from somewhere, and it
sounded like old-time music from some forgotten era, like a memory or a fading
radio station.  It was faint, in the background, but enough to drown out the
sound of the music from the gym.  Then, even more faintly, he heard something
that sounded like a scream.  He pulled back. 
    “Let’s go dance,”
she said, and smiled.
    Jimmy nodded and
opened the passenger door.  His legs felt weak and his muscles felt as if they
had been ripped out and replaced with over-cooked pasta.  He managed to get out
of the car and stood next to the open door and held out his hand to help
Sapphire.  When she was out, she turned and put her hand in his while he closed
the door.  When he walked, he felt as if he was floating about six inches above
the asphalt.
    “Let’s dance,” he
said.

3
    When Jimmy and Sapphire entered the gymnasium, the music nearly bowled
them over.  The bass was thumping and the walls were vibrating.  Jimmy was
almost ready to head back into the parking lot and then he looked to his left
and saw that Sapphire was smiling and she turned to look at him.  The colored
lights washed over her face and he was lost.  That feeling came over him again,
and he suddenly had the most powerful urge to dance.
    It was then that
he looked around and noticed that most of the people in the gym were looking at
them.  George was standing in the middle of the room; gathered around him were
what appeared to be several members of the football team.  George looked as if
he was in mid-speech.  All of the football players were staring at the door
Jimmy and Sapphire had just walked through.  While there were several students
still dancing as if their lives depended on it on the dance floor, most of the
dancers had stopped, as well.
    “I think our
entrance was noticed,” Jimmy said.
    Sapphire’s smile
managed to get wider. “Let them watch.  Come on.”
    She grabbed his
hand. For an instant, her hand was ice cold, and then, suddenly, it was warm,
and then hot.  She pulled on his hand and led him onto the dance floor.  The
crowd on the floor parted to let them in, and Sapphire led them right to the
center of the floor. 
    Jimmy was not
normally a dancer.  In fact, he had the coordination of a tree with Dutch Elm
disease.  As such, he normally avoided going