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to be. I wasn’t the millionaire with four houses, six cars, and groupies in every town.
    No. The moment I saw her, I was just me. I was just the boy Alexia Sloane promised to love forever, and the boy who made her his world. I would have given her anything, would have given up everything just to keep her happy… just to have her stay mine. The boy she walked away from and never looked back…
    I look to the stars, the same stars I once looked at with her. Behind the levee, next to the slow moving Mississippi River, beneath the oak tree that was once our spot and I roar at the heavens. Then I drop to my knees and grab my forehead as the memories start to pour into my head.

    Lexi
    10 years ago
    Today is the day. I know it. I can feel it. Today is the day I will finally tell Jude how I feel.
    It’s my sixteenth birthday, and also the Fourth of July. Yay me, I can’t even get my own day to celebrate, but at least every year we have fireworks.
    I’ve been planning all day what I’ll wear to the celebration on the levee. A bunch of us are meeting up and Erik is coming over to help me get ready.
    But tonight, tonight is the night I will finally get what I’ve wanted my whole life. I can feel it.
    Jude Delecroix. He’s my best friend. He’s tall and skinny, with lean muscles, but he makes my heart beat so fast. We’ve been friends since we were kids. I don’t remember a time when it wasn’t Erik, Jude, and me. We’re inseparable. Everything we do is together. It’s been that way as long as I can remember. The ‘Three Musketeers’, that’s us.
    Jude has been dating Michelle off and on for a few years now. I hate her. She’s so snotty and just a real bitch. She treats Jude like shit and thinks she’s so much better than everyone else. She’s skinny and pretty, but her personality is just vapid. She’s so toxic it makes her ugly. But no matter what Erik and I say, she always manages to wrap her claws back around Jude.
    But not this time. I talked to Jude last night; Michelle cheated on him, again . And this time with a total loser. He broke up with her and this time, this time he swears he’s done.
    Tonight is my chance. It’s past time I get my guy. It’s my birthday, my night, and my chance… and I’m taking it.
    I hear a knock on my bedroom door and Erik sticks his head in. He hands me a pink fluffy teddy bear and a dozen pink Gerber daisies, my favorite.
    Sweeping me off my feet he spins me around presses kisses to my head and tells me, “Happy Birthday!”
    Erik is seventeen, the same as Jude, but where Jude is long and slender, and tight, Erik is six feet of solid, thick muscle. It simply isn’t right that a seventeen year old boy can have a body like that. Lots of girls watch him (hell, even me) but they can watch all they want. He never even notices them. As beautiful as he is with that body and that wavy brown hair and smoky blue eyes, he’s not into girls. He’s a beautiful Adonis with a heart of gold, and some guy will sure be lucky someday.
    He sets me on my feet after making me dizzy from the spinning with a huge perfect smile. “Are you ready, love? Tonight is the night, right? Let’s get you looking gorgeous! Jude won’t know what hit him. Although, how he’s left you alone until now is a mystery to me!”
    I blush and tuck my chin down against my very ample chest. “Yes, tonight is my night. Jude is going to finally be mine!”
    Four hours and much pampering later, we’re ready and just waiting for Jude to pick us up. With Erik’s help, I’ve settled on a pair of short cut-offs, a cropped red tank top with a bit of lace at the top, and blue and red flip flops. My wavy auburn hair has been tamed and is falling in soft, touchable waves all the way down my back with the sides swept up with red clips. I have on just a slight amount of gold eye shadow to make my eyes pop, and cherry lip gloss. I really don’t need much else since I’ve been blessed with great skin.
    I have to admit, I