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                                                                 10 years earlier

"Pat! Get up!!", Melanie insisted. "You said you wanted to meet him, didn't you?" "Well, yeah sure. But what if he doesn't like me or thinks I'm a total dork?"

"He's not going to think that", Melissa chimed in.

"How do YOU know, Missy?", Pat asked, curiously. "Pat, I'm insulted! You think I don't know my OWN brother? Come on!!", Missy insisted, "Let's go!"

"But.." "Oh, come on, Pat!", Melanie chimed in.

"Well," Patricia hesitated. "Ok, I'll go!" "Great!", Missy replied. "But, I'm not promising ANYTHING!", Patrica laughed.

"Ok, ok! That's cool", Misy said. "Sounds fair", Mlanie agreed, "Now, let's go!"

                                                       Later that day...

Melissa led the way through the bowling alley, constantly searching for her older brother.

"Hey! There he is!", Melanie jumped up excitedly. "Where?", Missy asked. "Over there", Melanie pointed. "He's trying on shoes with Dillon, Brad, and Scottie."

Melissa searched through the crowd until she saw her brother. "Oh, I see him!", she replied. "Wel, I don't", Pat responded, nervously.

"Oh, come on", Melanie replied. "Ok,"Pat responded.

The three made their way through the crowd, eventually catching up with the four guys.

"Hey, Franklin!", Melissa teased. "Sis, we're in public! Can we just stick to Frank, please?", he uttered, giving his sister a wink.

"Yeah, sure. I guess so!", she laughed. "Listen, there's someone I want you to meet!"

"Should I be glad?", he said sarcastically, smiling at his three friends as they laughed at his response.

Patricia smiled awkwardly at Frank's remark as she watched Missy roll her brown eyes at her no-so-charming brother. "Yes, as a matter fact, you SHOULD!", she replied, smiling. "This is my friend, Patricia. Patricia, this is my brother, Frank.. Now thatwe're all aware of who each other is, Melanie and I are going to the snack bar to get a couple sodas. See ya, Pat!!"

"Missy," Pat whispered as she grabbed onto her friend's ar,"don't leave me here alone with these guys!" "Sorry, Pat, but you'll thank me later," Missy said. "Yeah, if I don't KILL you first!", she responded. "Bye, Pat!!", she called out again.

Melanie and Missy laughed and trotted off together, leaving Pat with Dillon, Brad, Frank, and Scottie.

"So, Pat.. Did you just move here?", Frank asked. "Yeah, about a week ago", she responded. "My dad got transferred here from his job."

"Sounds rough", Scott responded. "Not really. We move around alot. Dad's always getting transferred somewhere so I've just learned to get used to it. But this time, he promised that we'd be here at least unti I graduate high school, which really isn't too long from now anyway," she laughed. "Then, I plan to go on to college and move into a small town afterwards as soon as I figure out my major and get a job of my own. I hate moving around!"

"I think it sounds pretty cool myself," Dillon chimed in. "Not when you're used to doing it all your life", Pat interrupted.

"Yeah, I see where you're coming from", Frank answered. "But, uh, you said that you were graduating soon, so what grade are you going in? Or, more importantly, how old are you?"

"You know what he's thinking about", Brad laughed. "Oh yeah! Go for it, Frank!", Dillon laughed.

"Would you two just shut up!!", Frank responded, a little frustrated. He turned to face Pat as his three friends made kissing faces behind his back.

Ignoring them, Pat responded, "I'm a junior in high school and I'm sixteen. I'll be seventeen next Saturday." "Well then, Happy Birthday early", Frank said. "Thanks, she answered, feeling somewhat awkward again.

"So, what school are you going to?", he asked.

"Hey, Frank! We gonna bowl sometime today or not?!", Scott asked. "No, you guys go ahead", he said to them, then turned to Pat. "Can I buy you  coke or something at the snack bar?"

"But Frank, we need a fourth man so the teams will be even!", Dillon complained.

"I'll play!", Jonathan replied from behind Scottie. "Allright, Johnny!!," the threesome yelled. "Thanks man, I owe ya one", Frank replied.

Patricia giggled as she and Frank walked away from the group towards the snack bar.