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Everyone Loves Claire

"C'mon, Claire! You gotta pick ONE of them! You can't have all, ya know?!" Popuri nagged into my face.

We were having a sleepover, just me and her. Best friends and gal pals. She was my only best friend here in Mineral Town. Ann, Elli, and the others were just people I could rely on, but not my best friends. Just blue-heartish, y'know what I mean? Also, Popuri was the only one who knew about my multiply boyfriends.

"I can't really pick just ONE! They're all so…so…handsome. It's impossible for me not to have crushes on all fi - I mean four. Four really cute guys." I protested.

Ever since I arrived in Mineral Town, I've taken a liking for all the bachelors. They all had good qualities, it's so hard to pick ONE!

There's Cliff, the cute brunette. The shy guy. He looks so cute when he blushes!

And then there's Rick, Popuri's brother. His shoulder-length hair looks so cool and he's really nice!

There's also Gray, the hot grandson of Saibara. Even though he looks cold and mean, he's really nice and kind.

Lastly, there's Doctor Alex the, well, doctor of Mineral Town. His labcoat makes him looks so mature and professional and he's so kind and gentle whenever I get sick or an injury.

And all four of them like me. It seems like a love…pentagon, yeah. Five people involved. And you might be asking, why ain't Kai in the list? Well, since Kai is Popuri's fiancée, I gave up on my fifth crush, coz Popuri's my friend.

"Well, you better pick one sooner or later. If they all find out, you'll be in hot water, Claire." Popuri warned. She's been warning me a lot of times and I don't really listen. It has never happened anyway. The guys are kinda distant from each other, except maybe for Gray and Kai but that's fine with me.

"I know, I know." I adjusted my position on the bed. It was the big one. I was waiting for a proposal. It should come about this year, I'm hoping. The guys are all my official boyfriends, so they said.

"How about you and Kai? Has he proposed already? You two are the perfect couple!" I tried to change the subject. But it was true, the two of them, much to Rick's annoyance, have been going out together for years.

"Not yet. Oh, I hope he will." Popuri answered in an expecting way, folding her hands. "But YOU…you gotta sort things out."

"FINE," I replied, stressing the word. "If you think I should only have one boyfriend, who do you think it should be, huh?" I put my hands to my hips.

"My brother!!" she clapped her hands in excitement. "So when you marry him and MAYBE if I marry Kai, we can be in-laws!! Wouldn't it be great?!" Popuri's excitement surprised me I almost fell off the bed.

"Just because you want us to be related, huh? That's so…….." I couldn't find the word for it.

"But what about Cliff and Doctor and Gray? How would I explain? They're gonna be…hurt." I winced as I imagined the idea. "I've been their girlfriend for a long time now. I can't just DUMP them, you know that. It's wrong." I rubbed my arm, lost in thought.

"I…don't know." Popuri replied, also lost in thought. A moment later, she came up with another of her 'brilliant' ideas.

"How about the first one who proposes gets you?" She said, bouncing slightly on my bed. "That's fair, right?"

"But what if the others knew I was proposed? They'd never forgive me." I choked back tears. And kinda swallowed them.

"Wait just a flea ticking moment…" Popuri's fresh new idea was hot off the oven, ready for me to eat. "Have you actually kissed one of them?"

"Does it matter?"

"Of course! So, have you?"

"It's not exactly my type to make out, Potpourri, you know that. I've never kissed any of them." I crossed my arms.

"Well, then it turns out, they're not their actual boyfriends!" she beamed.

"WHAT!?"

"Everyone knows that a relationship with a boy isn't justified if it's without a kiss on the lips!" Popuri was jumping on my bed again.

"Where'd you get that, Webster's Dictionary?! Who says?" I scowled. My relationships with the boys are GENUINE!

"Says the rules! You have to kiss someone on the lips so he will be your official BF!" she giggled in her usual childish way.

"You do have a point." She was kind of right. I didn't kiss any of them so…if seemed like we were just best friends. To some people, like Zack, Barley, Ellen, etc., it seemed like that to them. I didn't want them to think just that! I agreed to her idea about kisses."

"OKAY! So whoever proposes OR kisses you first, you're his!" Popuri was giggling madly now, rolling on the bed and messing up the covers.

I sighed a huge sigh. "Yeah…"

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Hope you all enjoyed my story!! Next chapter is on its way so stay chooned

I know, my Claire is such a cheater and Popuri is such a ditzy girly gal who thinks she knows all the rules to love. Bu thats the spice of the story! LOL

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