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Chapter 2: Identities Revealed

Nellie POV

I followed Samantha all the way to Grandmary's house, where she stopped and sat down by the bushes.

"Oh, I can't believe the nerve of Eddie. Coming on to me like that!" Samantha said.

"Um, you were kind of flirting with him, too." I said provoking a glare from Samantha, "Also, don't you think your'e maybe being a touch dramatic?"

Samantha's eyes widened; she hated being called dramatic. "Well, how was I supposed to know he still lived here. I haven't seen him for years."

I sat down next to Samantha and said "Why does it bother you so much anyways?"

"Well, we have to get married soon, and I don't want to get married off to just any person who comes my way, and then when I saw EddieI thought maybe-"

"Oh my gosh, you thought Eddie Ryland might be a good person to marry!" I shrieked.

"Oh, be quiet, Nellie! The whole neighborhood can probably hear you.", Samantha

sighed, putting her head in her lap.

Eddie POV

I stood holding my aching foot as the girl and her best friend disappeared. I was dumbfounded. No other girl had ever refused my charm and challenged me like that before...and I kind of liked it. I found myself smiling. There, had been something familiar about that girl. Something I couldn't put my finger on. She could have been walking from the dress shop; maybe, the owner would know who they were. He stopped inside, bending under the doorway. Her tallness also had been nice...

The owner, Barbara, seemed surprised to see him there. After all, it was a dress shop.

"Has a girl come in here that was pretty tall, had brown hair, and was wearing pink dress, by chance?"

Barbara appraised him thoughtfully. Then, recognition flashed across her face-then surprise.

"Ah, you must be referring to Samantha Parkington- she was scheduled to come in this afternoon."

Wait, what? He had not seen Samantha since he was a boy. He had always had a crush on her, and went out of his way to get her attention. He grinned remembering the ice cream incident. Then , he winced, realizing that was probably what explained her running away.

Barbara continued, "She is back in town to find a husband."

A husband? She was quite pretty and had probably attracted a lot of attention. She needed someone right for her, like me. She wouldn't want to do much with me. I'd have to go straight to her grandmother myself.

Samantha POV

After my "enlightening" conversation with Nellie, we went inside and kept ourselves busy for quite a while. She would not stop teasing me about Eddie. Now that I knew who he was, it wasn't like I liked him any more. He had been responsible for ruining my birthday party and doing several other countless things. He was rather attractive though and kind and funny... I snapped myself out of my thoughts. "You know, he might have changed Samantha" Nellie said from across the room. She always seemed to know what I was thinking.

"Who knows? Let's go find Grandmary to keep her from finding any more possible people for met to marry" I said rolling my eyes.

As I went with Nellie downstairs, I saw Grandmary talking to- Eddie Ryland! Just as he was leaving, he shot me a wink. I tried to put an indignant look on my face but I felt myself blushing.

"What did Eddie want, Grandmary?" I asked nervously.

She turned around with a twinkle in her eye, "He will be escorting you to the dance you are going to Friday"

What did you think? Sorry if the three different pov's were kind of confusing... Next chapter will focus only on Samantha and Eddie and what happens at the dance. I'll try to get it up as soon as I can, sometime this week. Thanks again for reading.(