Chapter 2:
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When the buggy pulled up to Mandies house the girls ran inside.

"Mother!" Mandie screamed as she raced over to embrace her. "I have missed you so much!...Where is Carl and Carol?" Suddenly the twins came out of the kitchen. Carols face lit up.

"Manda! You are back!" She said while being lifted into her loving sisters arms.

"Manda?" Carl asked. "Room for me, too?" he raised his arms in a gesture of wanting to be held.

"Of course, " Mandie laughed. "I love both of you equally!" She scopped Carl up and then noticed Johnathon and Dimar standing on the other side of the room. "You two go play now, alright?" She told her siblings. "I am going to go say hello to everyone else." Mandie and Celia went over by the two boys and embraced them.
"Mandie!" Dimar exclaimed. "Don't you look beautiful today!"

"And what he means by that is you are usually not so beautiful." Johnathon teased.

"Ugh." Celia said while playfully punching Johnathon in the shoulder. "Will you two ever get any manners?" They went on like this bickering, until Mandie noticed a few people were missing.

"Where is Sallie?" Mandie asked. "I thought she was going to come, as well." And to herself Mandie thought "Joe is missing as well! I do hope he comes!"

"Sallie will be coming tomorrow morning with your Uncle Ned." Dimar replied. " But now I must excuse myself. I beleive I heard Liza say the chocolate cake was ready." With that the two boys left for the kitchen, never being the ones to turn down cake. That night, after supper was served, Joe arrived with his mother and father. He, Dimar, and Johnathon immediately left to go talk. Mandie was surprised at how handsome-looking he had gotten! Just since last time she had seen him, Joe had grown a few inches taller and had mucles! He looked way older and so unlike the Joe she knew and loved.
Mandie and Celia shared a room and that night were once again on the topic of Joe.

"So." Celia asked."Are you going to tell him?"

"And what exactly would I be telling him?" Mandie innocently asked.

"You know exactly what I mean!"

"Celia Hamilton, if you are implying that I love Joe you couldn't be any wronger! He and I are just good friends and that is all!"

" Well, then you must like someone. So, put me out of my misery and just tell me already!"

"I like no one. And I'm pretty positive no one likes me."

"Mandie Shaw! You haven't forgotten about Adrian already, have you? That man is certain that you will one day become his bride. And Joe proposed to you once already. That must mean something! And what about Dimar and Johnathon! They wouldn't come all the way here if they didn't particularily like you!"

"Celia, you know Johnathon and Dimar and I are just close friends. I do not 'like' either of them." Mandie huffed. "As for Adrian, I do not love him! I barely even know the man! He says nothing to me but compliments." Celia just realized there was one person Mandie left out.

"Mandie, if you are so confident that you don't favor a certain boy, then why wasn't Joe on you list of friends?" Celia smiled knowing that she had won. Now Mandie couldn't deny her feelings! Mandie sighed, knowing that she was trapped. She had to tell the truth, But she was afraid to! 'What time I am afraid, I will put my trust in Thee' She could do it.

"Celia, I left Joe out because...well, because I...I've began to feel a little different towards him..."

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