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then he nodded in agreement and bounded off. \
A few days l ater, Ri ck' s first at Hilton High, everyone knew it was "hands off by order of JJnn Howe." It was ;Rick and Arm everywhere, but only Val knew how it worked.
About three weeks passed wi t h Vall seeing less and less of Ann and feeling very lonely. Finally she corn- ered her erstwhile friend in the soda-shop.
"Hi Ann, come and sit with me," she called gaily. Ann came over and flopped dOvID opposite her. ilHey,il Val exclaimed, liwhy so glum!II Then she
realized something was missing. i;.cmd where' s my neigh- bour whom I don't very often see, l!
"Oh, .he' s at basketball practice, ;! Ann mumbled.
"VJhat's wrong with that? He alv'iays has basketball practice twice a week. How come you're not over watch- ing the rippling muscles of Hilton's greatest forward?"
V al
Queried c~riously.
nOh stop it, Val!iI rinn snapped.
;'1'm sorry, but you know that's all you talk about." "You mean, all I used to t alk about <"
!lWell, what IS wrong?H Val asked impatiently.
"He has to play basket ball E!. week from this Friday
at Passeville,II she blurted out,
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