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Dex is alive

There’s no other way to put it Up there in the spotlight, I see what his sister meant This is a part of him, imprinted in his DNA His whole body responds to the crowd, fire blazing in his eyes as he sings his heart out For a few minutes, he’s transformed, totally free

Then I realize, the only other time I’ve seen hiether last night It’s that same wild abandon, that sae like he was born to be there, and I can see it in his eyes, he loves every minute of it

How could he ever walk away?

The last crashing chords die away The crowd goes crazy, the whole rooreedy for evidence of this unprecedented er to soak in the applause, he bolts froh the cluster of people towards --" I start to tell hirabs hold of my arrip doesn’t let up, digging into e door into the narrow hallway

"Are you OK?" I ask, worried "Dex, talk to me!"

He doesn’t pause, draggingopen a door at the end of the hall I stuister a die closet, jaainst the wall and claims my mouth with a desperate kiss

God…It’s fla in the world I sink against hi headlong into the rush aseverywhere

Dex pulls back, panting hard His eyes are still lit with the fever of perfor pure ani deep into uish there, a desperate need, and then his lips crash down onbut fire

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