Sitting in my dressing room, fully dressed, I flexed in my mirror. “Yeah, Maya, I’ve been working out. Could you tell? Oh, yeah, just a thing I picked up for no reason,” I said with another flex. “Wanna maybe, y’know, eat food?”

Knock, knock, knock!

I stood up and ran to the door. “Hey, cute--I mean--Maya!”

“Hey, Caleb,” she said, blushing a little. “Still need me to do your bow tie?”

“Yeah,” I said.

“You look extra nice today,” she said as she finished tying my bow tie.

“Thank you,” I said, quickly turning as red as a tomato. “You--you look nice too.”

She smiled. “Sit down. Your hair’s a mess.”

I sat down without objection. She could tell me to jump off of a cliff and I… would not do it because then I would have no chance with her. Point is, I would do anything for her.

Her phone buzzed as she finished fixing my hair. “Ope, everyone’s here. Better get on out there,” she said.

“Yep,” I said as I stood up. KISS HER ALREADY!

I left the dressing room and walked onto stage. “LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! IT’S BACK AND BIGGER THAN EVER! PEN TO THE PAPER 5 HAS ARRIVED! Ooo, that rhymes…”