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We’d gone to the Farady room a few minutes early to pick seats, but I quickly realized we hadn’t arrived there early enough because the room was almost entirely full. Jack and I managed to spot a couple of seats together way in the back.
As the producers took the stage, I kind of got why it had turned out to be so popular when, accompanying them, were stars Dee-Dee Cabot and Derek DeLong. No sign of Sebastian, though. Still, the crowd murmured with excitement. The program hadn’t indicated the stars would be in this room this hour, but judging by the crowd, news had leaked out.
“There’s your boy,” Jack said, leaning over to me.
I had to admit, Derek looked really good. He was dressed in tightfitting jeans and a shirt with three quarter sleeves that looked like it might have been painted on. It was a light shade of lavender.
“Still got the heart eyes for him?” Jack smirked.
“He’s really cute.”
“Cuter than Sebastian?”