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stared at him without reaction. “What are you doing here?”
    “The producer called me in to discuss my new assignment. Why
are you here?”
    Ty opened his mouth to answer but Diana’s brittle laugh cut
him off. “Oh, this is too perfect,” she said, returning their confused gazes. “Let
me guess…your new assignment is a show involving high school kids making a
musical?”
    Sherrie’s stomach hit her boots. She knew instantly they
were going to be the stars of the show. Questions about why the other dancers
were no longer involved almost burst from her lips before she realized it
didn’t really matter. All that mattered was she had six long weeks stretching
ahead of her where Ty and the dirty Diana would be there for every second.
    She gazed at Ty, biting her tongue against all she wanted to
hurl at him. Why involve her in his stupid game with his partner, for one, and
how dare he ruin her first proper job with the studio. Sherrie nearly blew up
in their faces, when the door to the producer’s office opened.
    An hour later, she was in her car heading for
Fairborn
High School
, grateful that at least she wasn’t
instructed to give Ty and Diana a ride. Chelwood Studios provided a limo for
‘the talent’ and Sherrie thanked God for small mercies. Some time to catch her
breath and clear her mind wouldn’t go amiss.
    The meeting hadn’t been an easy one for her. Sherrie was at
the mercy of the stars of the show. They got to choose who worked with them
and, since the cast changed, Ty and Diana had to be consulted. Of course, they
said they’d be happy with whoever the studio provided, but Sherrie knew they
both had their reasons for approving her. It seemed obvious that Diana couldn’t
resist the sport of making Sherrie feel useless and pathetic, but Ty was a
mystery. Why would he want her around his girlfriend? It didn’t make sense.
      The effort of
ignoring them both while listening to her boss near wore her out, and she practically
ran from the room when the meeting ended. The obligatory mocking laughter Diana
always produced, followed in the wake of her escape.
    With
Fairborn
High School
closed to the
public during the summer months, the studio had taken it over. Parking areas were
set up for the crew, while the playground held craft services, production
vehicles and trailers situated for the costume and make-up departments. Sherrie
found hers quickly and opened the door, shocked to find Ty waiting inside.
    “Don’t leave,” he said, jumping to his feet. “We need to
talk.”
    “Where’s the charming Diana?”
    He thrust his hands into the pocket of his jeans and sighed
in irritation. “What the hell is it with you two?”
    Sherrie resisted the urge to kick him out. “You might
remember, I didn’t have a problem with her until I caught you two talking about
me.”
    Ty blushed. “About that—”
    “Do you mind if we don’t rehash what turned out to be one of
the most humiliating experiences of my life?” Sherrie glared at him, not caring
that she’d revealed far more than she wanted to. “It was bad enough to find out
that you two were an item, but then you added insult to injury by allowing her
to talk about me that way.”
    Ty dragged his hand through his hair. “First, there was
never anything between me and her, and second, how the hell was I supposed to
stop her? I can’t exactly force her to shut up.”
    “Why lie then, if you had no reason to hide that you spent
the night with me?” She took a step towards him, determined to get the answers
she needed to put her mind at rest. “Why didn’t you call?”
    “I went out of town on business Monday night so there was no
point calling if I couldn’t see you. Jesus, Sherrie, it’s barely been three
days and for your information, I don’t even have your number. And about Diana,
I didn’t want her to know, that’s all. What happened between us is private and
I have no intention of explaining myself to her.”
    Sherrie tried hard not