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two… God. You were such babies.”

And Barbara"s narration continued.

“The dream team was recently split up, and the sports world was

stunned. Edwards went on to help Denver make it to the playoffs, but

then was almost mortally injured in a tragic car crash this April—”

“I hate that word,” Xander muttered.

“Which word?”

“Tragic. It"s only a tragedy when someone dies. You"re here. Not a

tragedy.” Chris pulled Xander"s hand to his lips, and they continued to

watch.

“And all of that was secondary to Xander Karcek"s amazing

announcement this week, that he and Chris had not only been a team on

the court, but all but married off of it. Here, in an exclusive interview

from their home in Folsom, California, are Xander Karcek and Christian

Edwards to tell their story in their own words.”

The camera panned from an outside shot to the front door, and

then across the living room to Xander and Chris, sitting uncomfortably

in their own living room, hands clenched as they looked at Barbara

herself with wide, expectant eyes.

“So, Xander. What made you decide to out the two of you in such a

spectacular fashion?”

The really tall man with the straight dark hair and anxious blue

eyes blushed, the blush telling on his Slavic-pale skin.

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“It just seemed like, if I was going to play this game and love it, it

had to love me back.”

The family gasped a little, and everybody looked at Xander with

admiration in their eyes.

“Good answer,” Penny said proudly, and the real Xander turned red

like the one on television and said, “Shut up.”

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