Francesca Young and Tracy Lane

The Day the Boys Danced

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In the golden haze of a small-town spring, two thirteen-year-old boys step into their sisters’ shoes — quite literally — and find themselves at the heart of a sold-out dance show, dressed in feathers, petticoats, and the bright, bewildering light of the stage.

I suppose it must have come as something of a shock for The Boy Next Door. He and his family had moved in only a few weeks before, and when his mother sent him over to borrow a cup of sugar, the last thing he expected to see was a pair of firm, young bottom-cheeks staring him dead in the face.

Yeah, I know that sounds crazy, but I've always thought the cancan was an extremely sexy dance; the idea of whirling across a stage with my skirt raised to my chin made my heart race every time it crossed my mind...