This happened to a friend of mine in university.

If I were to compare her to someone famous, she looked like a certain idol who performed

as the center of her clean-cut

group.

Girls as beautiful as her usually find themselves the target of jealousy from others, but other

girls worshipped her, and I was no different.

She was popular with both men and women, and if she went downtown, scouts often tried

to sign her up.

It was like people would line up to talk to her, but she was only ever surprised that all

the attention she got.

But I knew her true secret, what she hid in that Louis Vuitton bag of hers, her medicinal

cream for sore shoulders.

She couldn't be without it, and was always recommending it to me.

After I saw her for the first time in a while, I realized my shoulders were kind of stiff

and borrowed some.

Ah, this really is good.

This seemed to remind her of something, and she began talking.

Actually, I don't need this anymore." Why? I asked.

I went to a party not too long ago, and one of the guys said,

There's a lot riding on your shoulders.

I thought this might have been some new pickup line, but she kept going.

He told me I should throw some salt at my back, so I tried it immediately. in some new pickup line, but she kept going.

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