This will be the last story that I post. Thank you for your support. I would also like to thank my cousin, Heather for helping me write this.

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I had a free night, so Lindsay, Kayla, Ariel, my cousin Heather, and I decided to go out for a girls night out at a magic show. I was wearing a green t-shirt, and Daisy Duke shorts. We sat down on the front row, and waited for the show to start.

The magician did all the standard tricks. Nothing too exciting, but toward the end of the show, he did something unusual. He invited a guest magician on to the stage to do the final trick. The guest magician was wearing a black suit and a mask similar to what the Masked Magician of TV fame wore. Something seemed strangely familiar about him, but I just could't place my finger on it.

"I will need a volunteer from the audience." The magician announced (he was obivously disguising his voice).

Several of the audience members raised their hands, including me.

The magician finally pointed at me and asked me to come up on stage.

I walked up on stage to a round of applause.

"What is your name?" The magician asked.

"Erin." I replied.

While this was going on, a couple of assistants brought out a yellow thin model sawing box.

"Erin, would you please remove your shoes, and lay down inside the box?" He asked.

I removed my shoes, and the magician offered me his hand to help me climb into the box. I took his hand, and laid down inside the box. I raised my shirt a little bit to reveal my navel, so that the saw wouldn't ruin my shirt, and adjusted my hair so that it would be out of the way of the neck stock that I knew would be coming.

The magician closed the lids, and placed the a stock over my ankles. After giving my feet a little tickle, he walked over to my head, and placed a stock over my neck.

An assistant handed him a saw, and he placed the saw in a groove in the box, and started sawing. I felt a brief prick of pain as the saw ripped into my flesh, but it felt better the deeper the saw went. He continued to saw until he sliced through my spine, and the saw exited my back.

He was then handed a couple of metal divider blades. The first one went in without any problem, but the second one got stuck about half way down. The magician then walked over and placed a hand on each side of my head, and pulled. This caused the blade to drop in place.

He then opened the side doors, and I stuck my arms out. He then unlatched the tables, pulled my halves apart, and walked between my two halves. He then walked over and gave my feet a little tickle, which caused me to laugh. He also invited a couple of audience members on stage to tickle my feet to prove that they were real.

"Before I put my lovely assistant back together, there's one more thing that I must do." The magician said.

He walked over to my head, and pulled off his mask. It was Zack!

"Zack?" I said.

He then got down on one knee, pulled a little jewelry box out of his jacket pocket, and opened it, revealing a diamond engagement ring.

"Erin, would you marry me?" He asked.

Many of the audience members let out a collective "Awe..."

I placed a hand over my mouth in surprise, and tears of joy filled my eyes. I looked out into the audience, and could see that the girls were crying too.

"Yes... yes, I will." I replied.

Zack placed the ring on my left ring finger while the audience applauded.

"Come on, let's put you back together." Zack said.

Zack pushed my two halves back together, latched the tables, and pulled out the blades. He then pulled out the stocks, and opened the lids. He offered me his hand, and I stepped out of the box.

We took a bow to a standing ovation.

And we lived happily ever after.

THE END