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"Don’t worry, if any of theht for Reid," Jenna tells Meredith and me "Maybe Quinton, but he shouldn’t hold his breath"

"He’d want that?" Meredith points at the screa crowd

"Guys alant it" Brooke answers "They assuirl on the planet thinks they’re hot as hell and they’ll get laid any ti screaet any fil done?" Meredith s "Fans aren’t inherently evil, and they don’t want to ruin the film They’re just a little irrational"

Jenna’s Oscar-nos, and the experience left her with an undaunted perception of celebrity groupies I suspect she’ll need that aloofness Her dark hair, huge gray eyes and full lips inspired a Vogue photographer to dub her face a work of art last spring, and the cover featuring her not-quite-grown version of Brooke’s build kicked off a few countdown-to-18 calculations (yet another reason I’m satisfied withcauses pande I’ve ever witnessed, with the possible exception of a bad call during a gao He ducks his head shyly before raising one hand in the direction of the uproar, which only increases the clamor

The fans are eventually persuaded to settle doith the proraphs e’re done He’s either exceptionally dedicated or just reckless; nothing will entice me to venture near that insanity The crowd remains hushed every tiht up until he yells, "Cut!" at which point they lose it again

By the tiht is toofor hours "Co his hand out for mine

"Er…" I eye the crowd, reet anywhere near that

"Come on, they’ll want toI take a deep breath and reach for his hand against all of my natural inclination

Well Maybe not all of ed me over to meet his rabid fans ere done

Em: OMG! Will there be pictures on the internet??

Me: Ha, i’ht A club i think Not sure i can get in?

Em: You’re a celebrity now, they’ll let you in everywhere!

Me: Idk

Em: If you make out with reid take pictures on your phone and SEND THEM TO ME

Me: EMILY you know i don’t kiss and sext

E star

Me: Em You know you’ll never be little people to me

Em: Miss you toooo

Chapter 9

REID

"Look at this suite--holy shit, do girls even get all the way into the room before their panties hit the floor?" Tadd’s come up to irls? I think not Of your roo-sized bed, hands behind his head "Corner balcony Elevated bed Fresh flowers Dude Sweet" I hand his up his eht?"

I pull out my phone and tap a text Quinton texts back a yes a o Who else? MiShaun and Emma said yes earlier"

"I talked to some of the extras about where the best spots are, so a bunch of theht show And I told Meredith, Jenna and Brooke… and Grahaay, because he appears to be close friends with Brooke, but no such luck"

I process this for a ht? How do you know they aren’t screwing each other? Maybe they’re a thing Or a friends-with-benefits thing"

Tadd shrugs "Maybe I didn’t get that vibe, but hey, you peoplemore complicated"

"What’s complicated about friends-with-benefits?"

He shakes his head, his eyes still on the screen "Dude, that’s soet aith it because girls are more likely to want emotion, attacherated shudder

"You obviously don’t know Brooke very well She’s like a guy with boobs"

He laughs "Sorry, Reid, but inor not having of boobs I’ve seen Brooke’s Life’s a Beach proether If she has underlying physical features of which I’ them"