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I suess I don’t really know if I was spoiled or not"

"Fair enough I was the youngest, and a little monster Or so I hear from my sisters"

He has no idea how relieved I a about , as your corees with theh a store , I’h "That’s terrible!"

He shrugs as though resigned "There are allegations of extre But don’t ask for details I plead the fifth" His phone beeps and he pulls it fro a quick response

"I have a career-related question," I say, after alk for a minute in silence "What made you want to play Bill Collins? Have you read Pride and Prejudice?"

"I read it after I was up for the audition I could say Collins is a coe, but honestly, I’ent reco too picky would be econoue out at hiers, which h

"What about you? Why Lizbeth Bennet?" His phone rings and he glances at the display "Oh--I’ve gotta take this Can we--?" I nod and he steps out of the path of foot traffic "Hello?" I gesture to let hi on to the hotel, half a block away He nods before turning, his voice warm, happy "Yeah, I’m here, what’s up?"

When I reach the hotel entrance, I look back He’s hter back in his pocket, laughing, a cigarette dangling fro a room service breakfast at noon, I text Tadd and Quinton to see what’s on tap for tonight, knowing I ht not hear froover thisand after the exchange with Brooke burned off ht is ht out is in order

The ht, the more preured him out yet He’s unanticipated co around Brooke, too Frankly, I’ to co I don’t

Tadd calls half an hour later "First, goddaain, and second, I’et lucky, it ht in"

"Yeah, yeah I’ll text Quinton… I don’t have Graha him" No way I want him left here with Emma down the hall

"He’s next door toGrahaine that Brooke has kept her opinions of enial terht? Nine?"

Tadd does a hangover groan "Nine We’ve got tomorrow off"

"I’ll call Bob and let hiuard and a car, possibly separate cars on the way back" I’ so more elusive than I expected her to be, and I need soe off

When weto usher us to a car Tadd co us later?"

"He said he’s staying in tonight"

I pull to a stop in thefro to stay in" Liar He was the least drunk person in the roo "Coo"

I have no choice but to follow The paparazzi are handled deftly by Bob and Jeff and twoto a ?" That didn’t come out as offhand as I’d intended, but luckily Tadd doesn’t care

"I ran into Brooke and Meredith earlier--they were planning a girls-only night Brooke looked as relieved to have a night off froht off from her" He has the nerve to sht Wow This is already way h-oing on between you two anyway?"

"Nothing,"We had a thing, like years ago, and she’s apparently not over it"

Quinton bu the more is not exactly what’s between Brooke andI was planning on a long talk with Euy orks at Abercrombie, a few doors down from Hot Topic, where she works (I pointed out that this scenario contains serious odd-couple potential, which she didn’t appreciate asdry spell, and the possibility of starting her senior year with no boyfriend and no prospects is "intolerable"

There’sheadache My father and Chloe are arriving tomorrow and will be in Austin for five days I’ll needschedule and the stress of having her that close at the saround Chloe doesn’t do background