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Rachel and Sarah rarely shared clothes, mostly because their tastes were very different But Rachel did ad one of theht She didn’t want to go too over the top, though, so she figured she would wear her converse sneakers with it

Rachel snuck into Sarah’s roo perfectly on a hot pink plastic hanger She took it off the hanger and made a mental note to put it back exactly as she’d found it She walked back to her rooh her closet for a shirt to ith it

Blouse, tee, long sleeved, short sleeved, black, blue, baby pink? She had a lot of options, but none of the in her drawers, and pulled out the tight white halter-top she had thought she lost in the ood and knew that she would look hot at the party

Rachel took off the outfit and hopped into the shower She used her sister’s Bath and Body Works coconut lime breeze body scrub so her skin would be extra soft, in case Rob held her hand or touched her ar shower -- getting herself cleaner than she had ever been before

When Rachel got out of the shower, she put back on her co She’d also wait to put on her makeup and perfu in her roo like perfu

As 7 o’clock neared, Rachel took out one of her textbooks and began to read She wanted to be deep into her hooodbye At least she wanted it to look that way As she sat there, staring at the pages, a wave of guilt passed over her Maybe she shouldn’t go through with this She didn’t recognize the person she was turning into and she wasn’t sure if she liked it

Suddenly, Rachel heard her parents’ voices co down the hall and then a knock on her door Rachel looked at her watch: 7:15p at her Earth Science textbook

"We’re leaving now We are going to Mr Chen’s Chinese restaurant and then to the movies We’ll be back around 11:30-12p your hohbors forso don’t hit any buttons when you watch your show This is a big game," her dad said

"Don’t worry, I won’t"

As her parents turned and walked out of the door, a rush of excitement came over her She peeked out of her atch as they drove their Station wagon out of the driveway and down the street

She had done it Her parents were gone, and she had half an hour until Rob was co to pick her up

She scurried into the bathroom to put on her ht She didn’t want to go overboard on their first date -- plus, she didn’t knohat the scene was going to be like The last thing she wanted was to shoith too much makeup, or overdressed She wanted to fit in subtly

She put the finishing touches on her ave herself two spritzes of her CK 1 perfurabbed a Nature’s Valley bar She didn’t have tiranola bar would do

As she sat in her family room, dressed and ready, she couldn’t help but peek out of theto see if Rob was there She watched and waited patiently A few minutes later, she saw a black Jeep Grand Cherokee pull into her driveway The horn honked She jumped up from the couch

Rachel locked the front door and headed towards his car with a pang of excitement and nervousness Her paler-side door handle

Rachel opened it and got inside She was impressed by his car and was even rey jeans with a white polo shirt, the collar popped His arht sleeves and she couldn’t help but think about touching them

She composed herself and said, "Hey!"

"Hey Rach, you excited for the party?" he asked

"Yeah, it’s gonna be fun," she replied

As Rob backed out of the driveway, she felt relieved She had successfully snuck out of the house for the first tiuy in school

What could be better than this? she thought

As Rob drove her to Jordan’s, they talked about how their weekend was going so far Rob told her that he went into toith so out behind all the stores on Main Street in Bedford Rachel couldn’t see any fun in it, but said, " Cool! Rachel told Rob all about her tirounded for the rest of the weekend, or that she had even gotten in trouble

"Wow, that’s sick," Rob said "It’s so cool you went into the city I love the city "Have you ever been to the clubs?"

"Nope, not yet," she said, " but I’ve got my fake," she said proudly

"That’s pretty sweet," he said "I’ve got my older brother’s ID: it works every tio into the city so I can take you to one of my favorite dance clubs," Rob said

"Yeah, that’ll be fun," she replied