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Okay, Britney Let’s meet Mütter Museu out of IM She strolled out of the kitchen, a huge smile on her face Amelia smirked at her "What are you so happy about?"

"Nothing," Spencer snapped, sashaying down the hall But there was a little spring in her step and a zillion butterflies knocking against her sto Chase

Just a little

Forty-fivemeter on Twenty-First Street and headed for the brownstone down the block M&Uun on a post Spencer had been here once two years ago on a school trip and almost puked several tily like fore set of drawers of various objects people had sed There was also a huge hue jar Not exactly her thing

She plopped a blond Britney Spears wig on her head--it only see, after all--and pulled a pair of Ray-Bans over her eyes Even though the museum docents looked at her like she was crazy, she paid the fee with her head held high

The e room with displays around the peri skeletons An old woest colon It seemed pretty clear that A wasn’t here, but what about Chase? Spencer eyed a stooped, lecherous-looking oldfeeling

"U next to a security guard was a tall guy with tousled brown hair, a square jaw, broad shoulders, and long, lanky lireen eyes

"I’m Chase," he said "You’re?"

Spencer walked toward him dazedly Chase had thick, expressive eyebrows His body was strong and taut under his T-shirt and cargo pants And when he smiled, his whole face lit up

"H-hi," she said shakily when she got close, feeling ridiculous in the wig and sunglasses "I’ and sreat to meet you" Chase held out his hand for her to shake

"It’s great towhere Chase had touched it

They stared at each other for a few beats Spencer was glad she’d worn a printed silk s She couldn’t tear her gaze away frouy who could lift her up and spin her over his head without breaking a sweat

Then Chase sled nervously in response "Sorry," Chase admitted "It’s just that I normally don’t meet people like this"

"I know Me, neither," Spencer said

Chase sat down on a bench near the gift shop, his eyes still on her as though she were the only interesting thing in the room--maybe the world When his phone buzzed, Spencer slanced down at the screen He flinched and i

"Sorry," hethe screen of his phone away "This’ll just take a second"

"No probleency?"

"So like that," Chase murmured

He slipped the phone back into his pocket and gazed at her again, fro to her pointy Loeffler Randall boots After a moment, he touched the silver bracelet around Spencer’s wrist "That’s really pretty"

"Oh, thanks" Spencer spun it around "My ast’s"

"On Walnut?" Chase asked "I used to get irlfriend stuff from there all the time"

Spencer peeked at hiirlfriend?"

"Nah" Chase wrapped his hands around his knees "It was over a long ti"

Spencer nodded quickly By the look on Chase’s face, it seemed like he didn’t really want to talk about it She didn’t bla about what Ali had done to her, either

"What about you?" Chase asked "Dating anyone?"

Spencer studied her feet "There was someone, but"

Suddenly, the Reefer story spilled out of her As she explained it, though, she realized she didn’t really o She’d had too much else on her mind to think about him

"That sucks," Chase adot to be a real idiot to drop someone like you, Miss Spears"

Spencer wound a piece of fake hair around her finger "You know, the worst thing about being dumped was that he did it teeks before pro, which is just beyond depressing"