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"Neneeds?" I stuttered

She peered at herself in a compact mirror "You be whatever he wants you to be You know, make sure his cup is full, flirt with hiirl for the night But never, ever let him know it’s your job It should seem natural and real--like you really like him"

I stumbled on a crack in the sidewalk

She looked over at me "You can do that, can’t you?"

"Of course" I sed, thinking otten ht no, I had read uy wanted and ended up liking who she becairl she was talking about--strong and confident in her sexual prowess I could be just like one of the heroines of my romance novels

"Great! Just relax Enjoy the free booze andmy brother Xander wouldn’t be there He’d killor for what I earing, but

She pushed her boobs up "Oh, and if he wants a blw jb, ive him one"

My eyes widened andBut you should have seen what I had to do!"

"What?" I asked, once again stifling the urge to turn back around

"I was forced to dance on tables for all the fraternities on caht

"So, tell me about that brother of yours that’s in the band"

I couldn’t look at her I was still trying to process what I had gotten myself into I finally took a deep breath and said, "His na to visit in a feeeks His band is actually going to play on campus"

She tossed her hair over her shoulder "Oh, I love rock stars You have to introduce me to him"

"Umsure, I can do that" But I already knew she wasn’t his type

"Does he have a girlfriend?"

I laughed "No, he says he doesn’t do girlfriends" And I air-quoted my last word as she had earlier

"He sounds dreaue

When she opened the door to the frat house, all I could do was stare People were everywhere Music played loudly fros lined one wall, and large plastic bowls overfloith food on the tables She led the way and when she stopped abruptly, I ran right into her

"Sorry," I hollered over the pulsing lued to the spot I had stopped in My pulse was racing My cheeks prickled with heat There he stood, Ben Covington, just a few feet away--tall, beautiful, le everywhere, and a s why it formed on his lips

Claire doubled back She noticed ned to hi

Sheher hand, she said, "He has a girlfriend"

"So you don’t assign guys with girlfriends?" I asked a little too sharply

She raised an eyebrow "Sure, he’s all yours But you should know he never really pays attention to any of us"

I shrugged and resu

She shook her head at htly laughing at her colued on hiuy rather animatedly, and when he stretched out his hand with a red Solo cup in it, I straightened rabbedI ot this, Claire"

She grabbed my elbow as I started to walk toward him

I twisted to look at her

"Honey, irl name What’s your name, by the way?"

"Bell Wilde"

"Oh, I like it Is that your dreaave her a blank look "Real"

"So what’s your dreairl nauy who had captured o Xander had takena beer and staring at Ben The guy across the roo over since he talked to o I couldn’t believe he was here

"S’belle," I said to her,I had since I met her At that , I can be his dreaht over and over

My insides froze when I stopped in front of hi hand around his cup, I thought I ht, I can do this It’s ers touched and a heat spread throughout rinned down at irl look twice He shuffled his feet and for a second I thought maybe he was nervous too, but only for a second because when I looked up into the s but confidence That one look gave ned as your little sister," I said, feeling as if irl But the way he looked at ht at all