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Jereonna have lots of fun here, reading the Encyclopaedia Britannica" Conrad ignored this, but Taylor giggled and tucked her hair behind her ears, which is when I knew that she liked Jeremiah now

Then Susannah said, "Don't leave without some money for ice crea out, except for Conrad, who seeup activities for us kids to do I think that she would have ood camp director

In the car aited for ht you liked Conrad"

Taylor rolled her eyes "Blah He's boring I think I'll like Jeremy instead"

"His name is Jeremiah," I said sourly "I know that" Then she looked at me, and her eyes widened "Why, do you like him now?"

"No!"

She let out an iot to pick one You can't have them both"

"I know that," I snapped "And for your information, I don't want either of them It's not like they look at me like that anyway They look at me like Steven does Like a little sister"

Taylor tugged at my T-shirt collar "Well, ed her hand away "I' any 'cleave' And I told you I don't like either of the after Jere was so she could absolve herself of any future guilt Not that she would even feel guilty

So I said, "If I told you I cared, would you stop?"

She thought for, like, a second "Probably If you really, really cared But then I would just go after Conrad I'hed At least she was honest I wanted to say, I thought you were here to have fun with me But I didn't

"Go after hiled her eyebrows at rabbed her wrist "Promise me you'll be nice to him"

"Of course I'll be nice I'm always nice" She patted me on the shoulder "You're such a worrier, Belly I told you, I just want to have fun"