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"Well, if it doesn’t pass, remember to share with your best friend"

I nodded solemnly "Understood I promise to share with you the wealth of boys who throw theht I already had a theory about why Stephen had kissed me, not that I wanted to share it with anyone, Carly included I’d decided it had been a dare froirl who had a thing for zombie movies--not that they’d know that little detail about h school girl who liked zoh the city Then again, I’d always been too skinny "A" didn’t only describe the grades I was striving for, but ht thousand calories a day would definitely solve that little probleled andthe new scent past the salty, greasy odor of popcorn that surrounded us

Carly groaned "I can’t deal with hiht now I’ll just wait over here, okay?"

"What?" I opened azine rack near the concession stand In her rush to get away, she banged against the island that held the napkins and plastic straws

"Hope she didn’t leave because of me," a familiar voice said

Oh

"How did you guess?" I turneda few feet away

Colin sat behind ed a bit of a friendship since the se how uts He’d cheated on her at a pool party this summer and, understandably, she’d been crushed by the betrayal Colin tended to do crazy stuff when he was drunk One of the crazy things he’d done was Julie Travis, who’d allegedly had her eye on Colin’s broad shoulders, cropped sandy-blond hair and wicked sense of huether However, once he’d sobered up, Colin had realized his mistake, tried to make up with Carly and failed spectacularly Carly was a lot likehurt easily She put on a good front, but I knew she was still heartbroken

"New haircut?" Colin asked

I touched er "Not lately"

"It looks nice" When he saze was drawn to his mouth I’d never noticed what nice lips Colin had Carly had toldkisser As far as I knew--and, believe me, I would have been told otherwise--that’s as far as they’d ever gone together

I ne?"

He shrugged "Just soap"

I pulled lance over my shoulder at Carly, as currently out of earshot However, she was still givingo Uh, I’ll see you in class toht and early"