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"Well, what’s there to say?" Raunch said with an aard shrug

Lucy didn’t answer It ful, but true There was only soabout the elephant in the roo ordeal ahead of her It hat had kept Lucy, Sophia, and Raunch standing in aard silence for the last thirty seconds

"Hey, why don’t you coht," Sophia said

"Really?" Lucy said

An invitation to hang with Sophia was seriously flattering

"We’re going to this," Raunch said

Raunch unfurled a single-page, black and white flyer that pro a thu like a ransom note It read: YOU’RE INVITED TO WILL AND GATES’S PIZZA PARTY

Herout with one girl after another Gross Maybe it shouldn’t have bothered her as ht to be offended that Will was getting so much female attention, but she was, and she certainly didn’t want to revisit those feelings tonight

"Oh …," Lucy said "I don’t think so"

"What do youit up like crazy," Raunch said "It’s gonna put every Geek show to sha to be great," Lucy said "But I can’t … Will and I, we didn’t leave on the best of ter?" Raunch said

"No … I just don’t think I’m ready to talk to hi"

"No, ere … Ugh He’s hooking up with girls all over the a-party without a date, or I’ll look like a loser"

"So we’ll find you a date," Sophia said

"If you could have any boy in school, ould it be?" Raunch said

Lucy grinned There was one boy She’d seen him in the market a couple times recently He was a Nerd He had perfect teeth, and a really infectious laugh that always made Lucy smile

"I don’t know his name," Lucy said "But he’s friends with that Nerd, Peter, you so excited "What’s he look like?"

"The one with the big hair, slicked back"

"Ooo, I knoho you’re talking about" Raunch clapped "I’ht be your night, Virgin"

Lucy opened the cafeteria door a crack, and peered out at the crowd of boys waiting outside the cafeteria for their Slut dates It was a s of Freaks, a bunch of Skaters, two Geeks, and a Varsity who had a bad habit of letting hisup to the door, and slipped into the cafeteria

"So, Peter said his friend’s got the hots for a certain Slut we know," Raunch said

"Me?" Lucy said Her stomach fluttered

"No, Maxine," Raunch said, then shook her head "Yes, you, duht to me," Sophia said

"His naave Raunch a skeptical look "Really?"

"Oh, Virgin’s getting picky now?" Sophia said

"I still have self-respect," Lucy said, which e," Raunch said "Lips said one of her friends saw it She said it looked like a big snake, like it could eat hamsters"

"Well, when you put it that way …," Lucy said What Raunch was describing sounded like a horror , I will," Raunch said "Big bites"

Raunch laughed and elbowed Lucy Suddenly, Lucy was nervous The boy she thought was cute dug her Did that et wet Here we go," Raunch said, as she pushed the doors all the way open and they walked into the hallway

"Why are you so gross?" Lucy said, laughing Raunch flexed her pelvis with three quick puhed harder, and it made her butterflies feel a little better