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you’re the opportunity of my life.”
    â€œNot her,” Mimi insisted, grabbing Nicole’s shoulders. “Would you please focus?”
    â€œFine. I’m focused. What?”
    â€œJust now at the drugstore, I ran into the one and only J. Even as I speak, the one and only J is on his way over to the home of the one and only Girl X.”
    Nicole gulped. “Did you just say ... ?”
    â€œWho’s Girl X?” Suzanne asked.
    Mimi grinned. “She is.”
    Nicole was sure she couldn’t have heard what she thought she had heard. Amazing how loud wishful thinking could be. “Meem ... you aren’t telling me that Jack Polin—”
    â€œI am telling you.” Mimi’s eyes shone, and she hugged Nicole hard. “Nico, your dream is about to come true.”

four
    I have nothing to wear,” Nicole moaned.
    â€œRight, you only own half the clothes in the mall.” Mimi pawed through Nicole’s closet. She considered a skimpy camisole. “Nah. Screams of trying too hard.”
    â€œHurry up, Meem,” Nicole muttered. “He’s gonna be here any minute.” She bit nervously at a hangnail.
    â€œAre you and Jack a thing?” Suzanne asked. “I thought he and Heather—”
    â€œAncient history,” Mimi reported. “Nicole and Jack are an about-to-be thing. He has a massive crush on her.”
    Nicole snorted. “Yeah, right.”
    â€œThis. This is it.” Mimi held up a little floral dress. “It’s perfect. Demure, yet sexy—”
    â€œI never wear that. I look like a cow in that.”
    â€œYou do not, do not argue, go put it on,” Mimi insisted.
    Nicole grabbed the dress and hurried to the bathroom. Off came the sweats, on went the dress. She looked in the full-length mirror to see if she looked fat. She did. “Okay, you look like barf,” she told her reflection.
    Two sharp raps sounded on the bathroom door. “Nico, he’s here,” Mimi hissed. “And he’s with Eddie. Move it!”
    Oh, God. No time to change. Stuck in her fat dress, Nicole tore the scrunchie from her hair and got to her room just as Mimi and Suzanne were shoving the last of her mess into her closet.
    â€œI am so fat,” Nicole moaned. “Someone please starve me.”
    â€œYou’re not fat,” Mimi said. “Sit down. And act natural.”
    Nicole heard Jack and Eddie talking sports as they came down the hallway. She struck a nonchalant pose on a chair as Little Bit ushered them into the room.
    â€œIt’s usually messier than this,” Little Bit informed them. “Things actually grow under my sister’s bed.”
    Jack’s easy smile lit up his face. “Hey. Nice house.”
    â€œThanks.” Nicole tried to match his offhand tone. “So, what’s up with you guys?”
    â€œSame old same old, you know,” Eddie replied.
    â€œWe’re rehearsing. For the talent show thing,” Mimi said.
    â€œIf we’re interrupting—” Jack began.
    â€œNo, no, you’re not!” Nicole insisted. She took a deep breath and forced herself back into casual mode. “I mean, we were just taking a break, anyway.”
    Little Bit shined her thousand-watt smile at Jack. “I neglected to introduce myself. I’m Nicole’s sister, Elizabeth.”
    Jack looked amused. “Hello, Elizabeth. How old are you?”
    â€˜Older than I look.” Little Bit executed a perfect regulation Chrissy hair toss. Excruciating. Her little sister was flirting with Jack.
    Nicole jumped up. “You were just leaving, Little Bit.” She pointed her sister toward the door, then turned back to Jack. “Sorry. I know she’s a pain in the—”
    â€œOh my gosh, Nicole!” Little Bit shrieked.
    Nicole spun around. “What?”
    â€œThe back of your—”
    â€œWhat?” Instinctively, Nicole reached behind her.