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tell her not to tell Bree?” Arnie dropped onto his back again.
    Bobby nodded again. He searched for the Wades’ phone number in the Shadyside High directory he kept by the phone. “Two Wades in one weekend,” he muttered, moving his finger down the column of names and numbers. “That’s the challenge. And I accept the challenge.”
    â€œYou the Man!” Arnie proclaimed. “You the Man!”
    Bobby punched in the number, then pressed the phone to his ear.
    â€œWhat if Bree answers?” Arnie demanded. “What if Bree answers and you think it’s Samantha?”
    â€œHey, I can tell them apart,” Bobby declared. He raised a finger to his lips, signaling Arnie to be silent.
    The phone rang twice. Then a girl’s voice on the other end said hello.
    Bobby cleared his throat. “Hello—Samantha?”

chapter 5
“Do You Think I’d Do That to My Sister?”
    â€œ
Y es, this is Samantha. Who’s this?”
    â€œHi, Samantha. It’s Bobby Newkirk.”
    â€œOh. Hi!” She sounded very surprised. “Bree and I were just talking about you.”
    Bobby’s smile faded. “Oh. Is she there? In the room with you?”
    â€œNo. Bree is downstairs. Want me to get her?”
    â€œNo!” Bobby replied quickly. “I wanted to talk to
you,
actually.”
    â€œMe?” Her voice wasn’t soft and velvety like Bree’s. Samantha spoke loudly, Bobby knew.
    â€œBree said you might be interested in singing with our band,” Bobby said, smiling over at Arnie.
    Arnie, sprawled on his back on the bed, flashed him an a-okay sign for encouragement.
    Samantha laughed scornfully. “Me? Sing with a band? You’re kidding!”
    â€œWant to try?” Bobby asked.
    â€œNo way!” Samantha cried. “Why would Bree
say
that?”
    Bobby chuckled. “I don’t know. But that’s what she told me.”
    â€œWeird,” Samantha said. “Well—no thanks. I sound good only in a big group. Or in the shower.”
    They both laughed.
    Arnie sat up, listening intently to Bobby’s side of the conversation.
    â€œYou busy Saturday night?” Bobby asked casually.
    Silence at the other end. He could imagine the stunned expression on her face.
    â€œWant to go to a movie? You know. At the Tenplex?”
    More silence. Then finally, Samantha replied in a hushed tone just above a whisper. “But, Bobby, you asked my sister out for the night before.”
    â€œYeah, I know,” Bobby replied.
    He could hear her short, rapid breathing on the other end. He knew she expected him to say more. So he didn’t.
    â€œI don’t think Bree would like it if I went out with you the next night,” Samantha said, speaking thoughtfully.
    â€œShe doesn’t have to know about it,” Bobby suggested, his voice steady and low. He listened to her breathing, trying to determine what her reaction was.
    â€œIs this a dare or a bet or something?” she demanded angrily. “Did someone dare you to go out with us both? Is that it?”
    â€œNo. No way!” Bobby insisted. “I’ve been thinkingabout you. I mean, I see you in homeroom, and I thought—”
    â€œIt’s not a dare?” she demanded suspiciously.
    â€œNo. No way. I swear, Samantha.”
    A long silence. Bobby waited patiently, his eyes on Arnie.
    She’s going to say yes, he told himself. She’s hot for me and she knows it. She is
stoked.
She’s no different from all the other girls at school. She wants to go out with Bobby the Man.
    â€œBobby,” she said finally, “do you really think I’d do that to my sister?”
    â€œSure you would,” Bobby urged. “Sure you would. You
know
you’re dying to go out with me—right?”
    â€œYou’re really conceited,” she replied.
    â€œYeah, I know,” Bobby told her. “It’s my best