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remember me telling you about the guy that was super cute that was hired to help set up lighting?”
    “Vaguely, but I’ve slept since then, and considering that you tell me about at least three different guys every week, it’s hard for me to remember specifics.” I really didn’t like where this was going, but I got the impression Lena didn’t really give a rat’s hind end.
    “So okay, he is moving here next week. He graduated last year, just turned eighteen, is incredibly hot, has a great personality, and I really think you would look cute together.”
    “Great.” I dragged the word out so that she could see I was not enthusiastic.
    “All right, so I’ll take that as a yes. Here’s the deal. He’s going to be in town as of this weekend, so I’ll have him pick you up at eight on Saturday.”
    “What? You just said he wouldn’t be here until next week!”
    “No, I said he was moving here next week, which means the moving van with all his things will be here Monday. He is coming in this weekend so he can be ready when the moving truck gets here. So be ready by eight, no excuses!” With that, Lena went to the restroom, only returning to change the subject.
    Even though she had started on another topic, my mind could not get over the whole idea of hers. That is when it occurred to me that Lena already had this entire thing planned. I didn’t have a say in this at all. I started to panic when the thought hit me that I had no idea what this guy looked like, what his interests were, or even where we were going. Lena had changed the subject, ranting on and on about her date last night, but I didn’t hear a single word she said as I sat in terror, dreading this blind date with mystery guy. Surely he had to be okay as far as passing a background check anyway. They don’t let people with a dirty rap sheet work around celebrity movie sets, right? I tried to ease my mind by telling myself that at least Damien probably knew who this guy was, but I still had overwhelming anxiety.
    Looking at my cell phone, I noticed it was already ten minutes till eight.
    “Okay, guys, I’ll be back this afternoon. I’m gonna head out for class!” Avan yelled out to the other employees as he walked out the door and sprinted for his white Mustang that was parked right in front.
    Once again, I wanted to say something to him, but I was too shy and too late. Lena and I hurried to our cars and headed toward the Oceanview High School parking lot, five blocks away on Summerset Avenue.
    The drive to school was always the same from Spirits.
    As I started going again after another red light turned green, I realized I had not even asked what my mystery date’s name was. I still could not believe I was going to let Lena go through with this. Blind dates in my mind translated into events for losers who could not get a date on their own. Was I really a loser? I sure knew I felt like I fit right into the loser club at this moment as the words blind date echoed through my head. How had I gotten to the point of allowing my best friend to set me up with a complete stranger? I may as well have asked Sharon if she knew any guys from the bar that wanted to go grab a burger and a movie. Okay, perhaps I was exaggerating a bit with that comparison.
    Could I get away with faking a sickness? Maybe I could suddenly get a migraine on Saturday and be bad enough that I couldn’t make it. It sounded lame, but it was the only backup plan I had since ditching dates wasn’t something I had to deal with very often. Lena wouldn’t be caught dead talking to someone who, on a scale of one to ten, didn’t score an eight at least, according to her rating system. Based on that, I couldn’t imagine her hooking someone up with her best friend if she didn’t think he had potential.
    Since we lived in the same house, attended the same school, and hung out with each other quite a bit, if things went well, she would end up being around this guy a lot. I guess you could