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darted out of her own trailer and headed for the makeup trailer, calling back to her mother that she could find it on her own.
    She had just bounded up the high step to the makeup trailer and grabbed the doorknob when she heard a voice behind her.
    " How about a hand up? "
    Turning, Taffy saw the most adorable little girl she had ever seen smiling up at her. She looked about seven or eight years old, and Taffy could see right away that she would have trouble climbing up the steep trailer steps by herself.
    " Sure, " Taffy said, reaching down and offering a hand. " Where ' s your mommy? "
    " Asleep in my trailer, " she said, and Taffy thought her voice sounded surprisingly mature for a seven- or eight-year-old. Then the little girl brightened and added, " My name ' s Tessica Taylor, but everybody calls me Tess. You must be Taffy Sinclair, or should I say, dreadful Tiffany Stafford. "
    " Right, " said Taffy. " And you must play Jillian ' s little sister, Kara. "
    Tess nodded and hoisted herself up onto the step beside Taffy. " I saw you at Jerry ' s party last night, but I didn ' t get a chance to talk to you. "
    " You were at the party? " Taffy asked in surprise. " Wasn ' t that way past your bedtime? "
    " Humpf, " snorted Tess, giving Taffy a disgusted look. " Come on, let ' s go in and get beautiful. "
    The two girls were met by a pair of makeup artists, who put them into chairs and began working on their faces.
    " Hi, Taffy. I ' m Marie. I ' m just going to highlight your features. Nothing heavy, " she said, and began applying a light eyeliner and a little blush.
    Next she was sent to the hair stylist ' s chair, where a handsome young man named Tony brushed her long blond hair. Tess, who was having her hair set with hot rollers, waved when Taffy left the trailer.
    Taffy strolled along, heading for her own trailer, wondering if Raven had arrived on the set yet. He was in this morning ' s scene, but so far she hadn ' t seen him anywhere. Maybe he was in makeup right now or talking to the wardrobe mistress. She sighed, remembering how he hadn ' t even spoken to her at Jerry ' s party last night. Was there something wrong? Was he avoiding her? But why? she wondered stubbornly. What could she have possibly done to make him angry at her?
    She was practicing her lines with her mother a little while later when someone knocked on the trailer door and called, " Fifteen minutes, Miss Sinclair. "
    Her mother ' s eyes flared. " That ' s us! " she cried.
    Taffy could only nod. It was time. The moment she had been waiting for and dreading all at the same time. Her heart started hammering, and she looked down at the pages of the script, trying to remember what they said. Her mind was blank. She couldn ' t remember a single word of the speeches for the scene.
    " I can ' t do it, " she whispered to herself. " I can ' t go out there and make a fool of myself. I ' ll tell them I ' m sick or that I have laryngitis. "
    " Come on, Taffy. Let ' s get going, " her mother urged, opening the door and motioning for Taffy to follow her.
    Taffy started to protest, but just then she noticed Raven walking past the trailer. He was dressed in jeans and a bright blue crewneck sweater, and he was glancing around as if he were looking for someone.
    Taffy ' s heart skipped a beat. Was he looking for her? Maybe he wanted to walk to the set with her. She sighed at the instant vision of the two of them arriving at the set together, arms linked and smiling at each other. Forgetting her laryngitis and all her fears, she looked around for her script pages. She had to hurry.
    But when she turned to the door again, he was gone.
    " Raven? " she called as she stepped out of the trailer. Still, no one was there but her mother. " Did you see Raven Blaine out here? " she asked.
    Her mother nodded and shrugged. " He was walking by a moment ago, " she said, looking puzzled.
    Taffy ' s heart dropped with a thud. Apparently he hadn ' t been looking for her after all.

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