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    “Whoa.” Millie
giggled. “Is he still looking as hot as ever?”
    “Hotter than
ever.” I fake fanned myself.
    Millie laughed.
“Listen to the two of us. Squealing over boys like we’re still in high school.
It’s kind of pathetic.”
    I knew what she
meant, but I was still having fun. “It’s a bit pathetic, but I feel like we
didn’t get our time in high school, so let’s just enjoy it now.”
    “Yeah. So what
else did Dusty say?”
    I had left the
best part for last. “He invited me to his house for a party tonight. And he
said I could bring you, too.”
    “Jane!” Millie was
bubbling with excitement. “We got invited to Dusty’s party? Holy shit! Tonight?
I can get someone to work my hours. Omigod. How are we going to get around your
mother?”
    “I can’t go,
Millie. I promised I’d have dinner at Johnnie’s parent’s tonight.” I hated
ruining her enthusiasm.
    Millie groaned.
“Don’t do this to me, Jane. You’re kidding, right? You’ve only had the most
massive crush on Dusty Hamilton for the last four years.”
    “That doesn’t mean
I can ditch Johnnie. He needs a friend right now.” The truth was I was too damn
scared to go to Dusty’s party.
    Millie jumped off
the bench and started pacing. “Jane, what am I going to do with you?”
    I laughed. “Am I
that bad?”
    “Worse.” Millie
gazed out toward the pond where the sunlight was bouncing off the surface.
    We kept quiet
until a jogger ran past our bench and down the footpath, out of earshot. My
cheerful mood was slowly deflating.
    Millie pointed
about a hundred yards behind us. “There’s the ‘ole wishing fountain. Do you
have any change to toss into it?”
    I glanced at the
tiered fountain, the water cascading down its white stone sides. “I can’t spare
any damn change for wishes; I’m flat broke.”
    Millie turned to
me, looking intensely serious. “If you could, what would you wish for?”
    I thought for a
moment. “Oh God. I’d wish I could get unstuck. I feel like I’m trapped in this
endless boring life where nothing exciting ever happens to me. I need a job.
That pays well. I need a boyfriend. Someone hot as hell, like Dusty, but
someone who really cared about me. I want a chance at love.”
    Millie sighed
exasperatedly. “That’s like a million wishes, Jane. I think you can only get
one.”
    I scrunched up my
nose. “Well, I don’t have change anyway…”
    Millie dug into
her pocket. “Here. Here’s a dime for you and a penny for me. Maybe a dime will
give you more wishes. Let’s toss them in.”
    I took the dime
from Millie and we both walked over to the fountain. The water gurgled softly
as we both turned our backs and tossed the change over our shoulders and into
the fountain.
    Millie giggled. “I
wished for a gorgeous hunk to sweep me off my feet.”
    “What is it that
Aunt Bettie always says about wishes? ‘If wishes were fishes… how does it
go?  If wishes were fishes…” I couldn’t remember.
    Millie looked at
me oddly. “I never heard that one. Here’s mine: If wishes were fishes… I’d go
fishing. Really, making wishes on a wishing well is silly. You have to go after
your dreams. You can’t just sit around waiting for things to happen, and then bitching
when nothing does. I need to start looking for my gorgeous hunk. Maybe he’s at
Dusty’s party.”
    “What about Rick?”
Rick was Millie’s on-again off-again boyfriend.
    “We’re taking a
break right now. Which means he’s probably fucking some other girl.” Millie sat
down on the grass and started picking at the clover.
    “I’m sorry,
Mille.” I sighed and sat down beside her. “You remember what happened the last
time we went to a party together? Remember Dusty started those awful rumors
about me? Why should I even give him the time of day?”
    Millie looked
dejected as she searched through the clover. She was always searching for one
with four leaves. “Fine. We won’t go. In a few days Johnnie will be back