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as he followed Jane down the aisle.
    The sight of him—especially so suddenly, so unexpectedly—jolted Mads. She stopped and watched them, dazed, until they disappeared backstage. Sean. He was like a force field to her. And Stephen wasn't there to counteract his power.
    Should she go back in? Should she stay and find out what he was doing there?
    Thank god he didn't see my audition!
Mads thought.
But maybe someone will tell him about it—like Audrey. I'd better get out of here.
    She unlocked her bike and pedaled home, wondering at every block if she should turn and go back. There was only one obvious reason why Sean would be at the theater: he was auditioning for a part in the play! And Teen Mariah had a boyfriend—and she got to kiss him. What if Sean got that part?
    Mads wanted to kick herself.
I should never have blown my audition!
she thought.
What if I've missed a chance to kiss Sean?

6
    True Love Defined
    To: hollygolitely
    From: your daily horoscope
    HERE IS TODAY'S HOROSCOPE: CAPRICORN: You're getting mushy on me, Capricorn. Bring back your old hardheaded self—please!
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    I can't believe how different you look,” Holly said to Britta at lunch on Monday. Instead of her usual nondescript overalls or baggy corduroys, Britta was wearing a pretty burgundy skirt and a clingy white knit top. She hadn't cut her hair or changed her glasses, but her face glowed. She was blooming.
    “Thank you,” she said. “I feel different, too. Holly, you were right. There's so much more to life than studying!”
    They settled in a corner of the lunchroom by the window. It was the last lunch period of the day and the room was clearing out.
    What could have brought about such a sudden change in Britta? Holly was dying to know. “Tell me everything,” she said.
    “I can't believe it's only been three days since I met him!” Britta said, speaking of Ed Reyes, the boy she met at Nick Henin's party. “It feels like a lifetime.”
    Aha! Holly's matchmaking prowess strikes again! Okay, so Ed wasn't the match she had planned for Britta. The important thing was that she saw a void in Britta's life and helped her fill it.
    “He picked me up at noon on Saturday and we spent the whole day together,” Britta said. “I mean the
whole
day. I didn't get home until after midnight! I've never done anything like that before. My parents didn't know what to think.”
    Holly tried to remember if she and Rob had ever done that. “What did you do all day?”
    “For a while we just drove around and talked. He told me all about himself, and I told him all about myself. Not that there's much to tell. But he's so interesting. He's a sophomore in college in England! But his father lives here. So he's visiting. We drove to the beach and we found this adorable little house, with nothing else around it, right on the water, with a ‘For Sale’ sign out front. And Ed said, ‘Let's look inside.’ I was afraid to. I mean, it's trespassing, and anyway I thought the door would probably be locked. But it wasn't. So we went inside. It's the sweetest little house! It's completely empty and the electricity is turned off and everything. But you can see the ocean from the second floor, and hear the waves … ”
    Holly imagined Ed and Britta holding hands like a newlywed couple, pushing open the door of a pretty little vine-covered house filled with a watery light from the sea. “It sounds so romantic,” Holly said.
    “We sat on the floor and talked some more. He's really smart. But he's had a hard time with his parents and everything … Then we got hungry, so we got back in the car. We couldn't find a place to eat that seemed right. We were in this particular mood, you know, and we didn't want to ruin it by going to some noisy restaurant. So Ed pulled into a shopping center and told me to wait in the car. A few minutes later he came out with two big shopping bags and drove off. I asked him where we were going and he said it was a surprise.”
    Holly