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ribcage.
    This is one week of my life. And I may fail
at this stupid bucket list. My ‘friends’ may not speak to me from
now until after graduation and beyond. They can have Los Angeles.
For this week, I’m having Saturn.

Chapter Five
    Normally, I have no problem picking out what
to wear. It’s usually narrowed down to three or four choices, but
tonight, I’d give anything for three or four choices. I can’t even
think straight to figure out what my options are, and that’s after
unpacking the half of my closet I brought with me. I believe in
dressing to impress no matter where you go, but this whole ‘hanging
with famous guys’ thing is over my head.
    “Night club, Marisol,” I say. “Dress like
you’re going to a night club. Pretend you’re in LA right now. What
would you wear?”
    I skim the ‘short and sexy’ section of my
clothes and mentally tell myself to stop talking to myself…out
loud, anyway. I grab the slinky black dress with a plunging
neckline, add bright pink earrings for a splash of color, and dig
through my shoes until I find heels that are stylish but still
decent for dancing. Then I force myself to get dressed before I can
change my mind, which is always an option.
    After a hair and makeup fix, I settle back
onto the bed and dig a little deeper to see who exactly I’m going
to be meeting tonight. I type Chloe Branson’s name into the search
bar, and the autofill suggestion surprises me. “Chloe Branson
cheating scandal Isaac Torrey” seems to be a seriously popular
search topic.
    I know not to believe what I read on gossip
sites, but the top three articles were published this week. With
Chloe’s angelic reputation (or at least, that’s what I gathered
earlier), I can’t help but click on the top link, which directs me
to a Spaceships Around Saturn gossip page – The Saturn Sleaze.
    “Oh my God,” I whisper as the page loads on
my screen. I can’t believe people actually dedicate their time and
energy to this crap. Or worse, that I’m reading it.
    Longtime girlfriend of Milo Grayson and
one-half of SAS’s most famous power couple may not be circling
around Saturn much longer! Chloe Branson, one of three sisters made
famous by the band’s lockdown last summer, has never hidden her
love for rock band Sebastian’s Shadow, and even more so, she’s
always vocalized her admiration of lead guitarist Isaac Torrey.
    “ They’ve been my favorite band since the
first time I heard them,” Branson said in a post-lockdown
interview. “Their lyrics speak volumes, and no one can touch Isaac
when it comes to chords.”
    Saturnites were leery of the Branson sisters
once their relationships went public last summer (Aralie Branson is
in a relationship with Jules Rossi), but over time, the Bransons
won the hearts of most Saturnites across the fandom. Still, a few
remained suspicious of the sisters’ motives, and recently, rumors
sparked again.
    When Chloe was absent from
a red carpet event due to her work on album art for
Sebastian’s Shadow’s upcoming album , fans began to
question her loyalty to SAS and to her relationship with Milo.
While many fans defended Branson and went as far as to say they
don’t blame her for taking a chance to work with her favorite band,
the news of Isaac Torrey’s recent divorce shook even the most
faithful Chloe fans.
    A knock on the door makes me jump. My
earrings sling around as I frantically rush to hide Saturn’s
sleaze. I hibernate the laptop and silently curse Noah for arriving
before I could finish the article. I ready myself with a deep
breath before I open the door.
    “Damn,” Noah says, looking me up and down.
“For once, I actually hope there are paparazzi outside just so they
can snap you on my arm.”
    He steps into the room while I gather my
things and tuck them into a small clutch. I’m definitely ditching
the purse tonight. I slide my room key into the hidden zipper
inside and glance up to see Noah smiling too slyly for my