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was kissing a gorgeous blonde guy named Eric.” I reached into the bag for another cookie. “Why would I be jealous of you ogling an Oreo?”
    “Because you and Eric are never going to last,” Tim replied, finishing off the filling and moving onto the cookie part. “In less than a month, you guys will break up, and then you’ll be crawling back to me.”
    “Your logic is like the Titanic after hitting the iceberg—completely full of holes.” I took a bite of my Oreo. “First of all, Eric and I aren’t even going out, so we can’t possibly break up, and secondly, I guarantee there will never ever be any crawling back to you.”
    “Eric hasn’t asked you out yet? What’s holding him back?” Tim patted my arm in sympathy. “Is it because he’s so sensitive ?”
    I shoved his hand away. “No, he’s busy and I don’t want another boyfriend. My last boyfriend turned out to be such a jerk, so I decided to take a break from dating for a while.” Spotting Cassie Foster sitting a few rows behind Alyssa, I said, “Maybe you should try taking a break from dating, too.”
    Tim glanced over his shoulder at Cassie, who seemed to have grown more stunning over the summer, and said, “Now why would I want to break it off with someone like that?”
    “Because even the Tin Man had more of a heart than she does?”
    “Body organs are totally overrated,” Tim replied. “Besides, Cassie and I aren’t serious or anything.”
    “Does she know that?” I asked as Tim’s gaze shifted to Alyssa.
    “I guess.” Tim shrugged. “Cassie and I don’t talk a whole lot when we’re together.”
    Deciding to end the conversation before I tossed the cookies I just ate, I stood up and wiped the crumbs from my face. “Well, as much as I’d love to hear more about your and Cassie’s meaningful relationship, I better go get ready for my audition.”
    “Break a leg,” Tim said as I inched my way out of the aisle. “That way, I can nurse you back to health when you and I get back together.”
    “Tim,” I said with a sigh, “the chance of you and I getting back together is about as good as me breaking both my legs.”
    “Hey, at least there’s a chance,” Tim replied with a grin.

    “So, do you want the good news or bad news first?” Lisa asked on Friday morning when I spotted her on our usual corner.
    “Haven’t you ever heard of saying hello?”
    “Hello,” Lisa said, already a half house ahead of me. “Now what do you want to hear first?”
    Jogging to catch up with her, I said, “You might as well start with the bad news first.”
    “I talked to Mrs. Ingram last night,” Lisa said, her voice filled with sympathy. “You’re only playing a townsperson in the musical. All the big roles went to upperclassmen.”
    My heart sunk a few inches and rested on my stomach. “You mean I didn’t even get one line?”
    “Yes, you did,” Lisa said as excitement replaced her sympathy. “That’s some of the good news. Mrs. Ingram was really impressedwith how well you read, so she gave you a line to say. At the beginning of the play, you get to say, ‘Good morning, Mayor Shinn.’”
    I looked at Lisa with skepticism. “Did Mrs. Ingram really think I read well, or did you and my mom bully her into giving me a part?”
    “I swear we had nothing to do with it,” Lisa said as her big blue eyes grew even wider. “Mrs. Ingram really liked your audition and gave you a line without even talking to me first.”
    A small smile crossed my lips. I got a speaking part all on my own. “So, you said my line was just some of the good news. What’s the rest of it?”
    “Well,” Lisa replied, “the really good news is that I convinced Mrs. Ingram you’d be perfect as the understudy for Marian the librarian. She’s a lead role! Isn’t that super?”
    I stopped walking. “You did what?”
    “You don’t need to thank me. It was the least I could do for my best friend. Mrs. Ingram said they don’t normally cast sophomores as