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ours. I paced the room, not caring who I stepped on, which was Kali. I stumbled over her and she gave a little squeal. I motioned wildly at her. “Alright, alright, first hint.” I carefully maneuvered around Kali. She squirmed like a lost puppy. “I’m the one who sits behind you in chemistry.” Sort of true, except not. He usually sat somewhere in the back, not like I was paying attention, of course.
    “ Yeah?”
    “And I sing la la la la behind your head.”
    “ What?” he seemed surprised. “When?”
    I forced out a stupid giggle. “Only when I’m happy. When the professor is giving out assignments. I love chemistry! I mean—not chemistry—but the word, chemistry !” I shrieked happily. I was sure that would kill his ears. Lizzie’s lips clenched even tighter together. “What?” I mouthed to her. Her disapproval always made me uneasy.
    “ Um, nope, not getting it.” Byron was starting to sound a little testy. Just as planned.
    “Okay, next hint. You smiled at me. Remember that?” I stared at my mirror, forcing my face to go dreamy, so my voice would follow. The look didn’t fit my dark looks at all and I twisted my lips. Despite Byron’s goads, I wasn’t completely lacking in girlish charms. I wore a lot of black, sure, but I’ve been told that my lips are very kissable—not that I’ve been doing much of that lately. “And uh…in class when our eyes met...” I tried to make the words work on my tongue, but only managed to sound like a gooey Glinda the Good Witch, “it made my heart go pitter patter.” I gave another girly giggle.
    “ Really?” Now his voice seemed tense. Good. “I have no idea who you are.” It came out flat.
    “It’s Suzy Q!” I announced with a laugh. “Suzy Q Miller!” I gave another squeal as if he would be just as delighted with the announcement. “Well, it’s really just Suzy. That’s why you didn’t guess it. Everyone calls me Suzy Q for short. My best friend Sandra does. You know Sandra, right?” He wasn’t saying anything, and so I easily filled up the silence with silly girly talk. “Well, I guess you might know her, she’s your girlfriend, after all. Well, I mean not now , I guess.” I laughed. “Awkward. But uh, you and I never dated before…so you could date me, right?”
    “ I could?”
    I blew out, trying to keep from exploding with laughter. Tory hid her face in a pillow. I saw her body jerking with silent mirth. Kali just looked dreamy. She bounced happily on my bed. I noticed the dignified Lizzie had deserted me. I had disappointed her. My heart lurched briefly at the thought, but there was no turning back. “Yeah, um, so you can take me out to dinner and then to a movie. I really don’t care what we do as long as you pay for it.”
    That was the clincher. He would wipe the floor with me for sure, but then I would laugh in his face for buying my stupid story. It was all so perfect. “Wow, that sounds like a night to remember,” he drawled. “I didn’t realize how easy it would be to please a girl like you.”
    “Yeah, I figure the more dates I go on, the faster I get married, right?”
    He burst out laughing. “Sure.”
    I frowned. Byron laughed at my joke? How did he know it was a joke? I took a steadying breath. This was a more treacherous mission than I thought. I was always a sucker for a man with a sense of humor. I couldn’t let things get out of hand. “So, uh, how about it, hot stuff?”
    He paused for a second and I readied for a fight. “Okay,” he said.
    Okay? My forehead wrinkled. Did he just say okay? He’d go out with this monster I had just created of myself? What was wrong with him? No guy liked clingy girls. No guy liked high-maintenance girls. No guy liked girls who made la la la la noises behind him in class, especially a player like this. He couldn’t possibly be serious? I muted my cell. “He said, okay.”
    “What?” Kali fell off my bed and slid to the ground in surprise. Her blonde hair splayed