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English goes in the kitchen. Math in the den."
    "Who's in the bedrooms?" Allie asked. "I'll join that group."
    Natalie and Blue giggled while I yelled at Allie. "This isn't a social thing! You have to study! Go change your clothes! No boy is going to be thinking about homework if you wear that!"
    "That's the point," Allie said. "Remember? The entire point of this was boys, if you recall."
    Natalie wiggled her eyebrows, and Blue grinned.
    "Maybe it was about boys to you, but this is about the fact that I have an assignment to do!" Could I feel any more guilty that my parents didn't know what I was doing? Guilty. Stressed. Surrounded by unsympathetic friends. It was a nightmare. I actually felt really bad about yelling at my friends, but since they didn't seem to be taking it personally, I decided not to worry about it. I took a deep breath and tried to calm myself. "Okay, look, it's six o'clock now. You guys have to go upstairs." I tried to pull Blue and Natalie to their feet. "You haven't been approved by Mr. Walker so you can't come."
    Blue looked offended. "You're kidding."
    "How's Mr. Walker going to know if we're here?" Natalie narrowed her eyes. "You can't keep these private school boys to yourself. We're worthy. I'm so sick of all the boys on my track team. I need to meet some guys who don't smell."
    "You're just annoyed because none of them asked you to the fall dance," Blue said. "You're friends with all these hot guys and none of them took you."
    Natalie scowled. "I don't care about that. I don't want to date them anyway."
    "Hey!" I waved my hands. "Go away!"
    "Fine." Blue stood up. "Let's go upstairs and call Colin. Maybe we can go out with him and his friends."
    "What?" They were going to go out without me? That wasn't fair.
    Blue flipped a look over her shoulder as she and Natalie walked up the stairs. "If you'd gotten permission for Mapleville High to come, then maybe Colin would've brought all his friends here."
    I was about to die from stress and they were trying to make me feel worse? What kind of friends were they?
    Allie put her arm over my shoulder. "Don't worry about them, Frances. They'll raid my mom's makeup cabinet and be fine." She glanced at her watch. "Five minutes after five. People should be arriving any minute. Let's go get the food ready."
    "You get the food. I'll review the rotation schedule."
    Allie shook her head. "You're way too serious. No one's going to come back if you don't lighten up."
    "Said by the woman who doesn't have to write an article that both schools are relying on to change policy."
    "Better you than me." Allie hiked up her skirt still farther. "You really should borrow some of my clothes sometimes. Those baggy clothes really don't do you any justice."
    "Allie!"
    "Fine. I'll go get the food. Relax."
    Phew.
    Okay.
    This was under control.
    I was ready for everyone to arrive.
    My first guest arrived at precisely ten minutes after six. I opened the door to find a guy about as tall as me, and about as skinny as Natalie, which meant he was basically all skin and bones. He was wearing a pair of ironed beige pants, a button down shirt and plaid shoes. He looked studious and intent, and I knew he would be perfect! I beamed at him. "Hi."
    He shifted on the step and fixed his glasses. "So, is this The Homework Club?"
    "Oh, yes. Come on in." I stepped back and waved him inside. I was pleased to see his backpack was full of books and he was carrying two others in his arm. I liked him already! "I'm Frances Spinelli."
    "George. George Moon." He glanced around, his light brown eyes squinting as if his glasses were the wrong prescription. "Am I the first one here?"
    "Yep." I peered past him into the street, but no one was there. "Did you walk?"
    "My mom dropped me off. She'll be back in an hour. I didn't know how long it would go, and I didn't know if it would be productive, so I'm only going to stay for a short time."
    "Don't worry. We'll be productive. As soon as the others arrive, we can get