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obviously forgotten Tyler was even there. He figured she'd be perfectly made up, washed, and blow - dried by the time she made another appear ance.
    Tyler stuck his head out of the bathroom door. "You need to get in here?" he asked Jason.
    Jason stared at his friend. He looked seriously pale, with deep circles under his eyes. "Nah, I can wait," he said. Tyler nodded and disappeared back into the bathroom.
    Shaking his head, Jason retreated into his bed room. Whatever was going on with Tyler, a good night's sleep hadn't solved it. The dude still looked like crap.
    But by breakfast time, Tyler seemed to have rebounded. He was busy helping Mrs. Freeman mix pancake batter when Jason came into the kitchen.
    "... and Mr. Ruck tripped and knocked over the whole podium," he was saying.
    Jason's mom dissolved into laughter. "I always hated that guy," she remarked. "Ever since we were on the same PTA committee, when you and Jason were in third grade."
    " 'Morning ," Jason said, heading to the fridge for some OJ.
    "Happy Thanksgiving," his mom replied. She grabbed his arm as he passed her and spun him away from the refrigerator. "We're all sitting down to eat together this morning. I don't want you doing your typical orange juice and banana on the run."
    "She's showing off for Aunt Bianca. I'm even supposed to put out the good coffee cups," Danielle said from the dining room, where she was setting the table. As Jason had expected, she was fully dressed and look ing perfect.
    "I am not showing off," Mrs. Freeman said, hand ing Jason a basket full of muffins and pointing to the table.
    He dutifully carried the muffins over and set them down. "Yes, she is," he murmured to Dani.
    "Totally," Dani laughed.
    "Your aunt Bianca is here?" Tyler asked from the counter. "How come I didn't see her last night?"
    "She had to go to the office for some last - minute thing," Mrs. Freeman replied. "She didn't get back until almost midnight."
    "Weird," Jason said. "Doesn't everyone try to cut out early the day before Thanksgiving?"
    "Not in her job," Dani put in. "Dealing with all those high - powered, demanding Hollywood peeps."
    "My ears are burning," Bianca said, appearing in the kitchen. "Are you talking about me behind my back?"
    "Only good things," Jason assured her. "I think Dani wants to have your job after college."
    "Oh, I hope not," Mrs. Freeman said. Aunt Bianca gave her an arch look, and Mrs. Freeman shrugged. "No offense, Bee, but wrangling celebs isn't exactly - "
    "Boring?" Dani interrupted. "I'd love to be a star - creator like Aunt Bianca. With one place in New York and another in California. Traveling all over." She sat down at the table and grabbed a muffin.
    "That's my girl," Aunt Bianca laughed. "Be adven turous.”
    "Do you have a place out here?" Tyler asked, com ing to sit next to Dani.
    "I don't, actually," Bianca replied. "My late husband had a home in Malibu, but I sold it after he died. It made me sad to be there."
    Tyler nodded sympathetically. "That's tough."
    "Besides, I don't need a place here anymore. I can always stay with my big sis," Bianca said, grinning at Mrs. Freeman. "And if she gets sick of me, my company will put me up in a hotel."
    "I'd take the Beverly Hilton over our house any day," Dani commented.
    "Me, too, if somebody else is paying," Jason's dad called from the stairway. "Did I miss breakfast?"
    "Nope. The pancakes are ready, so everybody sit," Mrs. Freeman replied.
    Jason and his father sat across from Dani and Tyler, and his mom and aunt took the ends. Looking back and forth between them, Jason noted again how different the two women were. Somehow he'd never noticed it before. It was more than just their looks, though Bianca's dark hair was nothing like his mother's short blond bob. They also had strikingly different attitudes toward life. His mom was, well, a mom - in a good way, of course. But Bianca always acted like she was still just a kid herself. Well, she is a bit younger than Mom, Jason