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Leslie said sarcastically. “Like you don’t know.”
    â€œI don’t!” Tania cried. “I don’t have any idea what you’re talking about!”
    â€œHa.” Leslie bared her teeth in a vicious smile. “First you get to be Homecoming Queen. Now you steal the role in Keith’s video. You knew I was counting on that role for my college portfolio! I can’t believe you stole that from me, too!”
    â€œBut …”
    â€œI could
kill
you, Tania!” Leslie clenched her fists. “I really could!”
    Eva shuddered. Leslie is totally out of control, she realized.
    â€œYou don’t care about acting,” Leslie accused, glaring at Tania. “But I’ve wanted to act since I was a little girl. And you know it! You know it and you still took the part from me!”
    â€œStop it, Leslie!” Tania shouted. “Just stop a second and listen to me!”
    â€œWhy should I?”
    â€œBecause I didn’t even know you wanted to be in the video,” Tania explained.
    Leslie tossed her head, looking skeptical.
    â€œI
didn’t
know,” Tania repeated slowly. “Keith never told me. Leslie, I don’t blame you for being upset. If Keith had said something, I would have told him to use you. But he didn’t!”
    Leslie stared at her a moment. Then her shoulders sagged, and the fury went out of her eyes.
    Eva sighed in relief.
    â€œI’m really sorry,” Tania murmured.
    Leslie nodded. “Well …” She paused. “I have something to tell
you,
Tania.”
    â€œYou do?”
    â€œAfter all, why shouldn’t I ruin your day, too?” Leslie said bitterly.
    â€œHuh?” Tania frowned. “What do you mean?”
    Eva’s heart sped up. Leslie is going to tell her about Sandy and Cherise, she realized. I can’t let
Leslie
do it! She’ll enjoy it too much. And Tania will be really embarrassed—in front of her biggest rival!
    â€œWhat is it?” Tania asked Leslie.
    â€œNot now!” Eva cried. “Leslie, come here.”
    She grabbed hold of Leslie’s arm and pulled her into the wings.
    â€œWhat is your problem?” Leslie demanded, annoyed.
    â€œI know what you were about to say!” Eva whispered furiously. She squeezed Leslie’s arm. “Don’t you
dare
tell her about Sandy! I know you’d just love to hurt her. But don’t you dare!”
    â€œStop it!” Leslie hissed, jerking her arm away.
    â€œYou
stop it!” Eva insisted. “Keep your mouth shut about Sandy and Cherise!”
    Leslie glared at her for a moment. Eva stood her ground. “Fine. I won’t tell her … now,” Leslie finally answered.
    She spun around and stalked off.
    â€œWhat was that all about?” Tania asked. “What did she want to tell me?”
    Eva took a deep breath.
    But as she started to speak, the stage doors clanged open and the rest of the Homecoming Court trooped in.
    I can’t tell her now, Eva thought. Not with people around. “Nothing,” she said, forcing a smile. “Forget it. It wasn’t important.”
    The next afternoon, Eva stood by the big fountain in the Division Street Mall and gazed around. She and Tania had made plans to meet here to shop for Homecoming dresses again. But so far, she hadn’t spotted her friend.
    Of course, it’s Saturday, she reminded herself. The place is packed. Tania’s probably stuck in the crowd, trying to find me.
    Eva craned her neck, but it was impossible to see over the heads of all the shoppers. Frustrated, she climbed up on the low stone wall surrounding the fountain to get a better look.
    As she peered around, she spotted a tall guy with curly, reddish-brown hair and a scattering of freckles across his cheeks.
    â€œJeremy!” Eva stood on tiptoe and waved her arms. “Jeremy!”
    Jeremy turned, startled. When he saw Eva, a shy smile spread across his face, and