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mean you’re going with him on Saturday?”
    I furrowed my brow. “I don’t think so. I mean, he didn’t ask.”
    “Well, the rest of us can always have the Bond marathon at my house,” she offered after a pause. “Just let me know.”
    I nodded absently. “Yeah, okay.”
    Until Ally had mentioned it, I’d forgotten about the Homecoming Dance. I mean, I’d spent the last few months telling my brother I absolutely did not want to go to Homecoming, mainly because I wanted to go with someone who liked me. And suddenly, there was this chance that I could have a date — a real date! Ally didn’t seem to mind, but Talia would be furious with me if I went with Dante, especially since the three of us already had plans for the entire weekend.
    “Do you really think he’d ask?” I asked, handing my friend a bottle of water from the fridge. “I mean, it’s kind of short notice, don’t you think? Like, really short notice.”
    “Does it matter?”
    I frowned. The whole idea of rearranging my entire schedule for a guy didn’t seem right. Plus I had no intention of flaking out on my friends, even if it was to go out with Dante.
    “I don’t want to cancel our marathon,” I said. “It’s tradition, you know?”
    Ally looked uncertain. “Are you sure? I mean, no offense to you guys or anything, but I’d totally ditch you for Dante.”
    I laughed and tossed her Brady’s car keys. “At least you’re honest.”
    While Ally was in the garage looking at my brother’s car, I tried to do some homework, but I couldn’t concentrate. The Scarlet Letter wasn’t making a whole lot of sense, events of European history were kind of blurring together, and the difference between mitosis and meiosis seemed negligible at most. After almost an hour, I gave up trying to focus and gave myself a pedicure instead.
    “Do you know if your brother has ever changed his fuel filter?” Ally said as she came back into the house while I applied the second coat of polish. She washed her hands in the kitchen sink and dried them on a towel before plopping down onto the couch beside me. “It was, like, really hard to blow air through it.”
    “Is that what’s wrong with his car?”
    “I don’t think that was it, exactly. He definitely needed to clean his IAC valve. I was right about that. But I did, like, half a tune up while I was out there and checked his filter. I swapped it out for the new one he had in the cabinet.”
    “You should charge him for that,” I suggested.
    “I know, right?” she said, her head bobbing in agreement. “Either that, or he should really let my brother handle Veronica’s maintenance if he’s not going to do it right.” She folded her legs into the lotus position and sat up straight. “Anyway, don’t narc me out for doing it without a license, but I drove her around the block a couple of times to check her out. She seems fine now.”
    I smiled at her. “You’re amazing, you know that?”
    “Well, spread the word. I need more publicity.” She noted my freshly painted toes. “Green?”
    “I thought you’d be proud,” I said, trying to look hurt. “I’m displaying my school spirit.”
    “And totally not doing homework,” she observed. When I groaned in protest, she laughed and pulled me to my feet. “Come on. Geometry is always more fun when you have company to share in the misery.”
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    Library @ lunch , the group text from Talia read. Brainstorm proj .
    K , I texted back, keeping my phone under my desk and out of Mr. Jorgensen’s line of sight. Talia may have been brave enough to openly defy school rules, but the last thing I wanted was for one of the school deans to confiscate my phone while I was scheduling time to work on a project for his class. J? I texted, wondering if the third member of our group would be joining us.
    Jake responded right away. Moved rehearsal 2nite. OK 4 lunch .
    I looked over my shoulder toward the back of the class and grinned when he waved at me. He had