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Authors: Dyan Sheldon
Stayed
over at Nomi’s last night. We made chocolate cupcakes and talked till we couldn’t keep our eyes open any more. I said I figured I’d learned more about love from Connor in a couple of months than I’d learned from the whole world in 17 years. But I think I was right that love’s about everything not being mememe. It has to be a partnership. The problem with Connor was that it was all about him. What
he
wanted. How
he
felt. Never about me and what I wanted or how I felt. Nomi said, “Excuse me, Hildegard, but isn’t that what I said? That somebody was confusing love with a fascist dictatorship?” Nomi said that maybe in the future I should make all prospective boyfriends take a test before I go out with them. The Hidden Shallows And Murky Depths Test. I said you can’t ask someone if he’s insanely jealous and going to walk off a pier if he thinks you’re looking at some fisherman. She said no, but you could ask if he has a secret desire to wear a military uniform and have people salute him. How hilarious is that? There were a couple of hours after I left Connor in the diner when I thought I might never laugh again. At least not for a really long time. But even though I know I’m going to feel sad for a while, the laughing’s definitely not going to be a problem.
The only thing Gabriela and Beth have in common is that they are in LA for the weekend. Gabriela is there for FRIVOLITY, FASHION and FUN; Beth for LECTURES, LEARNING and LITERATURE. But what neither girl knows is that they are not alone.
Two ANGELS are in LA with them.
AND THE ANGELS HAVE OTHER IDEAS…
Everything I’m about to tell you occurred exactly as I say – even the things that seem so incredible, so totally out of the solar system that you think I must have made them up. And nothing’s been exaggerated, not the teensiest, tiniest, most subatomic bit. It all happened exactly as I’m telling it.
And it starts with the end of the world…
THREE very different girls with one thing in common.
They all have a CRUSH on the GORGEOUS NEW BOY in school.
But which of them will get him? And how on earth is she going to do it?
ALL IS FAIR IN LOVE AND WAR – AND THIS IS LOVE!
“Promise me you’ll always be my best friend, Gracie,” said Savanna. “No matter what happens. PROMISE. PROMISE. PROMISE.” I laughed. “Of course I will,” I promised.
It was a no-brainer. There was nothing that could ever end our friendship. We were SOUL SISTERS. We were COSMIC TWINS and we would be FOREVER.
AT LEAST THAT’S WHAT I THOUGHT THEN…
Dyan Sheldon is the author of many books for young people, including
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
;
And Baby Makes Two; The Crazy Things Girls Do for Love;
and
My Worst Best Friend
, as well as a number of stories for younger readers. American by birth, Dyan lives in North London.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or, if real, used fictitiously. All statements, activities, stunts, descriptions, information and material of any other kind contained herein are included for entertainment purposes only and should not be relied on for accuracy or replicated as they may result in injury.
First published 2012 by Walker Books Ltd
87 Vauxhall Walk, London SE11 5HJ
Text © 2012 Dyan Sheldon
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ISBN 978-1-4063-4083-9 (ePub)