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to sneak in after the
commercials when it’s dark, and then leave before the lights come
up.”
    “ Wow, I had no idea,” I
said genuinely surprised.
    “ Once, my brothers and I
got chased down the street by a crowd of screaming fans. We had to
hide in an alley until they ran past. It was pretty scary, because
some fans take it a bit too far. They grab your clothes and hair,
anything they can, just to get a piece of you. They don’t even know
us, but they fall in love with what they see on TV or in magazines.
They don’t really love us as people. They love the image or idea of
us.”
    A feeling of stupidity washed over
me for being one of those crazy fans, who fell in love with
someone that she didn’t know from a bar of soap. But I really
had felt like I was in love. Maybe it was just a crush. Now that he
so completely in love with me, I didn’t feel in love with him. I
mean, he was still totally gorgeous and really sweet, but it felt
like he was a stranger. We didn’t have years of history together,
like Ben and I.
    I felt like the most popular girl in
school. I always wondered how it felt to be envied, or even noticed
by everyone. Everyone smiled at me, and wanted to talk to me. I
even heard a few girls saying that they wished they were me. It
felt so good to be noticed for a change, and to feel special. Being
a celebrity, Chase must have felt so special all the time. I’d
always wanted to be famous, but I didn’t have a talent. I’d always
wanted to be a model, but 5 feet 2 is way too short. I even stopped
drinking coffee when I heard that caffeine stunted your growth. I’d
probably still grow a lot more, but not enough to be a model. I
knew that was the closest I’d probably get to being a celebrity,
and it felt amazing. I resolved to enjoy my 15 minutes of fame
while it lasted. I finally knew how it felt to be Rachel or
Amber.
    I didn’t get to talk to Ben or Liz much
for the rest of the day. But Liz had a grin stuck on her face as
she gave me a few thumbs up signs. I think that she was happier
about her Chemistry experiment working, than about Chase being in
love with me. On the other hand, Ben looked like his cat had just
died. Amber kept giving me deaths stares whenever I looked at her,
but I just smiled.
    #
    When I got home from school, my mom was
in the kitchen. “A package was delivered for you about an hour ago.
It looks really expensive,” she said, clearly dying to know what it
was and who it was from.
    I wondered if it was another
Valentine’s gift, but it was better. It was a gorgeous evening gown
and gold strappy sandals for me to wear to the dance. The gown was
emerald green, how ironic. I was relieved that it had been sent,
because I had just planned to wear my purple cotton halter dress
that sat just above my knees. There was also a bottle of extremely
expensive French perfume called “Étoile.” I assumed that it meant
“Star,” because there were little shining stars all over the
bottle.
    #
    I spent the rest of the afternoon
pampering myself and making sure that all the little details were
taken care of for the dance. I applied an avocado face mask, even
though I hate avocado, except in guacamole. Ironic I know. I even
placed two slices of cucumber over my eyelids. I had no clue what
the cucumber was supposed to do, but they always did it in the
movies. I also painted my fingernails and toenails with red nail
polish, so that I looked extra glamorous. I had a long soak in a
bubble bath and washed my hair. I could have been mistaken for a
prune when I finally emerged.
    “ It’s party time,” Rachel
announced, bursting into my room holding a hairdryer, straighter, a
hairbrush, and a comb.
    “ Whoa, is all of that
really necessary?” I asked, intimidated by her arsenal of styling
weapons.
    “ Absolutely darling,
beauty is pain,” she said too excitedly.
    “ You would
know.”
    She sat me down by my dressing table.
First, she blow dried my hair with the big roller brush. As