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most is hearing. The last thing she uses to judge people is her eyes.”
    I shrugged. Whatever. Still didn’t get it.
    “Describe Jesse.”
    It felt awkward to describe another guy, but Gabrielle had this laser-beam stare that I couldn’t deny. “He’s short. Probably works out with weights a lot. Shouldn’t try to grow a beard yet.”
    “Describe Jesse without mentioning how he looks.”
    I hated it when girls got this way. Was it something bred into their spare X chromosome? “He’s smart. Nice.”
    “And fun.”
    “Okay.”
    “That is what Benita sees .” Gabrielle cocked her head to the side, as if studying me for the first time. “What sense do you trust most?”
    That was easy. “Touch.” As soon as I said it, I felt my face grow hot. I hadn’t meant as in skin-on-skin—although I trusted that too. What I’d meant was the feel of the road through the bike. I trusted it way more than the way the road looked.
    “Why do you—”
    “Gabi?” Jesse interrupted. He dropped onto the other bench, one hand clutching a bottle of ketchup, the other clutching Benita’s arm. “I’ve been reading Teen Trash .”
    Gabrielle answered without looking away from me. “That’s a mistake.”
    Benita dropped her head on Jesse’s shoulder and smiled. “It says you’re secretly dating Korry Sim.”
    “Then I guess it’s not a secret anymore.”
    Benita’s head popped up, her mouth dropping open into a big O.
    I looked at Gabrielle. “You’re dating Korry Sim?”
    She nodded and sipped her smoothie.
    That was hard to take in. Korry Sim was in huge demand as an actor. He had a black belt and was willing to do his own stunts. He had to be older than her, four years or more, which seemed like a lot to me, but maybe it wasn’t with actors. “Where’d you meet Korry?”
    “On the set of Flight Risk .”
    Wow. There was major buzz on that film. “I didn’t know you were in that.”
    Benita let go of Jesse’s bicep and leaned on the table. “ Teen Trash says it’s rumored that Korry picked you specifically to play Princess Aziza.”
    Gabrielle wrinkled her nose. “Why do you read that magazine?”
    Benita laughed. “So I can keep up with gossip.”
    “I wish you’d stop. You can ask me anything.” She took another swig of her smoothie. “They’re right for once. Korry asked the producers to cast me as Princess Aziza. I wrapped my scenes over the summer.”
    “I know something they don’t?” Benita slumped in her seat, eyes focused heavenward in abject joy. Jesse looked irritated at losing his spot at the center of her universe.
    I was too interested in this news to pay attention to them. “How did you swing that?”
    “Korry loved my performance in my last film and told the producers I’d be perfect opposite him. So they scheduled my scenes around my senior year.”
    Gabrielle and Korry Sim? I hadn’t known this a minute ago, but now that I did it changed how I viewed her. A lot of the time, she did a good job of acting like a regular teen, but it was hard to hold that thought knowing that she was dating one of the best-known guys on the planet. “Where is Flight Risk being filmed?”
    “Botswana.”
    Damn. “What’s Botswana like?”
    She gave the first real smile on this topic. “It’s gorgeous. The land is varied and the animals…” Her voice trailed away on a sigh. “It’s my favorite country in Africa.”
    Okay. Gabrielle had been to enough countries in Africa to have a favorite.
    “Um, guys,” Jesse said, “can we get back to physics? I want to pass the pop quiz.”
    “In a minute,” Benita said, clamping her hand over his mouth. “How long has it been since you’ve seen Korry?”
    “Four weeks.”
    Benita winced. “How long before you see him again?”
    “Thanksgiving, probably.”
    “I wouldn’t like that at all.” Benita moved her hand from Jesse’s mouth to kiss him, then stared into his eyes. “I want you around where I can get my hands on you.”
    If they