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be preppy. Every day he always wore the same thing: khaki pants, burgundy penny loafers, a white (or blue) Oxford shirt, and either a pullover sweater or a vest. He was tall and lanky, his skin was the color of mocha, and his brown hair was short and spiky.
    â€œHave you been crying?” Dexter asked, pulling his book bag over his head.
    â€œIs it that obvious?” Eden asked in a panic, reaching into her shoulder bag for her compact and checking her face. She’d popped into the girls’ bathroom between classes. Her eyes had been a little swollen during first period but she thought they had gone back to normal the last time she had checked.
    â€œNo,” he said, taking the seat across from her and pulling out his SAT study guide. “But your eyes are sad. Did something happen?”
    â€œMy boyfriend broke up with me.” Eden sniffed. “I might as well tell you how he broke up with me since I’m sure the entire school is going to know by the end of today. He sent me a text message.”
    â€œThat’s cold.”
    â€œI know.” Eden could feel the tears coming back, but she fought them off. She was not going to cry in front of Mindy Yee! She could see her at her table, craning her neck like a vulture, trying to figure out what was going on between her and Dexter. “And now his new girlfriend is making sure everyone knows what he did.”
    â€œWell, just ignore it. You’ve got more important stuff to worry about.”
    â€œLike what?”
    Dexter held up his SAT study guide. “Like this.”
    Dexter turned to the vocabulary section and began reading off a list. But every word he quizzed Eden on, she got wrong. After ten minutes, he closed the study guide.
    â€œYou’re not concentrating.”
    â€œI’m sorry, but I can’t,” Eden wailed. “I keep thinking about Keith and Miss Braids.”
    â€œMiss Braids?”
    â€œDeena!” Eden spat out. “His new girlfriend.” A thought suddenly occurred to Eden. “I bet it was her idea to have Keith text me! Oooh, she better hide the next time she sees me because I’m going to yank every single one of those braids out of her head!”
    â€œWhy are you letting them get to you this way?” Dexter asked. “Okay, Keith dumped you. And maybe his new girlfriend helped him. They’re nasty and they deserve each other. You deserve better.”
    â€œI do?”
    â€œYes, you do. But you can’t sit around feeling sorry for yourself.”
    Dexter began packing up his bag.
    â€œWhere are you going?” Eden asked.
    â€œWe’re not going to get anything done this morning,” he said, pulling his book bag back over his head. “Why don’t we meet after school and try again? Maybe by then you’ll have gotten this out of your system.”
    â€œOut of my system?” Eden snapped in disbelief. She couldn’t believe what she was hearing! “Have you ever been in love?”
    Dexter shook his head. “No, I haven’t.”
    Eden pointed a finger at Dexter’s chest. “Until you do, don’t tell me what I should and shouldn’t be feeling. It’s not easy getting over a broken heart!”
    Then Eden gathered her books and stormed out of the library.

“We need to go to the mall after school,” Claudia announced as she sat across from Natalie and Eden in the cafeteria.
    â€œWe do?” Natalie asked. “Why?”
    â€œShopping! Not only do I want to buy a new outfit for my party on Saturday night, but I want to find a dress for the Valentine’s Day dance. We’ve only got a week to shop and if we don’t find anything at the mall, then I want to go into Manhattan this weekend.”
    Natalie popped a straw into her can of Diet Pepsi. “Any idea what kind of dress you want?”
    Claudia shook her head. “I just want it to be pink.”
    Natalie vaguely recalled Claudia saying