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we did some research online.”
    â€œSo why bracelets? Whose decision was that?” Maria turns back to Rachel, whose face has lost all of its colour. She awkwardly giggles and points at me.
    â€œSo, it was your decision to make bracelets?” Maria asks me.

    â€œNo, it was both of our decision. This has been fifty-fifty all the way,” I answer.
    â€œSo, tell me a bit more about how you came up with the idea?” Maria prods.
    The camera pans back to Rachel, who’s now turning green. She points at me again.
    I thought that maybe after the whole business plan presentation thing with our parents, Rachel had finally kicked her fear of public speaking. I guess I was wrong because right now Rachel is officially suffering from the worst bout of stage fright you could ever imagine. I’m pretty sure there’s no way she’s going to be able to answer any of Maria’s questions. I’m going to have to handle this entire interview by myself, which totally doesn’t bother me. Actually, I kind of feel like a movie star on the red carpet being interviewed at the Oscars.
    The camera pans back to me.
    â€œWell, I was looking for ideas in the computer lab one day when I found out about these bracelets that they used to make, like, centuries ago. People would weave them for their friends — like old-fashioned friendship bracelets.”
    Maria smiles. “Neat!”
    â€œYeah, but they weren’t just plain old bracelets; they were special.”
    â€œHow so?” Maria asks
    â€œIf someone made you one, and you accepted it, in exchange you would have to make a solemn promise .”
    â€œReally? What promise?” Maria turns to Rachel, giving her another chance to join the conversation.
    Rachel stares ahead blankly and hunches her shoulders. The camera pans back to me.
    â€œWell,” I say, widening my eyes for effect, “you had to promise to keep it on forever … you know, as a sign of total loyalty to your friend.”
    â€œForever?” Maria’s eyes go wide as well.
    â€œWell, eventually they’d get worn out and just fall off on their own.”
    â€œSo why do you call them Wishbandz?” Maria asks.
    â€œWell that’s the most exciting part! When you get your bracelet, you make a wish, and just like back in the olden days, when it falls off, your wish will come true.” I hold up my arm, showing Maria my bracelet. “Rachel made this for me. If I keep it on until it falls off, I’ll get my wish!” I smile. “It’s a powerful spell that’s woven into each and every bracelet.”
    â€œWow, that’s really neat,” Maria says, smiling. “So Hannah, you’re quite the clever entrepreneur. It seems to me that a lot of this was your idea, right?”
    I shake my head. “No … like I said, it was fifty-fifty all the way!”
    â€œAnd tell me more about the name; did you come up with it?”
    â€œYeah, but …”

    â€œSo, how did you come up with it?” she asks.
    â€œI guess it just came to me when I was in the computer lab.”
    â€œThe computer lab where you came up with the idea in the first place, right?”
    â€œYeah, but …”
    â€œI’m sure your partner, Rachel, did her fair share, but it seems like you’re the brains of this operation,” she remarks, tapping my head, “Miss Smart.”
    â€œNo, no …” I stammer.
    â€œSo, what made you girls start your business in the first place? Was there a special reason?”
    Now here’s a question I like! I look over at Rachel to see if there’s any chance she’s ready to speak, but she’s still in a bug-eyed trance.
    â€œMaria, I can answer that question in two words,” I say, beaming, “Josh … Taylor.”
    Maria tilts her head. “Josh Taylor?”
    â€œWell, you see, Maria, Rachel and I are Josh Taylor’s biggest fans, and when we