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starting to like him a lot.”
    “I know the feeling. Reese is beginning to
work on me, too, like a magic potion.”
    “Let’s just hope it doesn’t wear off anytime
soon for either of us,” Lesley slurred her words. “Not sure I could
bear to go back to being Lesley nobody.”
    “Who says you have to? Not to say that you
were ever a nobody.”
    “I was where it concerned guys,” Lesley
reminded her.
    “That was their problem, not yours.”
    Lesley clutched her stomach. “I think I had a
little too much to drink. I better go inside.”
    “I’ll help you,” Karin offered.
    “No, I’ll be okay. I just need to lie down
for a little bit. Since Mom’s spending the night at Edgar’s, I
won’t have to dodge questions and compare notes.”
    Karin glanced at her house and saw a lights
come on in the living room. “Guess I may not be so lucky. See you
tomorrow.”
    “Bye, Karin.”
    She watched Lesley make it safely inside,
wondering if it was alcohol or something else that she took. Was
Marcus leading her down the wrong path?
     

CHAPTER ELEVEN
     
    Karin was happy to see that Lesley showed no
ill effects the next day in school. They were in P.E. class doing
stretching exercises in preparation for calisthenics.
    “My Mom came home sometime during the night,”
Lesley said. “I remember her kissing my forehead. Then, this
morning, she told me Edgar has a part-time opening on weekends at
his bookstore. She wants me to take the job.”
    “Do you want to?” Karin asked, stretching her
left leg out in front of her.
    “Not really. But she says we could use the
extra money, no matter how little it is.”
    “Bummer. There must be something else that
could be done other than give up your weekends.”
    “Like what?” Lesley asked.
    Karin stretched her other leg. “Maybe my
parents could help out.”
    “My mother would never want that,” Lesley
said, raising her arms straight up, then lowering them slowly.
“Besides, it’s not like we’re in the poor house or anything. I
would only work for three hours on Saturday and Sunday. I could do
my homework and read during breaks, so it shouldn’t be that
bad.”
    It didn’t exactly sound inviting to Karin,
but she understood and tried to be more supportive. “I could come
there sometimes and just hang out with you.”
    “That would be great, Karin.” Lesley smiled
appreciatively. “Maybe Marcus could do the same.”
    “I hope so.”
    Karin turned her thoughts to Reese. She
wondered what he was doing at this precise moment and if he was
thinking about her as well. Their perfect kiss stayed on her mouth
as though permanent lip gloss. She imagined that it could only be
replaced by another kiss from Reese.
    During lunch period, Karin sat with Marilyn
Chamberlain, since Lesley was sitting with Marcus and some other
members of the team. But Reese was nowhere to be found. Since he
was now her boyfriend, more or less, Karin thought it would be nice
to be seen with him anytime and anyplace. Starting with the
cafeteria.
    Maybe he would show up yet, she hoped, and
wondered if she was starting to become possessive. Much like Cheryl
had been.
    “I’m thinking about trying out for the girl’s
track team,” Marilyn interrupted her thoughts.
    “You are?” Karin pretended to be interested,
even if her mind was elsewhere. In truth, she believed Marilyn
would be good at track. They had run together a few times and
Marilyn was one of the few who could keep up with her.
    “Yeah. My brother was on the boy’s team last
year. He thinks I have a good shot to make the team.”
    “I agree. Good luck.”
    “Maybe you should try out too,” Marilyn
suggested, then scooped up some applesauce with a spoon.
    “What?” Karin looked up from her tuna salad
as if she had misunderstood.
    “If I can make it, so can you.”
    “Not sure I’m up for being on the team,”
Karin stated honestly.
    “Why not?” Marilyn’s eyes widened.
    Karin shrugged. “Don’t know,” she