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loud chorus of "Oh, Rickeeeee!" had him more flushed than ever.
"How do you get a shy boy to talk to you?" Annie asked Elizabeth one day as school was letting out.
Elizabeth laughed. "I didn't think you had any trouble getting anybody to talk."
"Oh, I don't. Not most of them, anyway. Bruce Patman calls me up all the time, but I've decided I don't like him. I've been waiting for a different type of boy to ask me out. I'm waiting for one particular different boy."
"Watch what you say, Annie," Elizabeth teased as the two girls strolled across the Sweet Valley campus in the warm afternoon sunshine. "Remember you're in the presence of the writer of the 'Eyes and Ears' column."
"Oh, Liz," Annie pleaded, "you wouldn't use this in your column. You couldn't!"
"Not if you don't want me to use it, Annie,"
Elizabeth said with concern. "Hey, we're friends, right?"
"You want to be my friend?" Annie asked. "Somebody like you would be a friend to somebody like me?" The look of surprise and delight on Annie's face touched Elizabeth.
"Of course we're friends, Annie. But I thought we were talking about boys. Who is this different guy you're interested in?"
"Ricky."
"Ricky Capaldo? Don't I remember something about him being just a pal?"
Annie blushed. "I know, but I'm seeing him in a new way. He's so nice, Liz. He's so sweet and friendly, and I don't know--do you know what I mean?"
"Of course I know what you mean," Elizabeth assured her.
"But he doesn't ask me out. And neither do some of the other nice guys. I wonder why not."
This time there was no doubt left in Elizabeth's mind. Annie was totally unaware of what people thought of her. The next minute Elizabeth discovered she was on the spot.
"Have you ever heard anybody talk about me?" said Annie shyly. She and Elizabeth stopped in the shade of an oak tree.
"Well ..." Elizabeth hesitated. "Everybody gets talked about." She placed her books on the grass as she sat down near the tree, Annie settling beside her.
"Sure. They talk about you as a writer and
the nicest girl in Sweet Valley. But what do they say about me?"
"Listen, what difference does it make? You know that the Only thing that matters is how you feel about yourself."
"That's true." Annie brightened. "And people can change, can't they? And when you change and make yourself into a different person, people accept that, don't they?"
"Absolutely," Elizabeth said firmly. "If they're decent people, they do."
"Thanks," Annie said. "I always feel so much better after talking to you. Just think, when I finally get on the cheerleading team, there'll be a brand-new me at Sweet Valley High."
And before Elizabeth knew what was happening, Annie leaned over and hugged her. Then she jumped up and hurried off across the wide campus lawn.
Later, when Elizabeth reached the Wakefields' split-level house, she was humming to herself and feeling good all over at Annie's success. It wasn't easy for a person to turn her life around the way Annie was doing.
Coming in through the living room, Elizabeth heard laughter from the patio out back near the swimming pool. She strolled out to find Jessica serving Cokes to Jeanie West and Helen Bradley.
"Well, well," said Elizabeth, "the ears of every boy in town must be burning. And half the girls."
"Oh, go jump in the pool." Jessica laughed contentedly.
"So, what's happening?" Elizabeth asked. "Anything I can print?"
"You could, but you won't." Jessica grinned mysteriously.
"Oh?"
"Because you never print anything in advance, even though it's an absolutely, positively sure thing," said Jessica. "Am I right?" she asked the other two, and they all laughed like conspirators in on a big secret.
Elizabeth didn't like what she saw. "I would just take a wild guess that this little gathering has something to do with who the new cheerleaders are going to be," she said.
The three laughed again, but made no comment. At that moment Elizabeth knew with certainty that the two new cheerleaders would be
"How do you get a shy boy to talk to you?" Annie asked Elizabeth one day as school was letting out.
Elizabeth laughed. "I didn't think you had any trouble getting anybody to talk."
"Oh, I don't. Not most of them, anyway. Bruce Patman calls me up all the time, but I've decided I don't like him. I've been waiting for a different type of boy to ask me out. I'm waiting for one particular different boy."
"Watch what you say, Annie," Elizabeth teased as the two girls strolled across the Sweet Valley campus in the warm afternoon sunshine. "Remember you're in the presence of the writer of the 'Eyes and Ears' column."
"Oh, Liz," Annie pleaded, "you wouldn't use this in your column. You couldn't!"
"Not if you don't want me to use it, Annie,"
Elizabeth said with concern. "Hey, we're friends, right?"
"You want to be my friend?" Annie asked. "Somebody like you would be a friend to somebody like me?" The look of surprise and delight on Annie's face touched Elizabeth.
"Of course we're friends, Annie. But I thought we were talking about boys. Who is this different guy you're interested in?"
"Ricky."
"Ricky Capaldo? Don't I remember something about him being just a pal?"
Annie blushed. "I know, but I'm seeing him in a new way. He's so nice, Liz. He's so sweet and friendly, and I don't know--do you know what I mean?"
"Of course I know what you mean," Elizabeth assured her.
"But he doesn't ask me out. And neither do some of the other nice guys. I wonder why not."
This time there was no doubt left in Elizabeth's mind. Annie was totally unaware of what people thought of her. The next minute Elizabeth discovered she was on the spot.
"Have you ever heard anybody talk about me?" said Annie shyly. She and Elizabeth stopped in the shade of an oak tree.
"Well ..." Elizabeth hesitated. "Everybody gets talked about." She placed her books on the grass as she sat down near the tree, Annie settling beside her.
"Sure. They talk about you as a writer and
the nicest girl in Sweet Valley. But what do they say about me?"
"Listen, what difference does it make? You know that the Only thing that matters is how you feel about yourself."
"That's true." Annie brightened. "And people can change, can't they? And when you change and make yourself into a different person, people accept that, don't they?"
"Absolutely," Elizabeth said firmly. "If they're decent people, they do."
"Thanks," Annie said. "I always feel so much better after talking to you. Just think, when I finally get on the cheerleading team, there'll be a brand-new me at Sweet Valley High."
And before Elizabeth knew what was happening, Annie leaned over and hugged her. Then she jumped up and hurried off across the wide campus lawn.
Later, when Elizabeth reached the Wakefields' split-level house, she was humming to herself and feeling good all over at Annie's success. It wasn't easy for a person to turn her life around the way Annie was doing.
Coming in through the living room, Elizabeth heard laughter from the patio out back near the swimming pool. She strolled out to find Jessica serving Cokes to Jeanie West and Helen Bradley.
"Well, well," said Elizabeth, "the ears of every boy in town must be burning. And half the girls."
"Oh, go jump in the pool." Jessica laughed contentedly.
"So, what's happening?" Elizabeth asked. "Anything I can print?"
"You could, but you won't." Jessica grinned mysteriously.
"Oh?"
"Because you never print anything in advance, even though it's an absolutely, positively sure thing," said Jessica. "Am I right?" she asked the other two, and they all laughed like conspirators in on a big secret.
Elizabeth didn't like what she saw. "I would just take a wild guess that this little gathering has something to do with who the new cheerleaders are going to be," she said.
The three laughed again, but made no comment. At that moment Elizabeth knew with certainty that the two new cheerleaders would be
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