“All right, that’s it. I’m outta here!” Noah said, throwing his hands up.
Abby grabbed him around the waist before he could get away and pulled him to her, laughing.
“C’mere, loser,” she said.
He smiled, his lips hovering ever so close to hers. “Freakshow,” he said softly.
Then Abby kissed him, right there in the center of the party, with a hundred Kool-and-the-Gang-crazed guests jumping up and down around them. Her parents were wrapped up in their just-married daze, her sister and Tucker were giggling over glasses of champagne, Delila and Christopher were dancing together, laughing and looking for all the world like they had never said an unkind word to each other.
Somehow, the Dove’s Roost Chateau had worked its magic on her family and friends. As she stood in the middle of the dance floor Abby realized, for the first time, that not every wedding had to be a dish-tossing disaster. And maybe, just maybe, there was such a thing as a happy ending.
Dear Mom, Dad and Carol,
Buon giorno! We’re all having a great time in Venice (Venezia). No one’s killed each other yet, but Christopher threatened to drown himself in one of the canals yesterday (ieri) if Delila and I didn’t stop trying to sing TV show themes in Italian. (The Brady Bunch sounds really cool!) Noah got his master baker’s certificate on Friday (venerdi) and plans to make Us all fat (grasso) before we get home. Hope all is going well at the Roost! Love to you and to Tucker as well. Abby
Published by
an imprint of
Random House Children’s Books
a division of Random House, Inc.
New York
Copyright © 2005 by Alloy Entertainment
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or
by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any
information storage and retrieval system, without the written permission of the publisher,
The trademark Delacorte Press is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and
in other countries.
Produced by Alloy Entertainment
151 West 26th Street
New York, New York 10001
Visit us on the Web! www.randomhouse.com/teens
Educators and librarians, for a variety of teaching tools, visit us at
www.randomhouse.com/teachers
May 2005
www.randomhouse.com
eISBN: 978-0-307-43385-5
v3.0