“Right,” she said.
“And you were great out there,” he said. “I was impressed.”
Olivia blushed and smiled. “Thanks.”
She’s really cute, Cooper thought.
She blushed even more. I think you’re really cute too. She didn’t see Courtney, Jordana, and Levi approaching from behind, candy bars and gummy bears in hand.
Omigod, did you hear that? Olivia is hitting on Cooper!
Does he like her?
Olivia spun around. “I … we …”
Ten bucks they’re hooking up before the end of the month. … By the end of the month? By the end of the week! … They’ll make such a cute couple. … Mackenzie is going to freak.
What can we say? We know everything.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thanks to my awesome agents, editors, publishers, colleagues, and friends: Laura Dail, Tamar Rydzinski, Wendy Loggia, Krista Vitola, Beverly Horowitz, Colleen Fellingham, Trish Parcell, Tamar Schwartz, Rachel Feld, John Adamo, Dominique Cimina, Adrienne Waintraub, Deb Shapiro, Brian Lipson, Jess Rothenberg, Emily Bender, Anne Heltzel, Farrin Jacobs, Eloise Flood, Lauren Myracle, Targia Clarke, Bonnie Altro, Jess Braun, Brahm Morganstein, Judy Batalion, Lauren Kisilevsky, Alison Pace, Susan Finkelberg-Sohmer, Corinne and Michael Bilerman, Adele Griffin, Leslie Margolis, Kristin Harmel, Maryrose Wood, Tara Altebrando, Sara Zarr, Ally Carter, Jennifer Barnes, Julia DeVillers, Alan Gratz, Penny Fransblow, Maggie Marr, and everyone at Justine magazine.
Extra special thanks to Courtney Sheinmel, Elissa Ambrose, Lauren Myracle, Anna Kranwinkle, Avery Carmichael, E. Lockhart, Robin Wasserman, Jess Braun, and Elizabeth Eulberg, who read early drafts of this book and showed me how to make it so much better.
Love and thanks to my family: Aviva, Mom, Robert, Dad, Louisa, Gary, Lori, Sloan, Isaac, Vickie, John, Gary, Darren, Ryan, Jack, Jen, Teri, Briana, Michael, David, Patsy, Murray, Maggie, and Jenny.
Extra love and extra thanks and lots and lots of kisses to Anabelle, Chloe, and Todd.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
SARAH MLYNOWSKI is the author of the Magic in Manhattan and Whatever After series, Gimme a Call, Ten Things We Did (and Probably Shouldn’t Have), Milkrun, and more. Her books have been translated into twenty-two languages and optioned to Hollywood. Sarah was born in Montreal but lives and writes in New York City. Visit her at sarahm.com.
Table of Contents
Contents
CHAPTER ONE
Before
CHAPTER TWO
It Happened Here
CHAPTER THREE
Ouch
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
I Know What You’re Thinking
CHAPTER SIX
It’s a Puzzle Out There
CHAPTER SEVEN
That’s What You Think
CHAPTER EIGHT
The Jungle
CHAPTER NINE
Us Against Them
CHAPTER TEN
The Non-date from Hell
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Please Keep It Down
CHAPTER TWELVE
The Morning After
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Something Funny’s Going On Around Here
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
And We Meet Again
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Meeting Number Two
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Just Ignore Me
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
Start Spreading the News
CHAPTER NINETEEN
Flirt
CHAPTER TWENTY
The Truth Hurts
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
Peekaboo
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
We Know Everything
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
The Big Night Out
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
It All Sucks
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
Bravo
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
New Plan
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
Slamming Doors
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
Party On
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
Nowhere to Hide
CHAPTER THIRTY
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
Working the Booth
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
I Hear You
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
One More Chance
CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
Still Going
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
Two Days Until the Sweet
CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
Party Prep
CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
We’ve Been Meaning to Tell You
CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
Last Chance
CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
We Meet Again
Acknowledgments
About the Author