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before she could interrupt.
    “But … I’m not finished. Kelly and Sam, you two are my best friends on an equal level with Macy. I could have gone my whole life without answering that question. Since I had to, those were the reasons I chose. I love you all equally, though.
There
, are you happy?”
    The three girls collapsed into fits of giggles. They found it amusing that Lindsay was so worried about answering the question. Sam assured her that they knew how she would answer and that it was a logical and fair answer. Kelly wiped pretend tears from her eyes. “It’s not like we really care who your favorite is anyway, Lindsay,” Kelly said sarcastically and then smiled when she saw the worried expression on Lindsay’s face. “Oh, come on now. I’m just kidding.”
    “Now it’s Sam’s turn,” said Macy, obviouslywanting to change the subject.
    “I choose Dare. Judging from Lindsay’s question, Truth is no easier than Dare.” Sam laughed.
    Lindsay, Macy, and Kelly rushed off to come up with a good dare for Sam. They whispered for a few moments, but it didn’t take them long. They came back to the circle and told Sam what her dare was.
    “Oh, that’s no problem at all.” Sam jumped up to perform her dare, and the other three looked a little disappointed that she didn’t seem to mind it a bit.
    Sam went upstairs to Macy’s kitchen and, carefully, so that she didn’t wake anyone up, took everything out of the kitchen cabinets and put it all neatly back into different cabinets. The glasses that had originally been right next to the sink were moved to the little cabinet over the refrigerator. The plates and bowls that had once been housed over the kitchen counter had switched places with the pots and pans.
    Lindsay, Kelly, and Macy watched her in action, giggling. Well, Lindsay and Kelly were giggling, anyway. Macy knew that she’d be theone to have to put it all back the way it had been as soon as her mom tried to find something the next day. But she finally found the humor in the situation when she imagined her mom opening the cabinet to get a coffee cup and finding the blender instead.
    “Macy’s turn!” Kelly exclaimed as soon as they arrived downstairs after Sam completed the kitchen cabinet dare.
    “I pick Dare,” Macy said confidently.
    “We already know what your dare is, Mace,” Lindsay said smugly.
    “Oh no … what have I gotten myself into?” Macy wailed. “Is it too late to change to Truth?”
    “Of course it is.” Sam laughed.
    Kelly explained Macy’s dare to her. “You have to go over to the phone right now and dial Tyler Turner’s house. When someone answers or if the answering machine picks up, you have to read what’s on this piece of paper. But you can’t look at it until it’s time to read it.”
    Macy slumped to the floor in desperation. Having had a crush on Tyler for so long, the thought of embarrassing herself in front of himjust made her stomach queasy. “Okay, I’ll do it.” She crept to the phone and picked up the receiver. As slowly as possible, she dialed the phone and waited for someone to pick up. The answering machine picked up, and Kelly handed her the slip of paper right before the beep.
    “Hi, this is Macy calling. I was wondering if Tyler would like to”—Macy gulped and paused before she continued reading—”go on a date with me.” She hastily hung up the phone almost in tears from embarrassment. “How am I ever going to face him?” Macy wailed at the girls who couldn’t hear her over their own laughter.
    When they had finally stopped laughing and Macy had time to think about what she had just done, she complained to the girls. “You guys! I asked you to leave it alone for a while and just wait to see what happens. He’s going to think I’m asking him out on a date. And what if he responds that he wants to go out with me? What do I do then?”
    “Just take it one thing at a time. It’ll be okay, Macy. We just did you a favor. You’ll