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they’re both stoked about me. But,” he added, “what else is new?”
    Arnie chuckled. “At least you’re not conceited or anything.”
    â€œWho? Me?”
    They both laughed.
    â€œMelanie is having a cow about this,” Arnie said seriously.
    Bobby shifted the phone to his other ear. “Yeah, I know. What’s her problem, man? She’s got
you
now. She isn’t still hung up on
me
—is she?”
    â€œNo,” Arnie replied thoughtfully.
    â€œSo why is she on my case?” Bobby demanded. “Why does she care what I do with the Wade twins?”
    â€œYou know girls,” Arnie answered flatly.
    Bobby started to reply with a nasty comment aboutMelanie. But the doorbell rang downstairs, interrupting him. He told Arnie goodbye, hung up the phone, and glanced at the clock radio. A little after ten.
    Who would be at the door this late?
    The bell rang again. And again. Bobby’s parents were at a neighbor’s. “Give me a break! I’m coming!” Bobby called, hurrying down the stairs two at a time.
    He pulled open the front door.
    â€œBree! What’s wrong?” he asked.
    She stared at him with troubled eyes. “Bobby,” she whispered. “We’ve got to talk.”

chapter 12
Bree Found Out!
    â€œ
B ree—what’s up?” Bobby asked. “It’s so late and—”
    She brushed past him into the house. Her black hair was tied behind her head with a blue band. She wore a pale green polo shirt over baggy faded denim shorts.
    She’s found out! Bobby realized, a heavy feeling forming in the pit of his stomach.
    Bree has found out about Samantha and me.
    As he led the way to the den, his mind raced with ideas about how to handle it. I could lie and tell her she’s crazy, he told himself. I could tell her I’ve never been out with her sister.
    Or I could just shrug it off and say, “What’s the big deal?”
    No, wait. I could admit I went out with Samantha—but tell Bree that
she
is my favorite, that
she’s
the best.
    Yeah, Bobby decided. She’ll go for that in a big way.
    Girls just want to be told that
they’re
the best.
    She’ll eat it up. And then we’ll be right back where we were. Everyone all happy and bright eyed again.
    Bree dropped down close to Bobby on the leather couch. She tugged nervously at a strand of hair that had fallen loose. Then she clasped her hands tightly in her lap.
    â€œIt—it’s about Samantha,” she stammered, raising her troubled eyes to his.
    Uh-oh. Here it comes, Bobby thought. “Samantha?” he said innocently. “What’s up with Samantha?”
    He held his breath and waited for Bree to accuse him. She’s probably going to start bawling, he thought unhappily. I really hate it when girls cry.
    â€œSamantha is—seeing someone,” Bree said, her voice just above a whisper.
    â€œYeah. So?” Bobby asked.
    Here it comes. Here it comes.
    Here’s where she bursts into tears and says, “Bobby, how could you?”
    Bree took a deep breath. Her eyes burned into Bobby’s as if searching for something. “Samantha has been sneaking out with someone,” she told him, clasping and unclasping her hands. “I know she has been.”
    And do you also know that it’s me?
Bobby wondered, wishing she would put an end to the suspense.
    Let’s just get this over with, Bree, he thought.
    â€œWell, why are you so upset?” he asked sympathetically.
    â€œI—I asked Samantha about it,” Bree continued,lowering her gaze. “I asked her who she was seeing, and she wouldn’t tell me.”
    Bobby waited for Bree to continue, but she chewed her bottom lip instead.
    Confused, Bobby waited. But when he realized she wasn’t going to say any more, he broke the silence. “And that’s why you’re upset?”
    â€œWell, don’t you see?” she asked