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where a girl is about to sing a Madonna song. “I’m sure you’re very busy.”
    â€œWhat’s
that
supposed to mean?” you ask him. “I don’t know, you seem pretty popular. I’ve seen how guys act around you.” He looks away from the stage for a second and meets your eyes. “I’m sure you think I’m just some kid who has a crush on you or something.”
    You sit stunned for a second, trying not to be distracted by the terrible warbling coming from the stage. “That’s not how I feel,” you tell Zac, and you mean it. He’s probably the sweetest guy you’ve ever met—you don’t care that he’s younger than you, even if your friends do.
    â€œSo your friends haven’t been giving you a hard time about hanging out with the ‘brainiac’?” he scoffs.
    â€œI can make up my own mind about people,” you tell him quickly. “I don’t really care what my friends have to say about it.”
    Zac just frowns and looks back up at the stage. “Okay,” the emcee says, taking the microphone when the girl finally finishes singing. “Who is our next victim—how about a duet? Do we have any takers?” He looks out over the audience. “Come on, I’ve got that song ‘Baby, You Broke My Heart’ all cued up and ready to roll….”
    You look over at Zac, who is still sulking a little bit and won’t look over at you. Maybe you should pull him up onstage to sing a duet with you—it could be hilarious, and put him in a better mood. Or would that be too much—does he need some time to cool down and just hang out?
    You want to pull Zac up to sing a duet.
    You’d rather wait it out and just watch karaoke for now.

Chapter 31
    â€œI’m so psyched that you decided to come and hang out with us tonight—and not with that Zac kid,” Heather says as she puts on another coat of mascara. You sigh and look at her in the mirror.
    â€œLay off him—he’s a sweet guy,” you say. “Whatever,” Heather scoffs. “Can I use your lip gloss?” she says, and you pass it over to her. “We better hurry—Jon said to meet them in the lobby, like, five minutes ago,” she says, sweeping the gloss over her lips and checking her hair one more time.
    When you get down to the lobby, Bryce is there, and he’s got a date—an older girl who you recognize from the ski rental shop. “Hey, this is my lady, Amanda,” he says, introducing you. Jon is there, and he’s brought a friend along—a big guy with curly hair and an adorable grin. “And this is my friend Aiden,” Jon says, looking right at you. Could he be more obvious?
    â€œSo we were thinking that we’d go into town to this club I know,” Bryce says. Then he adds, with awhisper, “The only problem is that we don’t exactly have a ride, but I think I’ve got an idea….”
    Jon lets out a little laugh. “Yeah, man, a classic idea!” His friend Aiden also laughs. You and Heather just look at each other.
    â€œWhat’s so funny?” Heather asks. “You’ll see” is all Bryce will say.
    You’re suddenly feeling worried—you’re not supposed to leave the lodge without telling the chaperones, and you’re obviously not supposed to leave with a group of guys! You turn to Heather and whisper, “I don’t know about this; maybe I should just go and join Zac at the karaoke night….”
    â€œOh, come on,” she says, “don’t you want to have fun?”
    What would be more fun tonight, doing karaoke with Zac or going dancing with Heather and these guys? You think for a second, then decide to:
    Head over to karaoke and meet Zac.
    Sneak into town with the guys.

Chapter 32
    â€œYou’re right,” you tell Molly. “We need to even the score before we hit the slopes!”
    â€œCome