NEXT UP! 1 124 – not the unicorn costume I made for the Halloween Parade, but the Goth girl getup that I’d worn to school. But even that was a no-no for Savanna’s party. The only negative thing about my going to Savanna’s party was that now I wouldn’t be able to go the parade and the unicorn costume would be wasted. That was kind of a bummer, but okay. Anyway, the first thing that happened when I got to the party was that Savanna greeted me at the door and asked: “Where’s your boyfriend, Summer?” I didn’t even know what she was talking about. “I guess he doesn’t have to wear a mask at Halloween, right?” she added. And then I knew she was talking about August. “He’s not my boyfriend,” I said. “I know, I’m just kidding!” She kissed my cheek (all the girls in her group kissed each other’s cheek now whenever they said hello), and threw my jacket on a coatrack in her hallway. Then she took me by the hand down the stairs to her basement, which is where the party was. I didn’t see her parents anywhere. There were about fifteen kids there: all of them were popular kids from either Savanna’s group or Julian’s group. I guess they’ve all kind of merged into one big supergroup of popular kids, now that some of them have started dating each other. I didn’t even know there were so many couples. I mean, I knew about Savanna and Henry, but Ximena and Miles? And Ellie and Amos? Ellie’s practically as flat as I am. Anyway, about five minutes after I got there, Henry and Savanna were standing next to me, literally hovering over me. “So, we want to know why you hang out with the Zombie Kid so much,” said Henry. “He’s not a zombie,” I laughed, like they were making a joke. I was smiling, but I didn’t feel like smiling. “You know, Summer,” said Savanna, “you would be a lot more popular if you didn’t hang out with him so much. I’m going to be completely honest with you: Julian likes you. He wants to ask you out.” “He does?” a unicorn – einhyrningur a getup – búningur kind of a bummer – frekar svekkjandi a coatrack – fatahengi to merge – renna saman við literally – bókstaflega to hover over – hanga yfir completely honest – alveg heiðarlegur
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