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loud that I thought she was going to die.
    “Look, Dara. What do you think about my eye makeup?” Scarlet asked, closing her lids and leaning over the table, so that I could get a closer look.
    Scarlet was the creative one. She was always coming up with unusual ways to use makeup. She had a dark, smoky gray eye shadow in the outer corner. Her brow was highlighted with shimmering white and the inner lid was a dark purple. Knowing her, there was no telling how many colors she had blended to get that exact look or how long she had worked on it, but it made her eyes look gorgeous. “It looks awesome. Are you going to do a video on how to get that look?”
    “You know she is,” Crimson piped in. “She can’t pass up the chance to put her ugly mug in a video.”
    “That really hurts coming from you,” Scarlet snapped. “It’s a little difficult to insult my looks without insulting your own. You do realize that, don’t you?”
    Crimson smirked. “Shut up, Scarface. I’m the pretty one.”
    Scarlet rolled her eyes. “Yes, and I’m the smart one.”
    “I can get further on my looks than you can on your brains.”
    “Beauty fades, but dumb is forever,” Scarlet countered.
    Crimson cocked her head to the side, smiled, and fluttered her eyelashes. “I’d rather be pretty.”
    “And you continue to prove my point.” Scarlet sighed.
    “I have an idea I want to run by y’all,” I said, interrupting their playful bickering.
    We all fell silent as the server arrived at our table with our drinks. When she left, they both looked at me, waiting for me to continue.
    “Do y’all remember Stone Hamilton from school?” I asked.
    “He’s that good-looking guy that rode the motorcycle to school, isn’t he?” Crimson asked.
    “That’s him,” I answered.
    “And he dated that girl who always had her tongue halfway down his throat in the hallway. A little too much PDA, if you ask me. What was her name? Jennie or Jamie?”
    “Jessie,” I supplied.
    “What about him?” Crimson asked.
    “He works at the bookstore, too, and he was talking about doing some special promotions. I told him that y’all might agree to do something like braids or painting fingernails for a cheap price. I figured it would help the bookstore get some business, and it could help y’all drum up some business. You know, get your name out there.”
    Scarlet clapped her hands together and looked at her sister with enthusiasm. “I’d love to do that, wouldn’t you?”
    “Sure,” Crimson answered. “I’ve got nothing else to do. Why not?”
    “When is the promotion?” Scarlet asked.
    “I’m not sure. We talked about having one for the Fourth of July. I’ll talk to him about it again and let you know. I don’t know if the owner has approved it or not.”
    “We’ll start thinking about all the things we need to do before then. I’m almost finished with our website,” Scarlet said.
    The server returned with our nachos, and we each immediately grabbed for a chip. I didn’t realize just how hungry I was.
    “Don’t look now,” Crimson warned, “but here comes Chance.”

    Stone

    I was about to leave the store and head to Awesome Sauce to meet up with Jessie and Mike when I got a text. It was from Mike. She’s here .
    I texted back. Ok B there in a min .
    Mike texted again. Not Jess. Dara .
    Well, hell. I had worked hard all day to stay away from her, except for my one little slip-up when she asked me about the coupon. It wasn’t easy to ignore a beautiful girl whose damned pink lips kept beckoning to me, but I had managed. And now I was going to have to see her again. I could ask Mike and Jessie to meet me somewhere else, but that would be insane. I shoved my phone in my pocket, locked up the bookstore, and sped off on my motorcycle. I wanted to get there before she left.
    When I arrived, I sat across the booth from Mike. Jess wasn’t there yet. I scanned the room until I found Dara. She was sitting across from the Cruze twins,