on the loose!”
After they paid at the salon, they left the mall and headed out to the parking lot. As they walked through the mall, Danielle couldn‟t help but notice some guys looking their way. For Danielle, it was nothing new. She was used to it. That was always the case when she was with Jade.
But after a while, she noticed something.
Something different.
Today, instead of looking at Jade the way they always did, this time the guys were looking at her !
At first, she thought she was imagining it. So she allowed Jade and Crystal to walk a little bit ahead of her and then followed after them. As she walked, she got the sense she was being watched.
When she peeked over her shoulder, there was no mistaking the smiles and winks being sent her way.
Danielle was floored.
And flattered!
This had never happened to her before.
At the same time, she also realized something.
Maybe this week, she‟d get to see what it was like to be the pretty sister.
Chapter Five
Ethan had heard of empty calories, but this was ridiculous!
He stared into the shopping cart he was pushing. It was filled with every kind of junk food imaginable. Chips, sodas, cookies, candy. And the pile kept growing and growing.
After Steve and Howie had arrived from the airport, they‟d decided to tackle their grocery shopping. Ethan was put in charge of pushing the cart while the rest of the guys threw what they wanted into it. But they weren‟t filling it with anything edible! Ethan loved junk food, but there was a limit to how much of it he could eat!
“Hey, guys, how about some fresh fruits and vegetables?” he suggested as Howie added three bags of Cool Ranch Doritos, two bags of barbecue Lay‟s, and a jar of salsa.
“Those are just for me,” Howie said.
Howie was over six feet tall, with a blond buzz cut and lean swimmer‟s build. He was on the University of Delaware swim team and was constantly eating because of his training.
“A midnight snack?” Ethan joked.
“Probably!”
Ethan blinked at Howie in disbelief. “Are you serious?”
“I need the calories.”
“How about some healthy calories?” Ethan suggested. “Filled with vitamins and minerals.”
“Like Cheez Whiz!” Howie exclaimed, rushing down another aisle.
“Cheez Whiz is not real cheese!” Ethan called after him. “How about some meat?
You know, hamburgers. Hot dogs? Chicken? I‟d even settle for a can of tuna. Or Spam!”
“Spam‟s not a food,” Damian said as he tossed a package of ice cream sandwiches into the cart.
“Then what is it?”
“I think maybe it was created for astronauts to eat in space.”
“That‟s Tang! Spam is made from all the leftover parts of a pig that no one wants.”
“Yuck!”
“How about you take over pushing for a while?” Ethan asked. The supermarket was crowded and he was getting tired of trying to steer their cart down the clogged aisles. It was like a racetrack, with shoppers veering to the left and right and not watching where they were going.
“Hey! Damian!” Cooper called from the end of the aisle. “Meet me in the soda section. I need help carrying some cases of root beer out to the car.”
“Looks like you‟re still in the driver‟s seat,” Damian said as he hurried off to join Cooper.
Ethan sighed and started to turn a corner with the shopping cart. As he did, he could see another shopping cart coming from around the other side. He tried to veer his cart to the right, but he wasn‟t quick enough, and the shopping cart coming into his aisle slammed into him.
“Oh!” a female voice cried out. “I‟m so sorry!”
Ethan‟s mouth dropped open as the girl pushing the other shopping cart came into view.
She was a knockout!
“I‟m usually not this clumsy,” she explained, “but the store is so packed, it‟s hard to get around. I didn‟t break anything in your cart, did I?” She took a peek. “Something tells me this cart belongs to a houseful of