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evil soccer referee had given her a yellow card with twenty minutes left in the game. Unable to watch as the opponents clobbered her team, she had locked herself in a bathroom stall, where she had stayed long after the game was over. Too bad the bathrooms at the Crimson were all the way down on the first floor.
    “Callie?” called Lexi.
    Callie froze with her hand poised above the doorknob.
    “I have just one more piece of advice.”
    “Yes?” asked Callie, forcing herself to turn and meet Lexi’s eyes.
    “Personally I always find that when a girl is truly dedicated to her work, she doesn’t have time for boys or a boyfriend—especially not someone older. Upperclassmen can be so distracting, and it would be such a shame to see you lose . . . so much . . . for a fling that never would have lasted until next semester anyway. Am I making myself clear?”
    Callie stared, clutching Clint’s scarf in her hands. Finally she said in a whisper, “Crystal.”

Chapter Three
Are You There, Fairy Godmother?
It’s Me, Callie.
    COMP ASSIGNMENTS for C. Andrews, December 2010
    Prompt: “Where are the best places to go for dry cleaning in Harvard Square?”
    Hint: Arrow Street Cleaners is the best, but they close at 5 P.M . Thank you so much for volunteering to pick up for A. Thorndike today in time for the Financial Aid benefit this evening!
    Prompt: “Massachusetts Drinking Water: Tap vs. Bottled—worth the price?”
    Feel free to sample one VOSS water from the prepaid crate that arrives weekly at CVS (under A. Thorndike) on your way between pickup and delivery to Kirkland House, entryway J, room 13.
    Prompt: “Top Five Beauty Buys in Harvard Square”
    Helpful hints:
    1) OPI nail polish in “I’m Not Really a Waitress” from CVS
    2) Almost Lipstick in “Black Honey” from the Clinique counter at the Harvard Coop
    3) Clinique Happy Heart Perfume Gift Set (also from the Clinique counter)
    4) Coconut Body Butter from the Harvard Square Body Shop
    5) Gino’s Bio-Gel Mousse from the Gino Salon
    (Be sure to purchase all of these for research purposes and save receipts to be reimbursed!)
    Prompt: “The Underground World of Initiation Tasks for Social Clubs on Campus”
    Again for research purposes deliver the items above, wrapped and with a card, as follows:
    (1) Anne Goldberg in Kirkland J 13; (2) Brittney Saunders in Cabot B 33; (3) Ashleigh Templeton in Eliot F 16; (4) Madison McLaughlin in Kirkland J 13; (5) Trudy Prince in Winthrop C 44; be sure to ask if there’s anything else you can do for your Pudding “big sisters”!
    Prompt: “Dining Out: The Best Places to go for a Light Lunch in Harvard Square”
    Wouldn’t it be great to get to know each other a little better over lunch? You can drop mine off every Monday through Thursday anytime between 12 P.M. -2 P.M. at the FM Office. Pick up The Vivienne (it’s a special salad—they’ll know what you mean) and a Diet Coke from the Greenhouse Café at your convenience—wouldn’t want you missing any class!
    Prompt: “Ten Reasons Why Freshman Girls Should Never Date Upperclassmen”
    Nobody likes a hypocrite—live as you preach!
    Callie: I hope you’ll complete these assignments in a diligent and timely manner! Best of luck, xxx Lexi
    C allie paused in front of the big glass window labeled A RROW S TREET C LEANERS in gold block lettering, rubbing her arms. Her biceps ached from lugging a gigantic crate of VOSS water—bottled in Norway and made from distilled unicorn and mermaid tears with crushed diamonds instead of minerals (or so you would think, given the price)—from CVS all the way to Kirkland House where Lexi lived in a suite with Anne Goldberg and some of the other Pudding girls. A note on the whiteboard read L EAVE ALL DELIVERIES AT THE DOOR , so she hadn’t even been able to sneak a peek into the enemy lair. Even though it had felt like hours, the trip—including four rest breaks—had taken only thirty minutes. Still, she’d barely made it to the