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girls to completely irresistible world-class beauties, so that those boys really ache when they see what they’re missing.”
    Cecily glanced at the cover of a teen magazine Coco had just given her. “‘New Year, New You’?” she sniffed. “They do these stories every January, and there’s never a new me.”
    â€œThat’s because you always quit after the third day, all of you,” Coco chided. “This time’s going to be different. This time, we’re going to stick to the plan.”
    â€œI’m not sure I want to create a new me,” Sasha said. “I kind of like the regular old me.”
    â€œListen to me, girls,” Coco said. “We’re at our peak. This is the time when we define what the rest of our lives will be. When we start as little caterpillars in cocoons and emerge as gorgeous butterflies. This is the most crucial moment of our lives! In their own lame way, those boys have given us a gift. They’ve inspired us to become the best we can be. Sure, we’re cute little high school girls now. But we can be better! Supermodel better. And when those idiot boys see what they’re missing, they’re going to eat their pitiful little hearts out.”
    â€œAnd then we’ll take them back?” Cecily asked skeptically.
    â€œNo,” Coco said. “That’s when we really crush them, grind the stilettos into their hearts. We don’t need those pathetic high school jocks. We can do alot better than that. We’re going to become the most glamorous creatures Hillsdale’s ever seen. Boys will flock to us.”
    â€œDon’t they already do that?” Cecily asked.
    â€œI’m telling you, there will be no looking back,” Coco commanded.
    â€œBut what other boys are there?” Sasha asked. “I mean, our guys are the best ones we know.”
    â€œThere are better options out there,” Coco said. “There have to be.”
    The girls shifted uncomfortably in their cushy seats. Haley was finding Coco’s rant painful yet also curiously cathartic.
    â€œSasha, think about all the heartbreak Johnny’s caused you over the past year or so,” Coco said. “The fights. The misunderstandings. All the times he held you back from doing things you really wanted to do. Don’t you deserve someone who’ll worship you like the goddess you are—or will be, after I’m done with you?”
    â€œUh, I guess so,” Sasha said. “But some of that Johnny stuff was because I—”
    â€œQuiet,” Coco snapped. “And Cecily,” she went on. “Sure, Drew’s attractive, in a meathead sort of way.” Cecily gasped. “But he’s not exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer. Meanwhile, look at you: you’re beautiful, you’re head cheerleader as a junior, you’re a track star and you’re smart enough to apply to the Ivies next year. Shouldn’t you be with a guy who can live up toall that? Or will you settle for a dumb jock who’s going to come back from college two years from now with a beer belly?”
    â€œWell, when you put it that way …,” Cecily said.
    â€œAnd you, Haley.” Coco was on a roll now. “I’ll admit that in some ways Reese Highland is untouchable. Yes, he’s gorgeous and smart and a star athlete. And he always seemed to be such a good guy. But now look at him: parade a swimsuit model in front of him and he can’t keep his filthy hands off her. Ask yourself, Haley: how well do you really know Reese? To me, these pictures say none of us ever knew him very well at all. He’s got a secret dark side, and that’s not what you deserve.”
    â€œWell, I am disappointed in him, it’s true,” Haley said. She had trusted Reese, she’d believed in him, and now she did doubt his integrity. Not only that, she wondered if he ever really cared about her in the first