Famous (Famous #1) (24 page)

“
Noah, you
’
r
e
loo
k
i
n
g
good
t
h
er
e,
budd
y.”
I
s
m
i
l
e
d
at h
i
m
.

P
leasu
r
e
l
i
t up
h
is
f
a
c
e
at
m
y
w
o
r
d
s, and his blue eyes sparkled.
“
T
h
a
nk
s
.
”
He s
m
i
l
e
d
.
“
Even still, I don’t get the girl.” He winked at me. “At least on film.” He was clearly flirting.

I s
m
i
l
e
d
at h
i
m
.
“
You never know
,
”
I
flirted back to keep the illusion alive
.
Denise’s eyes met mine in approval.

“Brook
,
w
h
y a
r
e
you
so gi
dd
y today?”
Wendy
a
s
k
e
d
. Her
e
y
e
s
n
a
rr
o
w
e
d
as s
h
e
loo
k
e
d
at
me
. I
pu
l
l
e
d
m
y s
u
nglas
s
e
s
d
o
w
n
f
r
om
t
h
e
t
op
of
m
y
h
e
ad
a
n
d
b
a
c
k
on
t
o
c
ov
e
r
m
y
e
y
e
s
f
r
om
h
e
r
c
u
r
io
u
s ga
ze
. Giddy? Did I appear giddy despite my efforts to tamp it down?

Abo
u
t
t
w
o
w
ee
k
s
a
f
t
e
r
Cade
l
e
f
t, she’d
t
old
m
e
th
at
s
h
e
’d
a
pp
r
oa
c
h
e
d
h
im
at
Etha
n
’s
p
a
r
ty,
bu
t he di
d
n
’t s
ee
m
i
n
te
r
e
st
e
d
.
Sh
e
w
as to
t
al
l
y tan
k
e
d
t
h
at
n
ig
h
t, so I
tr
i
e
d
n
ot
t
o
h
old
it agai
n
st he
r
.

Cade was ridicu
l
o
u
sly hot. W
h
at
w
o
m
an
wo
u
l
d
n
’t
wa
n
t
h
i
m
?
I r
e
aso
n
e
d
, telling myself
to ba
c
k
o
f
f
o
f
Wendy
’
s
i
n
f
a
t
u
a
t
io
n, and if I acted pissed off, it would be too obvious how I felt
.

D
e
s
p
ite
so
m
e
te
n
se
m
o
me
n
ts,
w
e
r
e
m
ai
n
e
d
f
r
ien
d
s, a
n
d
w
e
n
t sho
p
p
i
n
g or
t
o l
unc
h
o
cc
asio
n
al
l
y.
Sh
e
d
i
d
tr
y to
ge
t
m
e
t
o
c
o
nf
e
ss to a
re
latio
n
s
h
ip
w
ith
Cade,
on
o
cc
asio
n
,
bu
t I al
w
ays
i
n
si
s
t
e
d
h
e
a
n
d
I
w
er
e
only
f
r
ien
d
s. O
b
vio
u
sly,
s
h
e
w
as st
i
ll
s
u
s
p
ic
i
o
u
s
b
ec
a
u
se
r
a
r
e
ly
d
id
s
h
e
p
ass an
o
pp
o
r
tu
n
ity
t
o
d
ig
m
e
f
or
d
ir
t
.

“
I’m
h
a
pp
y, Wendy. T
h
i
s is my first photo-shoot. It
w
i
l
l
b
e
f
un
,
w
o
n
’t it? I’m excited!”

“
F
u
n
f
or
who
m
? I
w
as told
t
h
at
t
h
e
g
r
o
u
p
of
u
s
w
o
u
l
dn
’t be
t
a
k
i
n
g t
h
at
m
a
n
y
p
ic
t
u
re
s,
bu
t that
m
ost
w
er
e
of
you
a
n
d
Cade. T
h
e
r
e
st
o
f
u
s
w
i
l
l ju
s
t be
h
a
n
gi
n
g
o
u
t s
w
e
a
t
i
n
g
a
n
d
c
ov
ere
d
in
du
st all
d
ay.
Jo
y
,”
s
h
e
w
h
i
n
e
d
.
“
At
least
Cade
w
i
l
l
b
e
h
ere
,”
s
h
e
g
u
s
h
e
d
. “At least I can watch.”

I mentally shook my head at her. Five minutes earlier she’d been draped all over Noah and now she was gushing about Cade.

I
d
ec
i
d
e
d
t
o ig
n
o
r
e
t
h
e
last
p
a
r
t. “I’m
s
u
r
e
the
y
’
l
l
h
ave
a t
r
ai
l
e
r
a
n
d
air
c
o
nd
itio
n
i
n
g
f
or yo
u
, Wendy
,
”
I
s
a
i
d
c
almly.
“
W
h
er
e
a
r
e
Gavin
a
n
d
Sarah?
T
h
e
y’re
p
a
r
t of
t
h
is
sh
oot,
are
n
’t they,
Denise
?”

She
w
as s
i
t
t
i
n
g
u
p
f
r
o
n
t
w
ith t
h
e
d
r
iver
a
n
d
t
u
r
n
e
d
t
o a
n
s
w
e
r
m
e
.
“
Y
e
a
h
,
t
h
e
y’re
m
e
e
ting
u
s o
u
t
t
h
ere
.
Gavin
’s o
ld
e
st da
u
g
h
t
e
r
h
ad
a
d
a
n
c
e
rec
ital th
i
s
m
o
r
n
i
n
g a
n
d
Sarah’s
p
a
re
n
ts
w
er
e
vis
i
ting. T
h
e
y’re
j
oi
n
i
n
g
h
e
r
on
t
h
e
s
h
oot, so
t
h
e
t
h
re
e
of
t
he
m
w
i
l
l
p
ick
u
p
Gavin
a
n
d a
rr
ive
t
o
g
e
the
r
.”

“
Mmm
,”
I sa
id
. The two people who played Julia’s parents would be cast if the first movie did well.

Wendy turned to her left and began talking
e
x
c
it
e
d
ly to Madeline Sinclair, the woman who played a smaller role in the films, a
n
d
t
h
e
guys
w
er
e
d
iscu
s
si
n
g the
p
oss
ib
i
l
i
ty of
d
oi
n
g
a second film in the series
. Jennifer a
n
d
Dawson
w
er
e
lost in
t
h
e
ir o
w
n
l
it
t
le
w
o
r
l
d
,
t
h
e
ir
c
o
n
v
er
sation
c
lea
r
ly
p
r
i
vat
e
.

I loo
k
e
d
o
u
t
t
h
e
w
i
nd
o
w
at
t
h
e
p
la
n
e
s la
n
d
i
n
g
a
n
d
t
a
k
i
n
g
o
ff
as
w
e
m
a
d
e
o
u
r
w
ay to
t
h
e i
n
t
e
r
n
a
t
io
n
al t
e
r
m
i
n
al
w
h
er
e
w
e
would
p
ick
u
p
Cade.
T
h
e
bu
t
ter
f
l
i
e
s in
m
y
s
t
o
m
a
c
h
w
er
e g
e
t
t
i
n
g to
t
h
e
p
oi
n
t of
m
a
k
i
n
g
m
e
n
a
u
s
e
o
u
s, and my hands started to sweat.