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he smoked pot. What if he didn’t like me now?
    I shouldn’t have worried. He just laughed and said he figured I was a straight edge but that you couldn’t blame a boy for trying.
    My cheeks are red again now just writing this down. I have to make sure Mom doesn’t find this journal and think it’s my schoolwork. Not that she’d actually read my journal on purpose; at least I don’t think she would. Anyway, I’m going to hide it under some other stuff on my desk, just in case.
    I like Ross. I don’t want Mom not to let me hang out with him just ’cause he smokes pot.
    Ross invited me to come over to the hotel where his mom works tomorrow after yoga and lie out at the pool with him.
    Oh yeah, and when we were lying on the beach talking, he told me my suit was “cute.” I think he really likes me.
    July 17
    CAM IS TAKING ME TO MY FIRST BIG PARTY!!!!!!!!!!
    IT’S ON SATURDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    THAT’S TOMORROOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!!!!!!!!!
    I CAN’T WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    I can’t believe he said yes. I heard him talking to his friend Jason about it, and he was like, If Elizabeth Archer’s sister is going to be there, I’m THERE.
    Elizabeth Archer is this blond cheerleader in my class at school, and she’s really pretty, and really nice, but is dumb as a stump. Her older sister is a freshman in college this year, and is just as pretty, only she has red hair and was valedictorian last year. She speaks French and Spanish fluently and is on track to finish her undergrad degree in 3 years. Cam has followed her around like a drooling puppy since he was in 9th grade and she was a sophomore.
    I heard him hang up with Jason and go YES! really loudly, and that’s when I wandered into his room and said, If Elizabeth Archer is going, can I go?
    He opened his mouth to say NO like he always does, but then he looked up at me and really saw me. He sat and sort of looked at me for a minute, like he was taking me in, and then he smiled, and said, Why not?
    I jumped up and down and screamed like a moron on a game show, and he laughed and said, But only if you stop screaming right now and promise never to do that again.
    I immediately shut up and said, I promise I won’t get in your way.
    And then Cam said the nicest thing to me. He said, You’re not in the way, sis. I like hanging with you.
    Which is weird ’cause usually brothers and sisters our age don’t always get along, but I realized that Cam is maybe the best brother in the whole galaxy.
    July 19
    Last night was the party and it was really awful and really great all at the same time. God, sometimes I write stuff down in this journal that just doesn’t make any sense at all. If anyone ever finds this, they’ll have me committed for being a crazy person.
    I’m not sure how I feel about last night. I still can’t believe how it all went down. The only two things I know for sure are:
    1. Pot is GREAT.
    2. Ross is AMAZING.
    Cam drove us to Jason’s place with strict instructions from Mom and Dad to keep an eye on me. Jason’s house was already pretty crowded when we got there and Cam steered us through the living room to the kitchen where he gave Jason a high five and I saw Elizabeth Archer talking to this guy with shaggy brown hair who looked a lot like … ROSS!
    It was totally him, and I felt my stomach drop like I was on a roller coaster. I couldn’t believe he was here too. Elizabeth sawme and waved, and Ross turned around and got this big goofy smile on his face like he was really happy to see me. He came over to say hi to me and Cam and grabbed a couple of beers out of a cooler on his way around the island in Jason’s giant kitchen. He handed one to Cam and then held one out to me.
    I felt my cheeks go hot, and I glanced up at Cam like, Should I do this? Is this okay?
    He laughed and said, You won’t like it, sis.
    Well, I wasn’t