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Louise
I stare at the rink, mesmerized by the figure in blue as he skates around the rink, the image of perfection. Justin. I sigh as I think about him and his loveliness.
"You're not thinking about my cousin again, are you?" I jump. Annabelle, my best friend, jumps up from behind me, surprising me. I grin.
"Hey, it's not like I haven't seen you staring at Eddy!" Edward, my brother, is a huge dork, but somehow Anna loves him. It's odd.
OK, just saying, I recently changed something. Edward is now Louise's brother. Sorry for the inconvenience!
She looks flustered and attempts to make a comeback. "Well...Umm….You see.."
"I get the idea." I laugh.
"Look, there's Emily and Phoebe Jane." Anna whispers. Even though Phoebs is my cousin, she's really mean to me. Ever since they joined the Mother Daughter Book Club, their desire to separate themselves from us is only clearer.
"Hey honeys," trills Emily as she swaggers over to us. She fishes around in her purse for something, and returns with bright lip gloss. Justin and his friends are going for a water break.. She like him, along with almost every other boy at Walden Middle School.
"So Anna, how's it going?" I know everything's hard, having an Ice Princess for a dad." Annabelle freezes. Her dad is an ice dancer, not a princess of any sort. I've seen her parents, and they're actually really good.
"He's not an Ice Princess, Emily." I mumble. Unfortunately, she hears me.
"Oh right. I read Rosy's Mom's old blog. It's Mr. Fancypants, isn't it?"
"Bye." Anna rushed of to the bathroom, tears streaming down her face. Emily and Phoebe Jane parade off, giggling menacingly. I sit back on one of the seats, waiting for Anna. I know I should go check on her, but she's really private about these sorts of things.
A few minutes later, as I'm reclining in my chair, I overhear a conversation between three men.
"I'm going for Tristan." says one who looks suspiciously like Philip Norton. "Every since he stole Cassidy, I've had that desire to shove a knife down his heart." Wait, are they killers?
"I'll get SImon, his idiot brother." says another, who slightly resembles Phoebe Jane - and my mom. It's Uncle Stewart.
"Well, we've got the two Berkeley brothers, and I'll murder Darcy. I love Jess, so i'm willing to do anything for her - even if she doesn't know it." says the last.
"Aww, Jonas. So sweet! You want Jess Hawthorne to be a Bates, don't you!"
"Shut up Zach - don't you remember that all the girls wanted to be a Norton!" Uncle Stewart teases. Now I know who these people are! The first is Zach Norton, then Uncle Stewart Chadwick, and then Jonas Bates, Emily's family's old farmhand's brother. And they're trying to kill Simon and Tristan Norton, Rosy's dad and Anna's dad, plus Darcy Hawthorne, Emily's father. Uh-oh,
"Annabelle!" I shout as I run down towards the bathroom. To the other book club members, I text: Emergency MDBC meeting but without the mothers! Plan Save the Dads!
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