Monday at school, Joanne's heart shattered, and so did her shopping plans. She began to wish for the first time in her life, that she had skipped Mr. West's journalism class. It wasn't the class that was bothering Joanne, it was Tessie Sullivan, her classmate.

Tessie sat in the row behind Joanne, between two of the most popular girls in her grade, Susan and Sherry.

"I had the best weekend!" Tessie sighed, which was the same thing she said nearly every Monday.

"Why?" Susan asked, twisting some of her hair around her finger.

"I went to the drive-in with Roy DeSoto!"

Joanne wanted to plug her ears, but for some reason, she just couldn't.

Tessie continued. "Oh! He's so much better than Roger and Kurt! I just adore him! He's so handsome and so--"

Joanne didn't want to hear anymore! It was too painful! Once a boy became involved with Tessie Sullivan, he was involved for life, at least, that's the way it always seemed.

It was no wonder to Joanne why Tessie was so popular. She had beautiful dark curls and looked a lot like Sophia Loren. Her wardrobe was too beautiful for words and her fingernails were always perfectly manicured. What boy wouldn't love her? Especially a boy like Roy DeSoto.