青帝小说

第30部分（第4页）

the　left　one　but　something　in　the　mirror？s　reflection　caught　her　eye。

Or　someone；　to　be　precise。

The　store　was　bustling　with　shoppers　stocking　up　on　winter　sale　items；　but　Bendel？s　only　caters

to　women；　so　all　of　the　shoppers　were　female。　All　but　one。

He　looked　about　sixteen；　tall　and　thin；　with　shaggy　blond　hair　and　wearing　a　chocolate　brown

corduroy　jacket　and　jeans　that　hung　loose　from　his　gaunt　body。　Sort　of　like　the　guy　in　the　Calvin

Klein　Eternity　for　Men　ad；　except　less　hunky。

？Wow；？　Jenny　said　softly。

？Isn？t　it　great？？　Blair　chimed　in。　？Smudge　it　in　a　little　with　your　finger。　You　should　use　brown

mascara；　too。　It　will　make　your　eyes　look　even　bigger。？

？No；　I　mean　wow；　look　athim　；？　Jenny　clarified。　？Behind　me。？

Blair　glanced　over　her　shoulder　to　see　a　geeky；　too…young…for…her　blond　boy　perusing　the

Bendel？s　signature　cosmetics　bags。　She　turned　back　to　Jenny。　？What？　You　think　he？s　cute？？

Elise　giggled。　？He？s　kind　of　goofy　looking。？

Blair？s　little　Help　the　Hopeless　campaign　was　starting　to　wear　thin。　？If　he？s　shopping　in

Bendel？s；　he？s　probably　gay。　Why　don？t　you　just　go　up　and　talk　to　him　if　you　think　he？s　so　cute？？

Jenny　was　mortified。　Just　go　up　and　start　talking　to　him　like　some　sort　of　desperate；　stalking

freak？No　way。

？e　on；？　Elise　prodded。　？You　know　you　want　to。？

Jenny　could　barely　breathe。　Every　time　she　thought　she　was　getting　more　confident；　something

like　this　happened　to　prove　that　she　was　just　as　insecure　as　ever。　？Maybe　we　should　just　leave；？

she　muttered　nervously；　as　if　Blair　and　Elise　were　about　to　rope　her　into　participating　in　some

shady　drug　deal。　She　picked　her　book　bag　up　from　off　the　floor。　？Thanks　for　you　help；？　she　told

Blair　quickly。　Then　she　grabbed　Elise？s　hand　and　dragged　her　out　of　the　store；　keeping　her　eyes

straight　ahead　as　she　passed　the　blond　boy。

Pathetic。　Blair　sighed　as　she　watched　them　go。　But　she？d　been　in　such　a　good　mood　ever　since

Owen　Wells？　call；　it　wouldn？t　kill　her　to　give　Jenny　a　little　more　help　when　she　so　obviously

needed　it。　She　pulled　the　receipt　for　her　dress　out　of　her　shopping　bag　and；　using　the　rust…colored

eye　pencil；　drew　a　big　heart　on　the　back　of　it　and　wrote　Jenny？s　Constance　Billard　e…mail　address

inside　it。　Everyone？s　school　e…mail　addresses　were　the　same；　just　the　first　initial　and　the　last　name；

so　it　wasn？t　hard　to　figure　out。　Then　she　crumpled　the　receipt　into　a　tight　little　ball　and　walked

past　the　skinny