Anatomy of a Boyfriend (25 page)

After ascending the steps to the library, I look behind me and gaze at the verdant campus, brimming with friends, potential friends, and potential loves. I close my eyes and raise my face to the sky, letting the sun‘s silken rays bathe my cheeks and eyelids. I breathe deeply, savoring the aroma of freshly cut grass and newly bloomed magnolias. A cool breeze sweeps by, sending my hair into wild cascades behind me. Suddenly it‘s as if my heart is fluttering about my chest. I really am starting to get over him! I can feel it!

Caitlin‘s fast asleep by the time I get home that night. I change into my pajamas and set my hair in curlers by the light of our computers‘ screen savers. Before going to bed, I tiptoe to my desk chair and log on to the Internet. I‘m about to check e-mail when Instant Messenger‘s ―invitation to chat‖ window suddenly appears.

I don‘t recognize the screen name, but I have a pretty good hunch. I‘m grinning as I accept the hail.

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author‘s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 2007 by Daria Snadowsky

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition of this work as follows: Snadowsky, Daria.

Anatomy of a boyfriend / Daria Snadowsky.

p. cm.

Summary: In her last semester at a private school in Fort Myers, Florida, seventeen-year-old Dom finds her life transformed by her first boyfriend, Wes, a track star at the public school her best friend attends.

eISBN: 978-0-375-89112-0

[1. Dating (Social customs)—Fiction. 2. Sex—Fiction. 3. Family life—Florida—Fiction. 4.

High schools—Fiction. 5. Schools—Fiction. 6. Florida—Fiction.] I. Title.

PZ7.S664953Ana 2007

[Fic]—dc22

2006016045

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