Politically Incorrect (17 page)

But then she remembered Upside Down Day and groaned. “The thing is,” she told Nat, “I was going to dress all cute today, and I forgot we have to wear our pajamas for Upside Down Day.
Now
what? I don’t even have cute pajamas.”

Nat glanced at the cubbies, where all their clothes and accessories were stored. “Hold on,” she whispered, then darted around Priya to her cubby. She grabbed a couple frilly, flowery pieces, then ran back to her friend. “Here, this is my extra set—how about you borrow these?”

Priya took the pajamas from Nat and looked them over. They were beautiful—a delicate flowered cami with eyelet lace accents, and a pair of purple silk pants.
Nat’s
pajamas
are more fashionable than half my
outfits, she thought. But she couldn’t deny that they seemed perfect for attracting boy attention, on a day when not many campers would be looking cute. “Are you sure?” she asked Nat. “You don’t mind me borrowing them?”

Nat shook her head. “Come on. This is camp. What’s mine is yours. Besides,” she leaned in and whispered, “Priya, you never crush on anyone. You’re so busy running around with Jordan, sometimes I wonder if you even
notice
other boys. I think you totally deserve to have a camp romance. And seriously, you and Ben would be great together. You should go after him.”

Go after him
. Priya wasn’t entirely sure what that meant, but whatever it was, she almost felt ready.

“No problem.”

Once Priya was dressed up in Nat’s fancy pj’s, Nat helped her create the perfect “just rolled out of bed looking amazing” hairstyle, and even helped apply some pink-tinted lip balm to “give your lips a little glow.” Then she loaned Priya a pair of sparkly flip-flops—“Slippers would be too
obvious
with that ensemble,” Nat warned—and a delicate pink cardigan to wear over the cami, in case she got chilly.

“Awesome.” Nat grinned, looking over her handiwork. “You look like a million bucks!”

Suddenly, someone behind Priya yawned super-loudly. Priya turned to find Brynn, wearing an old pair of gym shorts with a hoodie and rubbing her eyes. “Wow, look at you, Priya,” Brynn muttered, taking in the full
look.
“You don’t usually sleep this super-fancy, do you?”

Priya bit her lip. She wasn’t sure she wanted everyone to know that Nat was helping her dress up to win a boy’s attention. But Nat just deflected Brynn’s questions with a shrug. “I loaned Priya my pj’s last night because she got toothpaste on hers,” she said breezily. “It’s no big deal.”