Chapter 2

Page Six
Last seen: Josie Paterson, the junior everyone at the Patricia Loyalton School for Girls wants to be, at the Frick on Tuesday, October 8. Accompanied by her parents and little brother Gabe, freshman at the Kingston School for Boys.

Accompanying this caption was a picture of her in one of the most beautiful gowns Emma had ever seen. The caption also said that it was an Oscar de la Renta gown.

The exact gown Emma had been making herself sick for two weeks for so she could fit into the size 0 or 2, whichever fit her boobs.

She rolled over on her bed, her groan being muffled by her Egyptian cotton pillowcase. She immediately rolled all the way off her bed, and ran to the bathroom, making the chocolate cake come rising up her throat and into the toilet. Her insides heaved.

"Emma?" her mom called.

"One minute," she shouted back.

She swished some minty Scope around in her mouth, gargled, spit, and splashed some cold water on her face.

"What?" she asked, coming out of her bathroom, wiping her face and hands on a towel that she promptly tossed onto a chair.

Her mother was sitting on her bed.

"We need to talk..."

"About?"

"Your attitude lately!"

"I'm PMSing."

"So take some Midol..."

Her typical mother. She was pregnant ... as if Emma didn't already have a little brother and sister (sixth grade twins Peter and Hillary), and an older brother already in college.

Pregnancy also implied a huge attitude, which she used as an excuse to bother Emma constantly.

"Have your baby already..." Emma groaned, and went to the closet to pick out her outfit. Her closet was full of designer clothes, shoes, and accessories.

"Mom, can I borrow something of yours? Ante pregnancy?"

Her mother was a tiny little thing.

"Sure honey," she was smiling perkily like her usual, not-bitchy self. Bi-polar pain in the ass.

Amanda called the boys and the other gals in their group to make sure they were on board with the partying. Their circle of friends was really quite large ... all the ones who lived in penthouses and brown stones, and went to prestigious private schools. For their group, all the girls went to Patricia Loyalton with Amanda and Emma, and all the guys went to Kingston.

There were about eight of them ... four guys and four girls, as usual, they all swapped partners and what not within the larger social circle, but there were four who were divided up into serious couples. Dan and Nicky Woods (they were twins), Luke Brown, Elizabeth Patrick, Chris Hardman, and Jake Andrews were the others besides Amanda and Emma.

Luke and Emma were a serious couple, ditto with Amanda and Chris. Elizabeth and Dan were pretty much together, and ditto with Jake and Nicky.

"Party tonight," she cooed to Chris. "Up for it?"

"Where we headin'?"

"Emma and I haven't really figured it out ... maybe dinner, then a club?"

"Sounds good ... Me and Luke will pick you up at eight. Meet you at Emma's."