Lauren pouts. "You're lame! We just got here."

"I know, but I just remembered I have an early call time tomorrow and an early photo shoot on Saturday. I need to get my beauty rest," I say, repeating Nadine's words.

At the word photo shoot, Ava's frown turns into a smile. Her whole face lights up. "Who do you have a shoot with?"

I have an overwhelming feeling I shouldn't tell them who it's for, but I'm sure they could find out if they really wanted to. "I'm doing a cover shoot for Sure." They both squeal.

"We love that magazine. We should come with," Lauren tells me.

"We'll be your personal stylists," Ava adds and puts her arm around me. "Just tell us where and when."

I grab my Cinch leopard-print bag, the one Lauren and Ava convinced me was so "me." Looking at it now, it doesn't feel so me anymore. "I'll call you," I say even though I don't think I mean it.

"Okay, hon," Ava says. "Feel better. Love ya!"

Then I walk away from the table, sure of one thing: The minute I'm gone, Ava and Lauren are going to talk about me behind my back, just like they've done to a dozen other people tonight.

Thursday, February 19

NOTE TO SELF:

Apologize 2 Nadine.

Call Liz.

Check on Manolos & Meeting of the Minds

Read remaining scripts.

Study 4 SATs!

HOLLYWOOD NATION'S. . . . . . .

Is Kaitlin Burke headed for disaster?by Nicki Nuro

America's sweet-faced teen star is hanging with some questionable new pals--party girls Lauren Cobb and Ava Hayden--and friends worry it could lead to her downfall.

On a recent night out at Mr. Chow, the appetizers looked yummy, the laughs were fast and furious, and Lauren Cobb and Ava Hayden seemed to be having a good time. The only one didn't look like she was enjoying herself was Kaitlin Burke. Could it be that Kaitlin has finally caught on to Ava's and Lauren's ways and is questioning their friendship? That's what one friend of the star thinks. "When Kaitlin first started hanging out with them, no one in her entourage really cared, but as her personality slowly began to change, everyone became worried. Those girls are a bad influence on Kaitlin and Kaitlin knows it."

"Kaitlin has been having a rough time lately," another source confirms. "With Family Affair ending and the intense pressure to find a new project, she seems really stressed. Plus she's fighting with her best friend so the world just seems against her at the moment."

Enter Ava and Lauren. When the two first appeared at Kaitlin's side, the trio seemed to be all about fun and games. The newly formed threesome have been inseparable ever since they vacationed together in Turks and Caicos over the holidays and hung at the Cinch for a Cause luncheon. Their datebook has been full ever since. They've been spotted shopping at hot spots Belladonna, Belle Gray, Kitson, and Bleu, eating at Oasis, Koi, and the Ivy, and dancing the night away at Parc. They've also taken to wearing matching dresses.