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watch me

Also by Lauren Barnholdt

ALSO BY LAUREN BARNHOLDT

Two-way Street

One Night That Changes Everything

Title Page

Copyright Page

This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events,
real people, or real locales are used fictitiously. Other names, characters,
places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination,
and any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons,
living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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This Simon Pulse paperback edition July 2010
Originally published as Reality Chick in 2006 by Simon Pulse
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Dedication

To my mom, for books, Parcheesi,
and always believing

Contents

Chapter 1: NOW

Chapter 2: THEN

Chapter 3: NOW

Chapter 4: THEN

Chapter 5: NOW

Chapter 6: THEN

Chapter 7: THEN

Chapter 8: NOW

Chapter 9: THEN

Chapter 10: NOW

Chapter 11: THEN

Chapter 12: THEN

Chapter 13: NOW

Chapter 14: THEN

Chapter 15: THEN

Chapter 16: NOW

Chapter 17: THEN

Chapter 18: NOW

Chapter 19: THEN

Chapter 20: NOW

Chapter 21: THEN

Chapter 22: NOW

Chapter 23: THEN

Chapter 24: NOW

Chapter 25: THEN

Chapter 26: NOW

Chapter 27: THEN

Chapter 28: NOW

Chapter 29: THEN

Chapter 30: NOW

Chapter 31: THEN

Chapter 32: THEN

Chapter 33: NOW

Chapter 34: THEN

Chapter 35: NOW

7:00 P.M.

About the Author

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Thanks so much to my agent, Nadia Cornier, for making things happen so fast, and for loving Ally as much as I do. My editor, Michelle Nagler, for her superb guidance and advice, and for making this book so much better. My sister Kelsey, for reading every word as I wrote it. My sister Krissi, for being there when it happened. My dad, for teaching me about Yankees and March Madness. Kevin Cregg, for taking my word counts. Kiersten Loerzel, for my best high school memories. My grandparents, for everything. Ralph Riccio and Holly Schaff, for letting me steal their wireless internet. Rob Kean, for helping me with writing and life, and always taking my phone calls no matter what time it is. Robyn Schneider, for 9:31, LiveJournal, and everything else you can imagine. And most of all, C. J. Sullivan, for believing I could do it, even when I doubted myself, and for making me the luckiest girl in the world.

NOW

The question people ask me most these days is “If you could do anything differently, what would it be?” This question is designed to accomplish one of two things: