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ISBN-10: 0312333765
ISBN-13: 9780312333768
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EXCERPT
Chapter One
Who am I?
Like most girls, I want a lot. Fame and fortune. Equal rights. Shoes no one else has. But I’d trade
all that in for the Perfect Guy. (Don’t tell me there’s something wrong with that. I dare you to
name a single person who doesn’t spend most of her time thinking about love.) Anyway, ever
since I could think, I have been imagining and reimagining the exact sort of boy I want to love
and would love me back. Basically, I imagine someone who has all the good attributes of the
male species and whose bad ones wouldn’t ruin my life.
I never thought it would be a guy like Gideon Rayburn. He’s not gorgeous, not overwhelmingly
brilliant, not all that great at sports. Jesus. Why am I bothering to explain to you why the guy
isn’t stereotypically crushworthy? Trust me, you’ll see for yourself soon enough.
The point is he’s so not the kind of guy I ever thought I would fall for. But then again, how
would I have guessed that I’d be seeing what goes on inside his head? That my eyes and thoughts
would go with him everywhere? When you know someone this great this well, it’s kind of
impossible not to fall in love with him. And when I say I know him well, understand: As I tell
you his story, as it happens, I not only know what he’s doing, I know what he wishes he were
doing, what he thinks he should be doing, and what he would wish he were doing if he were just
a slightly better person. (Don’t get me wrong, I said he was great and he is. But he’s a boy. He’s
fifteen. And he’s a typical American kid from the suburbs. My point: He’s got a lot working for
and against him.)
By the way, Gideon has no idea I’m inside his head. Guys are cute, but they’re not very
observant.
My feelings, though perhaps passionate for someone of my age and experience, are pretty
normal. But my situation---that is unique, and that’s what puts me in a position to tell you
everything. I mean it. Everything you’ve ever wondered about what guys think (and feared about
what they want), I’m going to tell you. You are going to learn what boys say when girls are not
in the room and how they feel when they’re on top of one. I will, for now, leave out one very
crucial thing: who I am. I’m in this story too, and not just inside Gid’s head. But there are a lot of
girls---and women---in this story. Which one am I?
Copyright © 2006 by Sarah Miller and Alloy Entertainment
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