Rachel wondered if Emily would become her new Dana. Thinking of that reminded Rachel that Dana had been MIA the past few days and hadn’t returned her calls. Dana sent one lousy text that said, “All’s good here in PA. Miss ya.” But that was it: she didn’t even call to see what Rachel’s new school was like or if she had made any new friends. Boy would Dana be surprised when she heard she made new friends AND had a date.
Rachel finished her makeup by putting on a light pink lip-gloss, and headed downstairs for dinner.
“Look at you,” Rachel’s dad said. Where are you going?” “Movies with my new friends,” Rachel said with a smile.
“You look…nice.” Her dad said. Although Rachel knew he would have preferred to say “different” rather than “nice.”
“Thanks!” she said back.
As Rachel’s mom, dad
