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Falling Stars (Shooting Stars 5)

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only when I felt her shaking me vigorously. "Whaaa...?"

I gazed at all three of them, dressed and ready

for dinner, standing beside my bed.

"Oh, no!" I screamed and sat up. "What time is

it?"

"You've got only ten minutes." Cinnamon sadly

pointed out, nodding at the clock.

"What will I do?"

"Just throw something on quickly," Rose

advised.

I flew out of the bed and threw open my closet.

Everyone did something to help... Rose finding my

shoes. Ice going for the hair brush and brushing mine

into some semblance of order. while I slipped into my

dress and tried to adjust it. Cinnamon dampened a

washcloth and told me to just scrub the sleep out of

my face. I did that and then put on the little lipstick

we were permitted. only I didn't realize some of it had

smeared at the side of my mouth. The others were so

worried about being late that they rushed out the door

ahead of me.

Less than ten minutes later, still groggy. I

followed them to the dining room. where Madame

Senetsky was speaking to the French chef who would

be lecturing us. She turned when we entered. The

boys were already seated. As if she had some sort of

built-in radar, she focused on me alone, her eyes

rowing small with displeasure. I knew my hair.

despite Ice's attempts, was nowhere near as neat as it

could be or should be. And I suddenly noticed that



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