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Darius is the biggest nerd Marisa knows. Her class is assigned a task to come up with an idea that will change the lives of three people at a time. While they are working on it, the people around Marisa start talking about how their parents dont get along and it makes Marisa realize she is lucky that he parents get along so well. When she leaves her class she sees Derek with Andrea, his girlfriend. Late that night she listens to the Dirty Dirk Show, which is a talk show where teens can write into and he'll talk about their problems. The next day, Marisa had a horrible day, everything that could've went wrong, did. She goes to Nash's house after school. They talk for awhile and Nash comes to tell Marisa that he likes somebody, but doesn't know how to come across telling her so he asks for advice. Marisa talks to him and comes to think of who he might like and it crosses her mind that it might be her...

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They have a guest over for dinner, which is Jack, a guy that works with Marisa's mom. Sandra, Marisa's sister, is having a debate with their guest over the dinner table. Her sister is younger, but very smart and can be a big drama queen.
Marisa and Sterling go out like they do every Saturday night. They go to the Notch, which is a shopping center and if you sit at the fountain in the middle you can see all around you. They see Tabitha, a girl from their school, sitting on a cute boy's lap. They are both jealous of how easily she can get a boy, when they have no luck. They dont want to think about how they dont have boyfriends anymore so they go shopping. They are both trying on jeans and getting frusterated because none of them are fitting.

I am liking this book a lot so far! It doesn't repeat itself like the last book i read did and it has a lot more in it that i can relate to.

Pg, 14-26

It's Marisa's first day of school and she is realizing that it isnt that easy to change the way that people look at you from previous years. She is in her chemisty class and her teacher assigns that the students get with somebody in the classroom to interview and find out somethings about that person they normally wouldn't ask. Marisa went with Nash and the first question he asked her was was 'if you were a shape, what shape would you be?' Marisa answers by picking two shapes and says that she is a very complex person. Marisa starts thinking of herself dating Nash but then realizes that he isn't boyfriend material..he is goofy and a lot more mature than all of the other boys her age. To her, he was an 'old soul'. Later, Marisa is talking with her dad about the lab she is doing over at Nash's house and how smart Nash is. Her dad realizes that she is changing her ways and reminds her that if she ever needs anything, that he is always there for her. The next day, Marisa is at Nash's house working on the chemistry project and she notices that he seems to have a passion for inanimate objects just like she does.
I think this is a kickoff to something between the two of them. Possibly her first boyfriend?

Waiting for You, by Susane Colasanti

I have decided to start a new book because the last one i was reading didn't have a lot of actions taking place in it, plus i didn't like how after ever paragraph they retold in more detail what the previous paragraph was about. So, the new book i will be reading is Waiting for You, by Susane Colasanti.

In this book, the main character, Marisa, wants to start her sophmore year with a new image. She doesn't want people to look at her the way they have in the previous years. She also thinks that this could be the year that she gets her first boyfriend.
(Pg. 3-13) Marisa gets back from summer camp where she went to learn more about photography and as soon as she gets settled in and back into the swing of things she goes to her bestfriend Sterlings house. Sterling is an excellent cook and for dinner she made Risotto. Sterling tells Marisa that she has decided to take up yoga as a new hobby, which is a shocker to Marisa because she knows that Sterling has an attention span of a fly. Sterling decides that 'this is our year!'. When they are done talking they go to thier friend Andrea's house for a peir party that is always a kickoff to the new year. It is there that she notices Derek, and after staring at him for awhile he looks at her, smiles and waves..which totally made her day. Then, as she was walking home she noticed Nash out on the dock. Nash is her neighbor, and they used to be really close but now it comes to her that she doesn't really know anything about him anymore. Which makes her wonder.. 'how time can change something you thought would always stay the same.'

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Samantha and her friends are still in the cafeteria eating their lunch and talking about the party coming up. Rob leaves the cafeteria and tells Samantha he will talk to her later and walks off with his friends. Samantha and her friends start laughing at a girl across the cafeteria because she didn't recieve any roses, never has and never will. They talk about the times they put notes on her locker that say "maybe next year, but probably not" meaning she will never get a rose. They quickly jump conversations to talking about skipping their 7th period class, which they always skip because its the 'boring' class of the day. While they are skipping class they plan just to leave and go out the the TCBY downtown. They get off of the school grounds by sneaking out the "smokers hole" which is in the back feild by the tennis courts where nobody can see.

These couple pages weren't very interesting but i feel they are leading up to a key point in the story. There isn't much in these pages that i can relate to either, but i think the story is going to start getting more interesting because it is getting closer to the time of the big party.