Why me?

"Come on! It's gonna be fun!" Clarissa persuades. Clarissa is my, Jade Somers, best friend. She's a rare beauty, perfectly tan and with long blonde hair that compliments her perfect figure and emerald green eyes. She's always pushing me to go to parties, and this time, I've been invited.

"Alright but just this once!" I say, giving up any hope of getting out of it. "I can't fight you on it this time. You win."

"Finally! Do you have any good dresses for this?"

"Since when did I say I was going to wear a dress? I'm more of shirt-and-jeans gal."

"Dress. Now." She gives me her evil look, as though contemplating whether to force me to clean her room or the Boys' room.

"Okay don't kill me! I don't have any dresses." I throw up my arms defensively. If I'm lucky, she'll let me off easy with one of hers or with my original plan.

"Okay come with me." She brings me to the closet we share and starts looking through all of her dresses, pulling out a few for me to try on. "Here. Go try them on."

I try on three of them, and she stops me on the fourth. "This one is perfect."

"But its so showy." I whine.

"Live a little! I hear Joey is going to be there." She bumps me with her elbow. I've had a crush on him since I first laid eyes on him, but so have a lot of people. I've had a few conversations with him, but not very many.

"Why me?"