Jenny a fat；
rust…colored eye pencil。 ？It goes on softer than it looks。？
Jenny drew a careful line along the edge of one eyelid and blinked at the result。 She looked
instantly older； and the color gave her big brown eyes a nice amber glow。 She leaned forward to do
the left one but something in the mirror？s reflection caught her eye。
Or someone； to be precise。
The store was bustling with shoppers stocking up on winter sale items； but Bendel？s only caters
to women； so all of the shoppers were female。 All but one。
He looked about sixteen； tall and thin； with shaggy blond hair and wearing a chocolate brown
corduroy jacket and jeans that hung loose from his gaunt body。 Sort of like the guy in the Calvin
Klein Eternity for Men ad； except less hunky。
？Wow；？ Jenny said softly。
？Isn？t it great？？ Blair chimed in。 ？Smudge it in a little with your finger。 You should use brown
mascara； too。 It will make your eyes look even bigger。？
？No； I mean wow； look athim ；？ Jenny clarified。 ？Behind me。？
Blair glanced over her shoulder to see a geeky； too…young…for…her blond boy perusing the
Bendel？s signature cosmetics bags。 She turned back to Jenny。 ？What？ You think he？s cute？？
Elise giggled。 ？He？s kind of goofy looking。？
Blair？s little Help the Hopeless campaign was starting to wear thin。 ？If he？s shopping in
Bendel？s； he？s probably gay。 Why don？t you just go up and talk to him if you think he？s so cute？？
Jenny was mortified。 Just go up and start talking to him like some sort of desperate； stalking
freak？No way。
？e on；？ Elise prodded。 ？You know you want to。？
Jenny could barely breathe。 Every time she thought she was getting more confi