How to be Popular: A True Story
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Last published Mon, Oct 6, 2014
'For the first time in your life, Pen, you have to do something about your crush.'
The revelation hit me like lightening. For the first time in forever, I was going to make it work. Banished would be the days of awkward crushes and looking away faster than Usain Bolt. I was going to make John like me. I made a quick evaluation in my head. John was single. That was one tick in the right box (thank god). Guys generally fell for the popular girls, the charismatic, beautiful girls, who flirted and flounced their way to basically everyone's hearts. So, this is my hypothesis.
"Teenage boys are more likely to fall for popular teenage girls than unpopular teenage girls, or albatrosses."
Time to test my hypothesis.
Without the albatrosses. I mean, I'm sure albatrosses are great, but they might be hard to get hold of, and my budget is being spent on stuff for... okay I'll shut up now sorry
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