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When Ally got to the school bus stop on Monday morning, she saw Molly was wearing her new Frankie Goes to Hollywood concert attire, just like she was. “Nice outfit,” she remarked.

“I know, right,” Molly replied and gave her a wide-tooth grin.

Waiting for the school bus had become the bane of their existence. Not only were they the only seniors at their high school still riding the bus, they believed they were most likely the only seniors on the entire planet without their own wheels.

Molly removed a piece of Juicy Fruit from her pocket, broke it in two and handed half to Ally. As the girls began to chew their gum, a beater filled with nerdy teen boys rolled up and the back window lowered to reveal Ally’s little brother.

“I'd offer you a ride but the car's full,” Ollie said and snickered.

“That heap doesn't even look like it will make it down the block,” Ally said in an effort to hide her jealousy.

Ollie was too good for her though. He could see right through her snarky façade. “Tease me if you must,” he said. “But I'm not the senior waiting for the school bus.”

Ollie rolled his window back up as the junker pulled away.

Molly shook her head in disbelief. “How did your brother score a ride to school? He's only a freshman.”

“I think we're the only ones who haven't scored a ride to school,” Ally complained.

Molly and Ally peered down the road. There was not another person in sight for miles.

“This sucks,” Molly said.

“Truly,” Ally replied.

Then Molly and Ally simultaneously blew bubbles, which popped in their faces. When Ally glanced at Molly, she noticed Molly had gum stuck to the tip of her nose, which of course, Ally mentioned. Molly told Ally she had gum stuck in her hair. As usual, the day was off to an incredibly lousy start for the duo. As the two of them picked gum residue from their faces and hair, the school bus raced past them leaving the girls in a cloud of dust. The incident was another confirmation of the girls’ belief that they truly were invisible to the rest of humanity.

“Now what?” Ally said to Molly.

“You know the drill,” she replied.

Twenty minutes later, Molly and Ally found themselves in the back seat of Molly’s mom’s Volvo, which was parked in front of the high school. As Ally was about to exit, Molly grabbed her elbow. “If anyone sees us getting out of the Mom-mobile, it will be complete social suicide,” she warned. Getting a ride from the ‘rents was so junior high school.

“We can't stay here forever,” Ally responded. “I don't want to be late for homeroom.”

Molly peered out the passenger window then ducked to avoid being spotted. “I just know someone will see us getting out of my mom's car. I can feel it.”

“How can anything possibly make us less popular than we already are?” Ally said. She had a point.

Molly took a deep breath then opened the car door. As the girls tried to sneak from the Mom-mobile, Ollie and two of his dweeby friends caught them in the act.

“I was wondering how the uber-geeks were going to get to school,” Ollie said as his dweeby friends chuckled and snorted.

Ally glared at her brother. “At least I didn't have to resort to getting a ride with the geek-squad.”

Molly laughed at her BFF’s lame attempt at humor but the joke was good enough to make Ollie squirm a bit.

“You'd better hurry inside before Elisa, and her posse, sees you,” Ollie said. “You'll be dead women walking.”