3.她开始含情脉脉的注视我

At first, my mother wouldn't let me get my ears pierced, but I begged. . .

The idea was that Sherry would eat with me;maybe we'd walk around together, and hopefully Juli would lose interest.

But I still can't get the hoops till I'm 16.

Oh, that's a shame.

So Melanie wanted to get her ears pierced, but of course her mother said no.

So she threw a fit and smashed her Johnny Mathis Greatest Hits album. . .

. . . and she got grounded, so now she can't come to my pajama sleepover party.

Things were unfolding quite nicely.

What are you doing for your science project?

That is, until my supposed best friend, Garrett Einbinder. . . took an interest in Sherry himself.