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when I reach Marcus on the phone and as he says hello, I can hear the music he’s listening to in the background. That music is the sound of him without me. How he surrounds himself when I’m not there, which is almost all the time.

And will be for three more years.

Acknowledgements

Many thanks to:

My agent, Joanna Pulcini, who loves Jessica Darling almost as much as I do.

My editor, Kristin Kiser, and her assistant, Claudia Gabel, for convincing me that I hadn’t succumbed to “Sucky Sequel Syndrome.” And the whole team at Crown—especially Philip Patrick, Brian Belfiglio, and Lindsay Mergens—for truly believing that the follow-up can outdo the first, and busting their butts to make it happen.

Everyone who sent enthusiastic e-mails begging me to WRITE FASTER because they were DYING to find out what happened between Jessica and Marcus. Those messages inspired me to keep it smart, honest, and funny.

The Fitzmorris and McCafferty families, who have served as personal assistants, bodyguards, chauffeurs, PR agents, presidents of my fan club, and so much more.

Collin James, for helping me get outside of my own head for a change.

And Christopher Joseph, for everything he does so I can do what I do.

ALSO BY MEGAN MCCAFFERTY

Sloppy Firsts

Copyright © 2003 by Megan McCafferty

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

McCafferty, Megan.

Second helpings: a novel / Megan McCafferty.—1st ed.

p. cm.

1. High school students—Fiction. 2. Teenage girls—Fiction. 3. New Jersey—

Fiction. I. Title.

PS3613.C34 S43 2003

813’.6—dc21

2002014097

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