
Ashley further tells her she’s the one that wants to break up with him, but it's hard because he’s so in love with her. When AA sees them arrive together, and because Trip hasn’t texted or called, she thinks he’s still with Ashley. When Tri tries to call it off with her she convinces him to go to the contest result party with her. He was the one that offered her the vanilla cupcake). (He just felt guilty about almost killing Ashley. She’s drawn even closer to him when Tri kisses her admitting that it’s always been her he likes. She finds a distraction in a guy she meets at a party, although Tri informs her, he has a bad reputation.


AA is discovering that she *does* have feelings for Tri and spends most of the book avoid him or getting smart with him. Ashley has started dating Tri, but she’s getting worried because he hasn’t made any moves to kiss her yet. So Lauren sets up The Ashleys as her “friends” Along the way of this Lauren’s popularity increases and she starts dating two guys she meet at the same party. The favorite out of the set goes on to the next round to share an apartment with the other winners in New York City. Plot: Trying to get back into the Ashley’s good graces Lauren invites them to be on a reality show that’s a contest between sets of friends in different cities. She now divides her time between New York and Los Angeles, where she lives in the Hollywood Hills with her husband and daughter. She majored in art history and English at Columbia University (and minored in nightclubs and shopping!).


Melissa grew up in Manila and moved to San Francisco with her family, where she graduated high school salutatorian from The Convent of the Sacred Heart. She has also appeared as an expert on fashion, trends and fame for CNN, E! and FoxNews. She has worked as a fashion and beauty editor and has written for many publications including The New York Times, Marie Claire, Harper’s Bazaar, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Allure, The San Francisco Chronicle, McSweeney’s, Teen Vogue, CosmoGirl! and Seventeen. Her books for adults include the novel Cat’s Meow, the anthology Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys and the tongue-in-chic handbooks How to Become Famous in Two Weeks or Less and The Fashionista Files: Adventures in Four-inch heels and Faux-Pas. Melissa de la Cruz is the New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of many critically acclaimed and award-winning novels for teens including The Au Pairs series, the Blue Bloods series, the Ashleys series, the Angels on Sunset Boulevard series and the semi-autobiographical novel Fresh off the Boat.
