But I had to admit, Miss Bri-Bri, Fashionista Hairstylist to the Stars, seemed to know her stuff.… ME, READING WHILE MISS BRI-BRI DOES MY HAIR Nikki is not looking forward to the floating skills swim test at school tomorrow and imagines an excuse note to get out of it. Nikki's mom offers her to wear her old bridesmaid outfit (which makes her look like a mermaid), but Nikki is a little uneasy. They schedule to shop for a dress on Wednesday, which is just two days from the dance. Now that Nikki is going to the dance with Brandon, she needs a dress to wear; none of the dresses she finds at the store really fit the criteria. Today in gym, the class is having timed swim races. Since Nikki can't swim very well, she fears she'll take too long to finish. When she swims, she discovers something in the water and believes it's a shark's fin, thinking a shark is in the pool. She swims for her life to the end and not only wins the race, but also sets a new school record for fastest swim time. Zoey and Chloe find out that it was just a scuba fin that scared Nikki. It was motivational enough to get her to swim superbly.

It could have actually happened…!! I CAN’T BELIEVE THIS IS HAPPENING! I DROPPED MY PHONE AND NOW I CAN’T CALL NIKKI! Just so they could go to a movie together! Like, how INSENSITIVE is that?! Sometimes I think Mom and Dad need to take a parenting class or something. Apparently, someone had showed up at Brandon’s party unexpectedly to drop off a present for him shortly after I had left.

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In spite of the fact that I was still suffering from a severe case of crush-itis AND having a really BAD day, my parents MADE me babysit my little sister, Brianna.

I still can’t believe my crush, Brandon, actually texted me last night after I left his birthday party. I felt SO insanely happy I could just… VOMIT sunshine, rainbows, confetti, glitter, and… um… those yummy little Skittles candy thingies! Holiday Heartbreak is the sixth (yes, sixth!) book in the excellent Dork Diaries series. I'm not sure where the time's gone since book one was published, but Nikki's now getting very grown up and things finally seem to be progressing with her crush, Brandon. Yay! Today's the day Nikki hangs out with Brandon at Crazy Burger. When they arrive, they just casually wait for their food to arrive, bored to an extent. Soon enough, their food arrives and they talk about a few things. After a few nervous sputters, Nikki ultimately asks Brandon if he would go to the Sweetheart Dance with him. He accepts and Nikki is overjoyed.NO SNOOPING ALLOWED!!! ) Dork Diaries: Holiday Heartbreak, by Rachel Renée Russell with Nikki Russell and Erin Russell. Simon and Schuster.

Brandon tries to talk to Nikki in the library about what had been going on. They said that one or the other had been too busy to hang out with the other considering what had been going on. They didn't know what had happened, but soon they settle on hanging out at Crazy Burger on Saturday. Zoey and Chloe saw the whole thing. Okay, I’ll admit it was really nice and sweet of her to do that. But she had totally overlooked one very important little detail.… SHE WASN’T INVITED! A very HAPPY wheezing, sweat-soaked mass of body odor and sheer exhaustion. ME, WITH A BIG FAT DORKY SMILE PLASTERED ACROSS MY FACE!! Before I knew it, it was bedtime. I felt like I’d been waiting FOREVER…!! ME, FLOPPED ACROSS MY BED, SULKING The last time I tried to talk to Brandon on the phone with Brianna around, it was a total disaster. She actually told him about my hairy legs and crusty eye boogers. It was SO humiliating!Nikki looks through her wardrobe to find the right outfit to wear at Crazy Burger tomorrow. She throws together a bunch of her clothes and eventually comes up with the perfect outfit. Don’t worry, dah-ling, Miss Bri-Bri said. I’m going to make you BOOTY-FUL! For your little friend Brandon. Yes?! Welcome to Nikki Maxwell's aDORKable world and the mega-selling Dork Diaries series – now with over 50 million copies in print worldwide! Dah-ling! Where are you going?! Don’t be skurd! Brianna said in an awful fake French accent that sounded more like a six-year-old Arnold Schwarzenegger. WHY did all of this have to happen just when Brandon and I were about to have our very first date-that-really-isn’t-a-date ?! PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE let Brandon call me tomorrow!! SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2