Skipper was a nice kid but she was not nearly as glamorous as Barbie.

Okay, Skipper said, so who is this dude you’ve got me hooked up with anyway?

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Skipper struck a model’s pose. “How do I look?” Barbie thought the mustard-colored culotte suit made Skipper look bloated. “You look wonderful,” she said. Skipper smiled and fussed with her hair. “Okay, so who is this dude you’ve got me hooked up with tonight anyway?”

“All I know is he’s some friend of Ken’s,” Barbie said. “From his softball team. He’s supposed to be athletic, good-looking.”

“God,” Skipper said, crossing her right leg deliberately over her left. “I hope he’s not like that guy Ken knew from work—the computer programmer. That guy really came on strong.”

“I didn’t think he was all that bad, really,” Barbie said. She didn’t like Ken’s friend selection impugned. “He seemed a little wild maybe. That’s all.”

“Well,” Skipper said, “you didn’t have to deal with him after we got back. He practically raped me.” She uncrosse…