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In New Jersey, Arya's older sister Alina is getting married to Nikil, and there are huge amounts of preparations being made. Since the family is Indian, there is a wide array of different parties that are expected to be held, including engagement parties. Since Arya is expected to attend all of these, they sometimes get in the way of her high school career. She has good friends, Lisa and Andy, but things have been weird with the three ever since Lisa and Andy dated briefly but then broke up. She also works at Belle's Bookshop, and is involved in student government, although she is upset that Dean Merriweather is president. The two have a rather fraught relationship, and Arya just finds him pushy and annoying. The senior class has to plan a formal, but don't have much money, so are trying to fund raise so that the don't have to use the school for the dance. Arya finds out that Alina might be moving to California after the wedding, and her mother is very depressed, so things are upsetting at home AND at school. The more Arya has to work with Dean, however, the more she finds herself annoying attracted to him. Will Arya be able to maintain her friendships with Lisa and Andy, get the senior formal planned, and survive her sister's wedding.