GirlsinPants:TheThirdSummeroftheSisterhood

ThePantsfirstcametousattheperfectmoment.Thatis，whenweweresplittingupforthefirsttime.Itwastwosummersagowhentheyfirstworkedtheirmagic，andlastsummerwhentheyshookupourlivesonceagain.Yousee，wedon’twearthePantsyear-round.Weletthemrestsotheyareextrapowerfulwhensummercomes.(TherewasthetimethisspringwhenCarmenworethemtohermom’swedding，butthatwasaspecialcase.)Nowwe’refacingourlastsummertogether.InSeptemberwegotocollege.Andit’snotlikeoneofthoseTVshowswhereallofusmagicallyturnupatthesamecollege.We’regoingtofourdifferentcollegesinfourdifferentcities(butallwithinfourhoursofoneanother—thatwasouronerule).We’reheadedofftostartourreallives.TomorrownightatGilda’swe’lllaunchthePantsontheirthirdsummervoyage.Tomorrowbeginsthetimeofourlives.It’swhenwe’llneedourPantsthemost.FromtheHardcoveredition.