She too has a crush on Brandon Roberts and tries to flirt with him, especially by twirling her hair, whenever possible. Mackenzie often bullies Nikki, calling her a dork, talking behind Nikki's back and trying to wreck her life with the help of her best friend, Jessica. She has blonde hair, blue eyes, and a little sister named Amanda, who is best friends with Nikki's sister, Brianna. Chloe Christina Garcia Nikki’s best friend. Chloe is an avid reader and loves young adult romances. She is a self-proclaimed expert on guys and dating, and works in the library with Nikki and Zoey. She is described as somewhat prissy, but is a social outcast. Her parents own a software company. She is the fifth most unpopular girl at Westchester Country Day. Garcia is canonically Latina. Zoeysha Ebony "Zoey" Franklin Zoey is Nikki’s other best friend. She is super smart and also an avid reader, and is a self-proclaimed expert in psychology. She enjoys self-help books and often quotes them. Zoey works in the school library with Nikki and Chloe. Her mother is an attorney and her father is a record executive, and they are divorced. Zoey is the third most unpopular girl in the school. Due partly to the clarification that Zoey looks like Beyoncé in the second book, it is clear that she is African-American. Brandon Roberts Nikki's and Mackenzie's crush. He is not as impressed by Mackenzie as everybody else, very obviously preferring Nikki. In the second book, he asks her to the dance (see above). In the seventh book, he kissed Nikki. In the books, he is described as "super cute" with wavy hair and blue eyes. He is shy around Nikki. Brandon is a photographer for Westchester Middle School's newspaper, and in Dork Diaries: Tales From a Not-So-Talented Pop Star, it is revealed Brandon plays the drums and joins Nikki's band, "Actually, I'm Not Sure Yet". His parents died sometime before the series and he lives with his grandparents. He works in an animal center named Fuzzy Friends and loves being with the puppies there. He hopes to be a veterinarian in the future. In the 12th book, he finally confessed to Nikki that he likes her a lot. Brianna Lynn Maxwell Nikki’s little 6-year-old sister. Brianna is afraid of the tooth fairy because Nikki told her the tooth fairy collects children's teeth to make dentures for old