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He thinks I'm an angel. What would an angel say?
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Begin at the beginning," Miss Perkins urged. "And when you get to the end, stop."
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It reminds me of those carefree days in elementary school," Adam said, taking a sop of milk. "Where the only thing you worried about was being first on the swings, or being picked last for kickball."
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Kyle agreed. "It would be too weird to see you in makeup and heels and all that hot stuff." "But you just said guys like that," Hannah said. "Right," Paul agreed. He stuck his fork back up his nose and added, "But guys are idiots."
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Dylan, my man!" Kyle Martinez jogged up from the direction of the parking lot and slapped Dylan on the back. "Is Hannah giving you the 4-1-1 on Red Rocks? This girl knows it all." "Yeah," chimed in Paul Hume, who had appeared on Dylan's other side. "It's hard to believe that someone so hot could have brains, too!" Kyle made an over exaggerated point at Hannah from behind his hand as he whispered to Dylan, "Major hottie." "Hottie!" Colby ..
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I haven't even checked to see if my Heart-2-Heart pal wrote back." Madison plucked at the fuzzy strands of yarn on her pillow. "You should. I love this program! We can tell each other . It's so great!" "And this guy's name is Blue?" Piper's voice sounded doubtful. "I don't remember any kid at school named Blue. There was that one guy we called Green in our chem lab, remember? But I think we called him that because his last name Green and..
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The computer sounded across the room, signaling the arrival of another e-mail. "It's him!" Madison squeaked, spinning to look at her computer. "Listen, Piper, I can't talk now. Blue just wrote me a note." "Hold it! You're hanging up on your best friend just so you can read an e-mail from some random guy named Blue?" Piper huffed. "You don't really know anything about him. And he could be making all sorts of stuff up." "He's nice," Madison ..
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Would you call me 'excessive'?" Madison asked Piper. "Not to your face," Piper replied."
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As she cut across the parking lot, Madison was nearly mowed down by an ice blue BMW. Reed Rawlings was the madman behind the wheel. He screeched to a stop right in front of her. "Reed, are you trying to kill the competition?" she shouted. "Is that your strategy?" "Not a bad idea," Reed said, laughing as he rolled down his window. "Wish I'd thought of it."
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Madison had covered one side of the hall without success, and was just bending down to check the first locker on the other side, when a familiar voice stopped her in her tracks. "Looking for lunch money?" Jeremy asked. Madison's face turned beet red. She slowly turned to look at Jeremy, who was standing with his hands in his pockets, watching her. "Of course not," she said. "Lunch is over." "Then what are you looking for?" he asked, strolli..
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Jeremy, wait!" she called, bending over to catch her breath. When Jeremy saw her, he picked up his pace and hurried toward the crosswalk. Madison threw her head back and moaned, "I can't keep up! Please stop." At the intersection, he had to stop to wait for the traffic light, and she stumbled off the curb and stood in front of him, clutching her side. "Please listen for one minute," she gasped. "I know that the Homecoming disaster wasn't yo..
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I guess I'll begin by accepting your apology," Jeremy said slowly. "And offer my own apology in return." Madison laughed. "You apologize to me? Whatever for?" "Excuse me," a man interrupted from behind them. He and a woman were walking with their tenspeeds. "This is a crosswalk. If you want to talk, there are plenty of places to do it over there." He pointed back to the park, by the lake. They shared an embarrassed laugh. Then Jeremy led Ru..
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I it! When Reed called it a harmless joke, I it had to be him. But why would he do that to me?" Jeremy shrugged helplessly. "It turned out it really was just a joke. He had me tell you that so he could get your hot chocolates." Madison's jaw dropped. " why he did it?" "He was tired of standing in that long line." Jeremy kicked at the ground with the toe of his sneaker. "But I didn't know that at the time. When I pushed you onto the foo..
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Hot chocolate! He was willing to totally humiliate me for a couple of hot chocolates? I thought it was because I didn't go out with him." "That also may have had something to do with it," Jeremy said, scratching his head. "He liked you, too." "Too?" Madison repeated, cocking her head. Jeremy flashed an embarrassed smile. "Well, at the time, I had a major crush on you. I thought it was pretty obvious." Madison's heart skipped a tiny beat. Ma..
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That also may have had something to do with it," Jeremy said, scratching his head. "He liked you, too." "Too?" Madison repeated, cocking her head. Jeremy flashed an embarrassed smile. "Well, at the time, I had a major crush on you. I thought it was pretty obvious." Madison's heart skipped a tiny beat. Maybe all wasn't lost after all. "You did?" He shoved his hands in his pockets and rocked back on his heels. "That's why I didn't apologize r..
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It's funny how things work out," she said, wrapping her arms around the dog and squeezing her tight. "All this time we spent hating each other when we could have spent it--" "Together." Jeremy kneeled beside the dog and looked directly at Madison. "I guess that's irony to the tenth power." His mention of irony and math reminded her that he not only was Jeremy, but he was also her Heart-2-Heart pal, Blue. And only two hours before, she had s..
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What do you say we go for a Coke at Ruby's favorite watering hole? My treat." At the mention of her name, Ruby leaped to her feet, wagging her tail. Madison chuckled. "I'm up for that. And while we're at it, we can figure out what to do about Reed Rawlings." "How do you feel about Chinese water torture?" Jeremy asked as they walked over to a sidewalk cafe called Poodles on the Park. Madison grinned wickedly. "That's good for a start. And af..
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With one minute to spare, Madison arrived at the Space Needle. Her rose was hastily clipped into her short dark hair. Her cheeks were red from all of the mad rushing around. But she had made it on time. So had Jeremy. Once again he was waiting by the elevator that rode up to the top of the Space Needle. A somewhat faded blue carnation was pinned to the lapel of his jacket. Madison, who usually overplanned everything, hadn't taken one second..
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Hi, Mad," Piper's voice sang out in her ear. "Oh, it's you," Madison said, falling back on the pink brocade duvet covering her double bed. "Of course it's me. I always call you at this time," Piper said. "Who'd you think it was?" "I thought you were Blue," she said with a giggle. "But that's, of course, impossible, since Blue doesn't even know my name." "Just what are you talking about?" Piper demanded. "And who is Blue?" "Blue"--Madison g..
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So what are doing lurking out here?" Madison asked, cradling the sticker with Blue's number in her hand, so Jeremy wouldn't see it. Jeremy leaned in until his face was only inches from hers, and whispered, "That's for me to know and you to find out." "Ahem!" a deep voice sounded behind them. "I hate to interrupt this little tete-a-tete, but don't you have someplace else you ought to be right now?" Madison and Jeremy sprang away from each ..
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Would you care to share with the rest of the class what is so funny?" Madison gulped. Ms. Healy was staring hard at Madison's PalmPilot, which was absolutely forbidden in class, along with cell phones, CD players, and any other distracting electrical equipment. Madison instantly started vamping. "Well, Ms. Healy, I was just musing on how ridiculous a scarlet would be today, and who would have to wear one--senators, actors, teachers, even a ..
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Madison! This is too perfect. Join us." Reed stood coolly in the middle of the hall, oblivious to the swarm of kids around him. "Reed, I'd love to join you," Madison shouted above the bustle. "But I told Piper I'd meet her in the parking lot." "This'll just take a minute," Reed insisted. Madison hesitated. Much as she wanted to avoid talking to Jeremy, she didn't want to look like a rude jerk. She maneuvered her way around Jeremy and stood ..
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