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In thenore to clean up when everything went back to life as usual

Even after the way I’d been eating lately, I was surprised that I was exactly the saot on the scale One pound less, actually Carly wouldn’t be too pleased about that I think she wantedwith the ton of calories I’d been scarfing down every day since--

Oh, crap Carly

I’d forgotten to call her last night to hly edited version of what had happened betweento kill me

I checked my phone while I sat on the linoleulitchy It was like it wouldn’t hold a battery charge for more than a coupleabout how angry she’d been when I’d ditched her last night

I hadn’t really ditched her Things were just kind of coht now She’d understand Eventually

Out of the corner ofs on several levels She wasn’t a ot to ," I said cautiously

"I a"

If she was happy, then I was happy Not in the grand sches, but I’d try ht"

That was enough to dilance "Guess you were busy Did you have fun as his narabbed my books and shut the locker behind me "You probably want to know all about it And about Stephen, too"

"We’ll talk later," she said "I proone, like a blond streak down the hallway toward her first-period art class

After everything that had happened last night, that she wasn’t pissed atto deal with But for some reason, her &uu her best friend since ere five, I knew fake Carly from real Carly This was definitely fake Carly

Great She was pissed atto hide it Just my luck