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herself reflected in his happy, dancing eyes.
    It had only been an hour. She missed him.
    Her friends began talking among themselves about the standardized test. Aimee had an old textbook to share while they studied, and they flipped through the long chapters. But Madison couldn’t study. Not now.
    Madison scanned the parking lot and the area in front of the school building, hoping that maybe Hart would pop out from behind a tree and rush over toward her. That was the way it would have worked on a sitcom. That was how she’d have written the happy ending to a play.
    A cluster of clouds drifted by, taking on different shapes. Madison wanted to be swallowed whole by the sky. She wanted to take back the day.
    Lindsay wasn’t the only one with a major dilemma. Madison had one of her own.
    What was more important: a best friend’s birthday party or a real date with the one boy she had ever loved?

Chapter 5
    M ADISON MOVED HER CURSOR across the home page of the TweenBlurt.com website. She checked the site’s main bulletin board for new postings. Lately, the Webmaster had been adding a lot of graphics and features to the site, and Madison liked to keep on top of the changes.
    Egg always challenged Madison to see if she knew as much as he did about what was on the site. He was obnoxious about it, but of course he was obnoxious about everything . He’d been competing with Madison since they had been young. It was practically like having a brother, Madison thought. But unlike Fiona, who had one annoying twin brother named Chet, and Aimee, who had four annoying brothers named Roger, Billy, Dean, and Doug, Madison didn’t have to share toys or fight for the remote control. She wouldn’t have to see Egg if she didn’t want to.
    Madison had to reenter her password to enter the Members Only area. Madison always wondered what that meant, since anyone could be a member. It was free. The site recommended that users change their passwords every few weeks for security purposes. Madison spelled out her latest:
IHEARTHART
    She laughed to herself. It was such a ridiculous password (so-o-o-o-o ridiculous!) and yet she loved it all the same—even now.
    The screen buzzed and glowed a shade of lime green. She clicked her keypad to enter the BloggerBlurt section. This was the fastest growing area. The screen flashed a few times as the blogger welcome greeting popped up.
Welcome to BLOGGERBLURT!
    Although she didn’t have a blog of her own, Madison visited to check out her keypal Bigwheels’s blog. She scrolled down the list of bloggers until she came across the right one.
    Don’t Ask: The Whole Truth
    A blog by Vicki (aka Bigwheels)
    Madison selected the blog name and clicked. A separate screen opened with her online friend’s latest entry.
School is a big drag & I haven’t been feeling right these days. First off my BFF Lainie has been out sick and that bums me out when she’s not around to talk :>( The other big news is that the doctors keep changing the diagnosis on my little bro. Mom always tells me these things about his autism but I forget most of it. All I know is that he looks like he’s staring into space sometimes and I never know when he’s going to throw his toys around. It’s weird. My mom spends most of the time trying to keep him away from my younger sister. He almost pushed her down the basement stairs by accident. But she’s ok. N e way, M & D say I need to try to understand more but the thing is I am trying--hard. Maybe I need to try harder. I made a list of all the websites where I can get info. One very, VERY good thing this week is that I aced my American history report (finally) and I got a really good score on the standardized test they had in our district. So many people failed or did really badly. AND I saved up some money I got babysitting 2 get this amazing purple sweater set that makes me look skinny. I think I will wear it to the school dance if Reggie asks me. I just need a pair of earrings 2 go w/it.