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life!”
    I wanted to respond to that, to tease her about putting my love life ahead of her many conquests. But I couldn’t focus on that.
    â€œI have to write back,” I said. “I should friend him and, you know, write something. I guess.”
    The very idea was daunting. Luckily, I was saved by the bell. Literally. The late bell jangled overhead, reminding me that I was supposed to be in homeroom.
    â€œOops.” Britt grabbed BBB back and stuffed her in her bag. “Let’s pick this up later. If I’m late to homeroom one more time this year, Old Lady Watson is going to expel me.”
    â€œWhat are you typing? Come on, let me see!” Britt said.
    â€œI don’t know. Everything I write sounds so lame.” I hit the delete button, then glanced over my shoulder at Britt. Shewas sitting on the edge of my bed, tickling Chairman Meow, who was sprawled out on his back beside her, purring like a maniac.
    I’d had a yearbook meeting during lunch that day, and Britt and I didn’t have the same study hall. So we’d decided to head to my house after school so she could be there for moral support while I wrote to Riley.
    Unfortunately, once I’d sat down at my desk in front of my laptop, found Riley again, and clicked on Add as Friend, I’d realized I had no idea what to say to him. The little Add a Personal Message box blinked impatiently at me, once again as blank as the proverbial slate.
    â€œWhat?” Britt blinked impatiently at me too. “Why aren’t you typing? The sooner you write back, the sooner you get to start your fabulous new romance with Mr. Cutie Pie.” She tickled Meow under the chin, which made him yawn and stretch.
    â€œI just don’t know what to say that doesn’t make me sound like a total dork.” I sighed, closing my eyes to avoid that taunting blank box. “Nothing I try seems right.”
    â€œHow about this: ‘Meeting you was out of this world’ …” She paused and grinned, waggling her eyebrows like Groucho Marx.“Get it? You know, because you met at the planetarium? Cute, huh?”
    I rolled my eyes. “Get real. I thought you were supposed to be good at this.”
    â€œOkay, okay, give me a minute. I’m just getting warmed up.” She tapped her chin thoughtfully with one manicured finger. “How about, ‘Greetings from The One. Are you The One for me? Let’s see if One and One make Two of a Kind.’”
    â€œAre you kidding me?” I shook my head. “So totally not me.”
    She frowned. “Come on, you’ve got to write something! Oh! I know.” She sat up so fast she startled Meow, who leaped to his feet and dashed away, almost bonking himself into the wall as he jumped down off the bed. “How about, ‘Roses are red, violets are blue; I’ll be your One, if you’ll be my Two.’”
    â€œThat doesn’t even make sense.”
    â€œMaybe not. But it’s cute and catchy and sort of romantic.” Britt pursed her lips. “Well, actually, now that you mention it, maybe it’s a little corny.”
    â€œA little?”
    â€œOkay, a lot.” She giggled. “But guys eat that kind of crap up.”
    I wrinkled my nose. “Maybe when
you
say it,” I said. “Especially if you happen to be fluttering your eyelashes and giving them that
hello, big boy
look of yours at the same time.” I shook my head, glancing back at the blinking cursor on the screen. “Anyway. I think we may be trying too hard here. I’m just trying to let this guy know I’m out here, not wow him with my mad poetry skillz.”
    â€œIt doesn’t have to be poetry,” Britt said. “Just something fun and clever to catch his attention.”
    I didn’t answer, instead quickly typing a few lines:
Hi there! I’m the girl from the planetarium. My name is Lauren, and I thought you seemed really cool,