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waiting outside for Mimi I saw Lily getting into the car with her mom. She saw me watching her and shouted, "
Au revoir,
Grace! I'm going to school!" "Me too!" I answered back. From far away like this she was cute. Of course she wasn't going to real school.

    MIMI
    I was glad to see that Mimi was not wearing an all-blue outfit. She actually looked pretty normal, except for a big flower in her hair. It didn't look bad—it just wasn't a usual Mimi thing.

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    TWO BY TWO
    We started walking and by the time we got to the corner Sammy and Max were walking with us too. Sammy seemed much happier than he had been on Friday. Max was full of questions about the new Fren ch family, but I had to answer them all because Mimi was not being her normal chatty self. I don't think he was finding what I was saying very interesting. As soon as we got to the playground, he waved at us all and ran off.
    "Boys are so rude," said Mimi. She crossed her arms and made a grumpy face. Sammy was still standing next to us, so I felt like I had to say something. "Well, maybe not all boys." "Thanks," said Sammy. He shrugged his shoulders and walked on without us. "Mimi, what's going on? Are you mad at Max or Sammy?" Mimi seemed nervous. "No, I'm fine. It's okay." And then before I could ask her anything more the bell rang and we had to run so we wouldn't be late.
    THE GIGGLY GIRLS
    Normally at school Mimi and I don't do too much with the Giggly Girls. We call them that because they are always telling secrets and laughing. I don't know what they think is so funny, but after a while just being near them is kind of annoying.
    After we had been in class for about an hour, I could tell that Mimi was being interested in them. She asked Bethany if she could borrow her eraser, and then when she gave it back she whispered something that made her laugh. Bethany is the leader of the Giggly Girls. She lives in a house full of sisters. My friend Jordan once said that someone told her that all the sisters were gigglers. I don't know if it's true, but if it is, being in their house would for sure make me crazy.
    THE OTHER BIG REASON WHY I KNOW THAT MIMI IS INTERESTED IN THE GIGGLY GIRLS
    Sometimes even if you notice something unusual, you might not understand why the unusual thing is there until later on. This is exactly what happened with Mimi's hair flower. Looking at her, and then at all the Giggly Girls, I suddenly knew why she had the flower in her hair.

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    It was shocking! It was surprising! It was unbelievable! Mimi was trying to look just like them.
    Now I knew exactly why Mimi was being so quiet and not friendly with Max and Sammy. The Giggly Girls never talk to boys.
    WHAT I WAS GLAD ABOUT

    I was glad that Miss Lois was teaching us something interesting, because just trying to think about why Mimi was being weird was making my head hurt. I decided not to pay attention to her, and instead I used all my energy to make the best capital script D that I had ever made in my entire life. It was pretty good!

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    When I looked up, Mimi had taken the flower out of her hair and was smiling at me. A normal me would have been super happy about that, but this new suspicious-of-Mimi me was not 100 percent sure that Mimi wasn't going to suddenly change and be weird again by lunchtime.

    WHAT HAPPENED AT LUNCHTIME
    Nothing new. Mimi was completely normal. I was surprised, and now it seemed safe to be happy about it. Mimi even waved to Max when he ran by with Sammy. We did the monkey bars, played box ball, and went on the swings—all my favorite things.
    WHAT MIMI DID NOT EVEN MENTION ONCE
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The Fairy Girls
The Giggly Girls
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    WHAT IS HARD TO HIDE

    If you have a friend who is acting strange it is hard to say, "Hey, how come you are acting so strange?" For some reason it is easier to ask about happy and sad than it is about weird. That is why, even though Mimi and I are best friends, I asked, "Is everything okay?" instead of "Why are you acting so