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me.”
    Madison felt funny about leaving when she heard that. For some reason she didn’t want to leave Aimee and Fiona alone. If she walked away, would Madison miss something important? She’d already missed the cast lineup and the singing rehearsal. She didn’t want to miss anything else.
    Egg was walking away. “Later, Aim.” He nodded in Fiona’s direction.
    “Later, Egg.” Fiona grinned right at him.
    “Yo, Wicked Witch of the West.” Chet waved his hand in front of his sister’s face like he was waving her out of some kind of trance. “See you home.”
    “Text me, Maddie!” Fiona said, ignoring her brother.
    “Call me later, ’kay?” Aimee called to Madison.
    Madison waved to the pair. She was still reluctant to leave, but Bigwheels would be waiting.
    The walk home went by slowly without Aimee and Fiona there to gossip. The streets were empty, the air was chilly, and the sun was beginning to sink in the western sky. Her bag weighed a ton and pulled heavily on her shoulder. She’d brought home her math textbook. She had the same test Hart did.
    Since she was alone, Madison took a shortcut through the backyards of the houses just behind Blueberry Street, snagging her purple sweater as she tripped through a neighbor’s garden and slid over a rock wall. It was still quite light out, but soon the sky would get darker and darker until all the pink disappeared.
    With each stride, Madison secretly wished she were back at Book Web with Aimee and Fiona, even though she didn’t have lines to memorize. Was being picked as stage manager less like being cast in the show and more like being cast aside?
    “Stop over-thinking,” Madison told herself.
    Phin welcomed her home with a loud bark as soon as Madison walked in the door. She gave Phin a big hug, and the dog responded with a snort. Sometimes it was hard for pugs to breathe when they got overexcited.
    Mom had left a note on the counter, explaining how she ducked out to do grocery shopping, so Madison grabbed a root beer and ran up to her room. The clock by her bed said almost half past five. She had to log on to TweenBlurt.com—fast. She went into the main fishbowl to find her keypal.
SHARK (Moderator)
    MnMrox411
    TellMeAStORY
    Wohl_Consol
    ChuckD4Ever
    PrtyGrrl88
    12345Slim
    Brbiedoll
    : get out
    MadFinn has entered the room.
    : I mean it
    : u lie
    : Hey MadFinn A/S/L?
    Madison didn’t like it when kids in the chat room waiting room asked for her A/S/L, which meant age, sex, and location. It made her uncomfortable, even with SHARK in the room. What if some creep-o was in the room, pretending to be some kid? Mom once told Madison some horror stories just so she’d stay safe.
    The stories worked.
: Finn … A/S/L?
    : Wohl … A/S/L?
    : Who likes rap? Rap
    RULES
    : This room bites
    : Watch your language PrtyGrrl88
    PrtyGrrl88 has left the room.
    Bigwheels has entered the room.
    : MadFinn!
    : Let’s go ASAP
    : *poof*
    Madison followed Bigwheels into GOFISHY. She was dying to hear what Bigwheels had to say.
: HEY
    : i missed u
    : me 2
    : im sorry again bout the other day
    : no prob but whats wrong???
    : %-(
    : wuzup? y r u sad?
    : mom & dad
    : what happened?
    : they’re splitting up
    : IDGI
    : it’s a long story
    : can u tell me
    : they told me they’re separating
    : whoa
    : I am in total shock
    : :-c
    : my little sister doesn’t even know
    : what did they tell u???
    : they didn’t say much just that they don’t need time apart whatever that means
    : whoa
    : your parents split up right?
    : yes
    : how did u feel when they told u?
    :
    : it’s so