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shook the rain off his fur, and headed for the front door.
    Madison unhooked his leash and went back into the den.
    In the half-darkened room, she saw that her laptop screen was lit. She and Aimee had forgotten to log off the TweenBlurt.com site. To Madison’s surprise, there was a new e-mail waiting in her e-mailbox.
From: Bigwheels
    To: MadFinn
    Subject: School Trips
    Date: Sun 25 Mar 7:36 PM
    What’s up? I went shopping w/my mother and my cousin today and bought this GREAT shirt. It will look amazing this wk when we go on our school mountain trip. Everything about the trip is planned: we’re saving the whole date for hiking and writing. Sometimes my school plans cool trips. We even have classes outside once in a while! Plus we get to pick our own partners and of course I am pairing up w/my BFF Lainie.
    Have u been on any major school trips this yr?
    Yours till the peanut butters,
    Bigwheels
    P.S. I had a peanut butter for a sandwich today—my new fave food. What is ur fave food?
    Madison couldn’t believe that she and her keypal were both going on school trips in the same week—or that Bigwheels liked peanut butter as much as Madison did. They had so much in common.
    She looked down at her polished fingernails and smiled.
    The nails were still blue, of course. But thanks to her friends, online and off, Madison wasn’t feeling blue anymore.
    She could hardly wait for the week to begin.

Chapter 3
    M ADISON HAD TO STOP by her locker to grab all of her science books before Monday’s classes started. She wanted to be extra prepared. That way, Mr. Danehy would be impressed and would be more likely to accept her very late permission slip for the field trip.
    As she was standing in front of her locker, Hart Jones and Chet Waters passed by on their way to science class.
    “Hey, Finnster!” Hart yelled.
    “Yeah, how’s it going, Finnster!” Chet said, making fun of Hart’s nickname for Madison.
    They rushed up behind Madison, but she just made a face at them and looked in the other direction. Finnster was a name her secret crush, Hart Jones, used. But now that Fiona’s twin brother, Chet, started calling her that name, it sounded a little different.
    Madison tried opening her locker, but she couldn’t remember the combination.
    She watched as Hart and Chet walked away down the hall.
    What was her code?
    Madison pulled on the lock and tried another set of numbers. But that didn’t open it, either.
    Brrrrrriing.
    The first set of bells rang. She had to dash. The books would have to wait. Madison took off for Mr. Danehy’s room, still trying to remember the numbers that would open her locker. Why was she forgetting everything these days?
    Luckily there were quite a few kids who hadn’t yet made it into the classroom, so Madison entered the room without anyone noticing. Mr. Danehy wasn’t even there yet. Madison sat down at her assigned seat right next to her lab partner, Poison Ivy.
    “Nice nails,” Ivy mumbled. She sounded like she had a little cold.
    Madison held out one hand to admire them. “Yeah, it’s a cool color.”
    Ivy held up her own hand. She had the exact same color on her nails; only her nails were longer and more manicured than Madison’s.
    “Ahhh … ahhhh …” Ivy started to sniffle, and Madison handed her a tissue from her book bag.
    “Choooooo!” Ivy exploded in a giant sneeze.
    “Nice job, Ivy!” Chet yelled from across the room. “We felt that one all the way over here.”
    Ivy wiped her nose and shook her head. “Dork.”
    “I know you are, but what am I?” Chet shot back.
    Ivy just rolled her eyes and looked over at Madison. “Can I have another tissue? Thanks.”
    Chet practiced being annoying, Madison was sure of that. She knew what a pest he was because Fiona was always complaining about him. But in science class he was the absolute worst. Chet’s favorite annoying thing to do was imitate their teacher, Mr. Danehy. He put on Mr. Danehy’s strange accent that no one