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something suspicious about it. it made me worry that
zoegirl:
never mind
mad maddie:
what?
zoegirl:
it’s stupid. it’s superstitious. but, like, things are going *so well* for us. you’re happy, angela’s happy, i’m happy. and then i think, crap, when’s the bad thing gonna happen, you know?
mad maddie:
and u think the bad thing has to do with angela’s dad and lip liner woman?
zoegirl:
i didn’t say that
mad maddie:
anywayz, ur crazy. enough bad stuff happened to us last year to last a lifetime.
zoegirl:
tell me about it. let’s see, first there was me and mr. h, then angela and her boy problems, and then as if that wasn’t enough, you went all psycho with your wrong and terribly misguided jana obsession.
mad maddie:
“obsession”? that’s a bit of an exaggeration, wldn’t u say?
zoegirl:
no. you were like her clone, mads. you started to talk like her, dress like her …
zoegirl:
i am *so* glad you’re over that.
mad maddie:
listen, pal. if i’m not allowed to mention mr. h, then ur not allowed to bring up jana.
zoegirl:
fine, then you know how i feel.
zoegirl:
but don’t you see the pattern? it was last year right around thanksgiving that all that bad stuffhappened, and now here we are, right around thanksgiving again.
mad maddie:
nooooo, zoe. it was BEFORE last thanksgiving that all hell broke loose, cuz over thanksgiving itself, we were blissing out on cumberland island. or have u forgotten?
zoegirl:
of course i haven’t forgotten!
zoegirl:
why didn’t we plan a trip for this year? weren’t we going to make it a tradition?
mad maddie:
oops, too late now
zoegirl:
see! that’s what’s making me feel this way. we’re too complacent, just going along like everything’s fine.
mad maddie:
yeahhhh, cuz everything IS fine.
mad maddie:
don’t worry, zo. life is good, and ain’t nothin gonna change. see ya at angela’s!
    Sun, Nov 21 , 7:42 PM E.S.T .
SnowAngel:
zoe! it’s been so long since i saw u—almost a whole hour! u left your sweatshirt at my house, dumb-dumb head.
zoegirl:
oops, sorry. would you bring it to me tomorrow?
zoegirl:
is maddie still there?
SnowAngel:
she just left, *after* patching the butt of her jeans with duct tape cuz she realized they were ripped. it cracks me up, this “i’m such a crazy-ass” stage she’s in.
zoegirl:
crazy like at donovan’s wedding?
zoegirl:
it blows my mind that her mom would call her … what she called her … and she would think it’s funny.
SnowAngel:
but her mom was drunk. she didn’t MEAN it.
zoegirl:
yeah, but that makes it even more mind-blowing. do YOU get drunk with YOUR mom?
SnowAngel:
hahaha. my mom would be the one marching around and slapping drinks out of people’s hands.
zoegirl:
i like maddie’s mom a lot. and of course i love maddie. i just worry about her sometimes.
SnowAngel:
oh, she knows what she’s doing. probably.
SnowAngel:
what’d u think about chive?
zoegirl:
i don’t know. i need to meet him before i decide.
SnowAngel:
i wish she was still going out with ian.
zoegirl:
agreed. ian is such a good guy.
zoegirl:
you think they’ll ever get back together?
SnowAngel:
no, cuz u know how maddie is. when she gets hurt, that’s it. there’s no looking back. and ian really hurt her, even tho he didn’t mean to.
zoegirl:
and even though she’ll never admit it out loud. she’s so funny that way, always having to be so tough.
SnowAngel:
like with chive and the whole smooch-and-run incident, u mean?
zoegirl:
exactly. i know maddie thinks that’s fine—it’s her typical maddie no-big-deal approach—but sometimes i think she’s putting up a front. i mean, when you fool around with somebody, it has to mean *something* doesn’t it?
SnowAngel:
u would think so, yeah
zoegirl:
she and i talked about that at your house, actually. it was while you were downstairs