I haven't even checked to see if my Heart-2-Heart pal wrote back."
Madison plucked at the fuzzy strands of yarn on her pillow. "You should. I love this program! We can tell each other . It's so great!"
"And this guy's name is Blue?" Piper's voice sounded doubtful. "I don't remember any kid at school named Blue. There was that one guy we called Green in our chem lab, remember? But I think we called him that because his last name Green and we could never remember his first name."
Madison giggled even more. She was feeling like a fizzy soda pop, bubbly all over. "Oh, Piper, his name isn't really Blue. That's just his nickname."
"Do you have a nickname?"
"Of course," Madison said. "But I don't want to tell you what it is. You'll think it's ridiculous."
"I can't believe you won't tell me," Piper protested. "I'm your BFF. We share everything!"
"I know…""
"Come on, tell me!" Piper pleaded. "Look, I told you about the time I wet my pants in second grade, and that I had a total crush on Mr. Proctor, our fifth-grade teacher. And last year, when I--"
"This is different, Piper," Madison tried to explain. "We can tell our deepest secrets to our Heart-2-Heart pal because they don't know who we are."
"I just can't believe this," Piper continued in a really hurt voice. "Didn't I tell you about that D I almost got in Algebra I and the secret tutor I had to hire to bring up my grade? God, I even told you about that mole on my butt that I had to have removed. If that's not a deep secret, I don't know what is."
"Okay, okay!" Madison sat up. "I'll tell you. It's Pinky."
There was a long pause. "Pinky? That's ridiculous."
"See?" Madison shouted into the phone. "I knew you'd say that." She got up and crossed to her vanity mirror. She tousled her hair with one hand to make it stand up. "It had to do with dyeing my hair pink."
There was an even longer pause.
"You're not going to do that, are you?" Piper asked quietly. "Because I don't think it will help the campaign. Oh, it might steal a few votes from Jeremy--but do we really need them? I'm not sure."
"Piper, relax," Madison said. "I was just joking about doing it.
Madison plucked at the fuzzy strands of yarn on her pillow. "You should. I love this program! We can tell each other . It's so great!"
"And this guy's name is Blue?" Piper's voice sounded doubtful. "I don't remember any kid at school named Blue. There was that one guy we called Green in our chem lab, remember? But I think we called him that because his last name Green and we could never remember his first name."
Madison giggled even more. She was feeling like a fizzy soda pop, bubbly all over. "Oh, Piper, his name isn't really Blue. That's just his nickname."
"Do you have a nickname?"
"Of course," Madison said. "But I don't want to tell you what it is. You'll think it's ridiculous."
"I can't believe you won't tell me," Piper protested. "I'm your BFF. We share everything!"
"I know…""
"Come on, tell me!" Piper pleaded. "Look, I told you about the time I wet my pants in second grade, and that I had a total crush on Mr. Proctor, our fifth-grade teacher. And last year, when I--"
"This is different, Piper," Madison tried to explain. "We can tell our deepest secrets to our Heart-2-Heart pal because they don't know who we are."
"I just can't believe this," Piper continued in a really hurt voice. "Didn't I tell you about that D I almost got in Algebra I and the secret tutor I had to hire to bring up my grade? God, I even told you about that mole on my butt that I had to have removed. If that's not a deep secret, I don't know what is."
"Okay, okay!" Madison sat up. "I'll tell you. It's Pinky."
There was a long pause. "Pinky? That's ridiculous."
"See?" Madison shouted into the phone. "I knew you'd say that." She got up and crossed to her vanity mirror. She tousled her hair with one hand to make it stand up. "It had to do with dyeing my hair pink."
There was an even longer pause.
"You're not going to do that, are you?" Piper asked quietly. "Because I don't think it will help the campaign. Oh, it might steal a few votes from Jeremy--but do we really need them? I'm not sure."
"Piper, relax," Madison said. "I was just joking about doing it.
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