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  PRIANKA

  MOM

  Get down here now. Your teacher called and I am very disappointed.

  PRIANKA

  OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG

  CECILY

  GABRIELLE

  Wuzzzzz

  PRIANKA

  Ms. Peabody called my mom bc Victoria said I am being so mean to her

  & my mom said if I don’t stop I can’t go to Vishal’s party or 2 the dance

  BUT IT ISN’T EVEN TRUE!!!!!!!!!

  CECILY

  WOW

  OMG

  GABRIELLE

  I KNOW

  I don’t get this

  R we all gonna get calls home!?!?!?

  PRIANKA

  IDK

  MEMO

  From: Mr. Carransey, Principal, Yorkville Middle School

  To: ALL SIXTH-GRADE STUDENTS

  Reminder that we have an assembly immediately following fifth period TODAY. Please meet in the auditorium. Thank you.

  Sincerely,

  Edward Carransey

  Principal

  Yorkville Middle School

  Be the change you want to see in the world. —Gandhi

  Vishal, Prianka

  VISHAL

  Who is Victoria

  I’m confused

  She emailed me

  PRIANKA

  She came from Philly

  She’s in comp lab with me but IDK her that well

  VISHAL

  OK

  From: Priscilla Melford

  To: Aarushi Gobin

  Subject: Our children

  Dear Aarushi:

  We haven’t met as of yet but we have a mutual friend—Joy Greely—and she speaks very highly of you. I wanted to get in touch regarding your son Vishal’s party. I want my daughter, Victoria, to handle her personal matters on her own, so I instructed her to email Vishal, but she has not heard back. She will be very disappointed if she is not invited to his party. I wondered if an exception could be made just this once, as she is still adjusting to a new school.

  Thank you,

  Priscilla

  Live, laugh, love.

  SQUADDDDD

  PRIANKA

  Soooooo . . . Victoria’s mom got my mom’s # & now my mom said that if I don’t let her come 2 Vishal’s party with us then I can’t go.

  GABRIELLE

  WHAT

  PRIANKA

  I KNOW

  How did this even happen

  CECILY

  Guys, it’ll be ok

  We can all meet @ ice cream place before

  Isn’t that a block away from where Vishal lives

  PRIANKA

  I guess

  I mean, my mom did say she doesn’t think we r being mean but that V’s mom really wants her 2 have friends & she’s having hard time @ new school

  CECILY

  So it’ll be fine

  HONESTLY

  Better to just be nice

  GABRIELLE

  FINE

  PARTY PEOPLE

  VICTORIA

  OMG U GUYS!!!

  SO excited 4 Vishal’s party & 2 go 2gether!!!!

  CECILY

  Yay!

  GABRIELLE

  PRIANKA

  THE REAL SQUAD

  GABRIELLE

  But does she have to hang out w/ us the whole time??

  PRIANKA

  Wait, did u just respond to our group text w/ Victoria w/ that????

  GABRIELLE

  No

  I’m not that dumb

  PRIANKA

  PHEW

  CECILY

  STAY CALM, PEOPLE

  From: Nicole Landenor

  To: Victoria Melford

  Subject: HAVE SO MUCH FUN!!!!!

  I’m in English now and supposed to be writing an essay and I miss you soooooo much!

  Kim told me you’re going to a boy-girl party. OMG, have so much fun! I want all details after. Did I tell you that Robbie Shenz likes me? I think I like him, too. Okay, bye.

  Hugs,

  Nic

  Unknown, Victoria

  NO CALLER ID

  Y R U @ this party

  VICTORIA

  ?? Who is this

  NO CALLER ID

  U R not friends w/ any1 here

  Mara, Cecily

  MARA

  I am missing Vishal’s party bc I finally got stomach flu every1 had

  CECILY

  Oh no!

  Will miss u

  MARA

  Thanks, have fun

  If I’m better tomw let’s discuss the dance

  I have ideas

  CECILY

  K, feel better

  Prianka, Cecily

  PRIANKA

  Where r M girls?

  Weird I am texting u when u r right here, but I didn’t want anyone 2 overhear

  CECILY

  Hee hee

  Mara is sick

  PRIANKA

  K!

  So I guess the other 2 decided to stay home?

  Gabs has been sitting next to Colin 4 like hours now . . .

  CECILY

  I guess so . . .

  Where is Victoria?

  PRIANKA

  IDK

  This party is weird

  Vishal texts me all the time but ignoring me here & all he’s doing is w/ Jared & those boys

  CECILY

  Weird party

  Let’s go soon, k?

  PRIANKA

  K

  ILY

  Unknown, Victoria

  NO CALLER ID

  U don’t look like U R having fun

  Y R U here

  VICTORIA

  I’m leaving this lame party & I’m telling Mr. Carransey about these texts

  VICNICKIM

  VICTORIA

  U guys, this party is terrible

  I hate it

  I am getting rude anonymous mystery texts

  NICOLE

  Really

  KIMBERLY

  Ewww

  VICTORIA

  Wish I was w/ u guys now

  PARTY PEOPLE

  VICTORIA

  My mom is coming to pick me up

  IDK where u guys r!

  BFFAEAEAEAEAE

  CECILY

  K, so that was def craziest party in history

  PRIANKA

  So glad it’s over

  Vishal ignored me

  I AM SO MAD

  GABRIELLE

  Colin talked to me about sports and stuff I didn’t care about

  I just sat there

  CECILY

  Phone battery died so I never got that text from Victoria & I didn’t even see her leave!

  PRIANKA

  I didn’t see her either & when I took my jacket off

  I left in pocket!

  GABRIELLE

  Weird we haven’t heard from her since party

  PRIANKA

  IDK

  CECILY

  ??

  MEMO

  From: Mr. Carransey, Principal, Yorkville Middle School

  To: ALL SIXTH-GRADE PARENTS

  Re: Ongoing Social Cruelty

  Dear parents:

  The cruelty via text message and other electronic communication continues in the sixth-grade class. We must work together to eradicate this problem. I am calling an emergency meeting of administrators, teachers, and parents Thursday evening at 7:00 p.m. I expect to see everyone there. If we cannot solve this very serious problem, the annual Valentine’s Day dance will be canceled.

  Thank you for your attention to this matter.

  Edward Carransey

  Principal

  Yorkville Middle School

  Be the change you want to see in the world. —Gandhi

  dear colin,

  I know it’s weird to write a note like this, but I just need to tell you that you’re so cute. you’re the cutest boy in the whole grade, and I don’t think you even know it.

/>   —your secret admirer

  DA CREW

  PRIANKA

  Did ur parents tell u what happened @ the meeting?

  GABRIELLE

  PRIANKA

  There’s an app parents can get where they can SEE our phones

  Like from their phones . . .

  CECILY

  Uhh. Do u guys have lots of secrets?

  PRIANKA

  No . . .

  GABRIELLE

  Noo . . .

  CECILY

  Guys, they’ll prob look once & then get bored

  Let’s just be extra boring the next few days.

  PRIANKA

  YES. Thank u, genius Cece.

  GABRIELLE

  But we are 2 cool 2 be boring.

  CECILY

  1 other thing

  We gotta be super nice to Victoria

  Dance will be canceled if parents keep complaining

  PRIANKA

  But it’s not only us!

  & we r not even mean

  GABRIELLE

  I’m nice 2 her

  CECILY

  K so group text with VM starts tomorrow

  Haha her initials r VM like voicemail . . .

  GABRIELLE

  But we can’t be like over the top nicey

  I mean, ya know . . .

  PRIANKA

  K, whatev it takes

  CECILY

  LOL

  GABRIELLE

  Mwah

  Bye

  See you tomw

  Colin, Gabrielle

  COLIN

  Yo I found a super weird secret note in my locker

  GABRIELLE

  Wha??

  COLIN

  IDK

  Like secret admirer or something

  GABRIELLE

  Really? Weird!!

  COLIN

  Do u know anyone who likes me

  GABRIELLE

  Uhhh . . . IHNC

  COLIN

  Ok, well, if u find out let me know

  GABRIELLE

  K

  Dear Diary,

  I did something crazy and left a note in Colin’s locker and now I am totally regretting it. Why did I do it? I don’t know. He talked to me at the party and I just had to do something. ACK. This is hell.

  Love,

  Gabby

  From: Colin Hayes

  To: Cecily Anderson

  Subject: Note

  Yo badminton partner—I got a secret admirer note. Do you know who it could be?

  From: Diana Katz

  To: Manjula Basak, Elizabeth Anderson

  Subject: App?

  Hi, ladies,

  Did you download this app? It seems so confusing. I did something terrible and snooped in G’s diary, and it’s all about some boy, Colin? What is happening? We need dinner ASAP to figure these girls out. Ahhh—remember when they were babies? The good old days. Now diapers and colic and naps seem easy . . .

  xoxo Diana

  BABEZZZ

  PRIANKA

  Ladies . . .

  CECILY

  Hey wut

  PRIANKA

  I’m gonna start group text with VM, k?

  CECILY

  U guys hear about secret note in Colin’s locker

  GABRIELLE

  I guess he has a secret admirer

  Whatevs

  PRIANKA

  Bet it’s 1 of M girls

  Cece, u gotta find out from Mara

  CECILY

  U think?

  They don’t even rlly know Colin

  GABRIELLE

  He’s obvi cutest kid in the grade . . .

  PRIANKA

  He is???

  GABRIELLE

  IDK

  CECILY

  K

  Just start group chat w/ V

  From: Cecily Anderson

  To: Colin Hayes

  Subject: RE: Note

  Hi, Badminton Partner—

  No idea who sent you the note! Mysterious . . .

  GIRLIESSSSS

  PRIANKA

  Just wanted to say hey

  CECILY

  HEY HEY!

  GABRIELLE

  Hiiiii

  PRIANKA

  Victoria, r u there?

  VICTORIA

  Hi!

  PRIANKA

  Soo what’s going on???

  VICTORIA

  Nada

  BFFs

  PRIANKA

  Guys, there is nothing to text w/ her about . . .

  CECILY

  U r going 2 get confused about which text u r on & say something by mistake

  PRIANKA

  No

  I won’t

  It’s ok

  GABRIELLE

  I’ll ask if she knows about the colin note

  GIRLIESSSSS

  GABRIELLE

  Do u guys have any idea who sent colin that note

  PRIANKA

  NOPE

  CECILY

  Me neither

  So weird

  VICTORIA

  I heard about this in math

  So weird

  He’s like super serious about finding out who sent it

  GABRIELLE

  So crazy

  V, who do u think it is

  VICTORIA

  IDK

  Maybe Kelly O’Neal

  GABRIELLE

  WHAT

  No way

  VICTORIA

  IDK

  I just said maybe . . .

  BFFs

  PRIANKA

  She has no idea what she is talking about

  CECILY

  Pri, stop doing side chats

  GABRIELLE

  Kelly O’Neal does not like Colin

  That’s like, craziness . . .

  I don’t think she likes any1

  She doesn’t even really talk

  PRIANKA

  I KNOW

  CECILY

  Guys, u r being really mean

  Aren’t our moms looking at our phones w/ that app

  WIGO

  PRIANKA

  UGH this feels so stressful

  GIRLIESSSSS

  PRIANKA

  I don’t think Kelly O’Neal knows who Colin is

  VICTORIA

  They sit next to each other in Spanish

  PRIANKA

  Oh

  CECILY

  So what else is going on

  GABRIELLE

  Nada

  So much math hw

  Cryinngggggggg

  VICTORIA

  I knowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

  PRIANKA

  Uhhh, Victoria is SO annoying guys

  Please

  Can this end?

  VICTORIA

  ???

  BFFs

  CECILY

  PRIANKA ASHWINI BASAK

  DO U SEE WHAT U JUST DID???

  PRIANKA

  OMG I thought that was other group text

  I feel soooooo bad

  GABRIELLE

  OMG what r we going to do

  CECILY

  We aren’t gonna do anything, gabs

  Pri has to figure this out

  I gtg

  GABRIELLE

  Uhhh ok

  Oops, good luck, Pri

  GIRLIESSSSS

  PRIANKA

  I’m so sorry Victoria

  My bro was annoying me & I got confused & meant to send that about my bro . . .

  I typed ur name by mistake

  VICTORIA

  Ok yeah right

  I gtg

  PRIANKA

  SO SORRY

  Colin, Gabrielle

  COLIN

  Soooo . . . Did u find anything out about who wrote that letter?

  GABRIELLE

  No

  IHNC

  Y r u asking me

  COLIN

  Bc u know stuff, Gabs . . .

  I need ur help


  ILY2SM

  GABRIELLE

  Guys, I have to tell u something . . .

  CECILY

  GABRIELLE

  K, so . . . Ready?

  CECILY

  Ready go puhlease

  GABRIELLE

  K, so I was the 1 who sent anon note to Colin bc I’ve liked him 4 so long & I’m sorry I never told u guys but I was so embarrassed

  He keeps texting me to see if I know who sent it

  GABRIELLE

  HE CALLED ME GABS!!!

  CECILY

  UMMMM

  OMG

  THIS IS A LOT TO DIGEST

  GABRIELLE

  Pri?

  CECILY

  I think her phone got taken away . . .

  Overheard her telling Vishal in the hallway

  She tried 2 tell me but I’m not talking 2 her right now

  GABRIELLE

  Ok

  Everything feels so sad

  CECILY

  R u going to tell Colin it was u??

  GABRIELLE

  IDK

  CECILY

  I gtg

  GABRIELLE

  CECILY

  See u tomw

  Colin, Gabrielle

  COLIN

  U there?

  GABRIELLE

  Yup

  COLIN

  See if u can find out, k?

  GABRIELLE

  K, I’ll try

  From: Prianka Basak

  To: Cecily Anderson, Gabrielle Katz

  Subject: WAHHHHHH

  Hi, guys—

  My mom took my phone away because she saw what happened on the text with Victoria. That app really works! Also, Victoria’s mom emailed my mom. And Mr. Carransey called me in. UGH. I am in so much trouble. I don’t even know when I can get my phone back. I feel so lost without it. WAH. So sad over here.