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4. No M girl bashing

  5. Gabby is not allowed 2 move

  6. We must have fun at the dance 2gether

  GABRIELLE

  WORKS 4 ME!

  PRIANKA

  ME 2!!!!!

  Vishal, Prianka

  VISHAL

  So dance is back on . . .

  PRIANKA

  VISHAL

  R u allowed 2 go?

  PRIANKA

  VISHAL

  Cool

  PRIANKA

  R u going?

  VISHAL

  Yea

  PRIANKA

  Cool

  V— Thanks for being so caring. —Gabby

  No problem. Glad you made up with your friends. Can we hang at the dance? —V

  Definitely. Sorry I’m passing notes in class, but I didn’t want you to think I was ignoring you.

  Thanks! XOXO

  DANCE GIRLZZZZZZZ

  VICTORIA

  What is every1 wearing 2 the dance

  PRIANKA

  Black flare-y dress and silver flats

  CECILY

  Kelly green dress w/ tie waist.

  Silver flats w/ tiny heel!

  GABRIELLE

  Pink & white polka-dot dress (trust me, vv cute!) & silver mini-heels

  Guess we love silver!!

  U?

  VICTORIA

  That all sounds amazing!!!

  I think I’m going 2 wear this pale blue dress and—wait for it—silver platforms!!!

  CECILY

  K, it’s official

  We are now the Silver Girls!

  GABRIELLE

  YEAHHHHH

  PRIANKA

  Nice, Cece!

  VICTORIA

  I LUV IT!!!!!!!!

  From: Prianka Basak

  To: Cecily Anderson, Gabrielle Katz

  Subject: Re: Following my rules

  ALL GOOD!

  From: Gabrielle Katz

  To: Cecily Anderson, Prianka Basak

  Subject: Re: Following my rules

  Agree! She’s my reading log buddy. . . .

  From: Cecily Anderson

  To: Gabrielle Katz, Prianka Basak

  Subject: Following my rules

  See, I am not starting a separate text to you guys without Victoria . . . I am emailing instead. So don’t roll your eyes about the Silver Girls thing. I was just trying to be nice and make her feel included. And honestly, she’s not that bad. xoxo

  Dear Diary,

  So I made up with my friends, finally. And Colin was nice about the note. Now all I need to figure out is how to dance with Colin at the Valentine’s Day dance. Any ideas?

  Love,

  Gabby

  From: Victoria Melford

  To: Kimberly Higgins, Nicole Landenor

  Subject: Hiiii

  Wish you could come to Yorkville Middle’s Valentine’s Day dance! I’ll send pics and stuff. Miss you guys.

  LUV,

  Victoria

  Dear Diary,

  Well, I had my first-ever school dance. And guess what? It was actually fun! I danced with my friends the whole time. Well, we ate pizza, too, and drank soda. But we danced a ton! Colin talked to me, too, but we didn’t dance together. No girls danced with boys. But that’s okay. And guess what else? My mom said she’s putting the moving plan on hold. I guess now all I need to worry about is if Colin likes me back. And what to do for my birthday and also the math midterm. I guess that is a lot to worry about. And now I’m tired. Bye for now.

  Love,

  Gabby

  SQUAD BFFAE BEST GIRLS EVA

  PRIANKA

  I’m not being exclusive but I wanted 2 send a simple text 2 the 2 of u & say gnight & luv you guys & can we please be BFF forever?

  GABRIELLE

  OF COURSE

  I LUV U GUYS

  CECILY

  YESSSSSS

  PRIANKA

  CPG 4EVA!!

  GLOSSARY

  2 to

  2gether together

  4 for

  4eva forever

  any1 anyone

  BFF best friends forever

  BFFAE best friends forever and ever

  b-room bathroom

  b/t between

  c See

  caf cafeteria

  comm committee

  comp computer

  DEK don’t even know

  def definitely

  diff different

  disc discussion

  fab fabulous

  fac faculty

  fave favorite

  fone phone

  fyi for your information

  gtg gotta go

  gn good night

  gnight good night

  hw homework

  ICB I can’t believe

  IDC I don’t care

  IDK I don’t know

  IHNC I have no clue

  IK I know

  ILY I love you

  ILYSM I love you so much

  JK just kidding

  K okay

  L8r later

  LMK let me know

  lol laugh out loud

  luv love

  n e way anyway

  nums numbers

  obv obviously

  obvi obviously

  OMG oh my God

  peeps people

  pgs pages

  plzzzz please

  pos possibly

  q question

  r are

  rlly really

  sci science

  sec second

  sem semester

  scheds schedules

  SWAK sealed with a kiss

  TBH to be honest

  thx thanks

  tm tomorrow

  tmrw tomorrow

  tomrw tomorrow

  tomw tomorrow

  totes totally

  u you

  ur your

  vv very, very

  w/ with

  wb write back

  w/o without

  WIGO what is going on

  whatev whatever

  wut what

  wuzzzz what’s

  Y why

  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

  A million thank-yous going out to: Dave, Aleah, Hazel, all the Greenwalds, all the Rosenbergs, the BWL Library & Tech team, my fabulous editor, Maria, Rebecca, Katherine, Aurora, Amy, Erica, Bethany, Ann, Stephanie, and all the wonderful people at Katherine Tegen Books, superstar agent Alyssa, every single person who has ever read one of my books, and last but not least, all of my fabulous texting buddies. I love you all!

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