SnowAngel:
omg, that is so not true! i can’t believe kristin said that!
zoegirl:
it wasn’t in a malicious way. it was just an observation.
SnowAngel:
friends aren’t supposed to make “observations” like that.
zoegirl:
ok, time out. forget i mentioned it, all right?
SnowAngel:
no, it’s not all right. what she said was completely rude!
zoegirl:
we’re changing subjects now
SnowAngel:
says who?
zoegirl:
i passed jana in the hall, and if i’m not mistaken, she actually *smiled* at me. isn’t that bizarre? i keep expecting to find pig’s blood on my locker or something, as payback for the whole Boo Boo Bear thing, and instead she smiles at me?
SnowAngel:
no comment. i’m still annoyed with kristin.
zoegirl:
is it possible that what terri said to her—compliments of me—actually made her change her evil ways?
SnowAngel:
no. a spade is a spade is a spade—which AGAIN is why i’m surprised that kristin would act so uncool, cuz until now i didn’t think she WAS a spade.
zoegirl:
okaaaay, time to change the subject
zoegirl:
will you go to planned parenthood with me? i’ve called and made an appointment for tomorrow afternoon.
SnowAngel:
whoa *jerks back in shock* didn’t see that one coming!
zoegirl:
it’s just that i’m pretty sure doug and i are gonna have sex, and i’m pretty sure it’s gonna be sooner rather than later. i feel bad that i’ve made him wait this long!
SnowAngel:
he’s been AT SEA, zoe. not a whole lot you could do from across the ocean.
zoegirl:
and when we do, i don’t wanna be unprepared. i told the lady at planned parenthood that i wanna go on the pill, and she said i have to come in and talk to a counselor.
SnowAngel:
why the pill? why not condoms?
zoegirl:
well, because doug’s a virgin just like i am, so disease-wise, we’re both safe. i’ve thought about it, and the pill’s the right choice for me.
SnowAngel:
you could do the patch, u know. that’s what my aunt sadie uses.
zoegirl:
have you seen it?
SnowAngel:
it’s just this brown plastic-y thing. it looks like a band-aid.
zoegirl:
i’m gonna go with the pill.
zoegirl:
will you come with me?
SnowAngel:
of course
SnowAngel:
does doug know?
zoegirl:
no, i’m going to surprise him
zoegirl:
hey! you should go on the pill too, for when you and logan decide to go for it!
SnowAngel:
i don’t think so
zoegirl:
why not? don’t you want to?
SnowAngel:
of course i do, just … there’s no need to rush things. sometimes the wait makes it all the better.
zoegirl:
you’re right, you’re right, i don’t mean to pressure you. i guess i’m just so happy that i’m in love, and i want you and logan to be that happy 2. i mean, you already are, of course. you know what i’m saying.
zoegirl:
if only maddie would find someone!
SnowAngel:
is she coming to planned parenthood with us?
zoegirl:
no, she promised to help her brother move out of their parents’ house. can you believe mark and his girlfriend are finally getting a place of their own?
SnowAngel:
it’s taken long enuff
SnowAngel:
how’s pelt-woman doing, anyway? hairy as ever?
zoegirl:
hairy as ever, or so i assume. maddie still doesn’t call her by her real name, if that tells you anything.
SnowAngel:
do we even know her real name?
zoegirl:
i don’t remember. do you?
zoegirl:
omg, how horrible!
SnowAngel:
well, she probably doesn’t know our names either. we’re just “maddie’s little friends.”
zoegirl:
maddie’s little friends who are off to planned parenthood …
SnowAngel:
ppl have no idea, do they? that we’re growing up.
zoegirl:
but *we* know … and one of these days they’ll figure it out.
SnowAngel:
just hopefully not until after graduation. *wink, wink*
Thu, Feb 9, 9:11 PM E.S.T.
mad maddie:
there is nothing—nothing, i tell you—worse than itchy toes.
SnowAngel:
except for itchy palms. HATE itchy palms.
mad maddie:
toes r worse. the itch is on the knuckle part, and it’s driving me nuts.
mad maddie:
but i actually didn’t text to tell you that. i texted to tell you about vincent. i went to his house today and found him LOOKING AT PORN ON THE INTERNET!
SnowAngel:
ewww!
mad maddie:
i strolled into his room and there it was, up on the screen. i was like, DEAR JESUS, SAVE THIS BOY!
SnowAngel:
what is it with guys and porn on the internet? do ALL guys like porn from the internet?
mad maddie:
hmm. you want the true answer, or the angela-friendly answer?
SnowAngel:
you don’t think logan looks at porn, do you?
mad maddie:
no, no, no. of course not.
SnowAngel:
that’s the angela-friendly answer, isn’t it?
SnowAngel:
oh, nvm
SnowAngel:
my new friend andre doesn’t look at porn on the internet, i know he doesn’t.
mad maddie:
what, cuz he’s gay you think that? poor innocent angela.
mad maddie:
and you don’t have to say “my new friend.” i go to school with andre too.
SnowAngel:
yeah, yeah, yeah, but i’m SURE he doesn’t look at porn. at least not the kind that vincent looks at.
mad maddie:
well, with vincent, it’s straight-up girl porn, and it’s just who he is. i’m like, “ya gotta love him,” u know?
SnowAngel:
“ya gotta love him”??? maddie, PLEASE tell me yr not doing what i think yr doing!
mad maddie:
which would be …?
SnowAngel:
crushing on vincent! falling for the bad boy!
mad maddie:
whoa—me, falling for VINCENT?!
SnowAngel:
i personally can’t believe you’re even friends with him, given that he’s so tight with jana. how do you get your head around that?
mad maddie:
i don’t. don’t know what the guy sees in her.
SnowAngel:
have you asked him?
mad maddie:
he says she’s fun to party with. is that a guy response or what?
mad maddie:
anywayz, why the inquistion? you have andre, who’s your “new friend.” i have vincent, my spanish class friend. who entertains me.
SnowAngel:
and makes you hot.
mad maddie:
give me a break. that is not true, angela! and not that it’s any of your beeswax, but he’s got a thing for lila.
SnowAngel:
uh, hate to say it, but it’s not like you’ve let that stop you before. chive was totally dating whitney when you guys did your little fuck-buddy thing.
mad maddie:
i am so not gonna respond to that. ancient history, a.
mad maddie:
and “fuck buddy” is hardly the term, since i never even got naked with the guy.
SnowAngel:
next thing you know, it’ll be YOU jaunting off to planned parenthood, and i’ll be alone in the corner wearing black, a virgin forever.
mad maddie:
save the drama for yo mama. vincent and i are just buds.
SnowAngel:
u could look at porn together. and eat popcorn.
mad maddie:
and as for being a virgin forever, you’re way more likely to leave the V-club than I am—that is if things with logan are as good as you say.
SnowAngel:
shuddup. when and if logan and i have sex is
mad maddie:
yessss?
SnowAngel:
hold on—mary kate just texted. LOTS of !!!!s.
mad maddie:
dum di dum, dum di dum
mad maddie:
i’m practicing my typing … abcdefg
mad maddie:
STILL practicing my typing … hijklmnop
SnowAngel:
ok, now THAT was weird
mad maddie:
what?
SnowAngel:
maddie, tell me the truth. is something up with zoe? has she been saying things about me to anyone?
mad maddie:
what are you talking about?
SnowAngel:
according to mary kate, paige said zoe thinks i was FLIRTING with doug at lunch.
SnowAngel:
*holds out hands in bewilderment* was i flirting with doug at lunch?
mad maddie:
angela, you flirt with every 2-legged male on the planet.
SnowAngel:
but it doesn’t MEAN anything. zoe knows that.
SnowAngel:
do you think she seriously has a problem with me talking to doug?
mad maddie:
yes, she probably thinks yer trying to STEAL HER MAN
SnowAngel:
that’s ridiculous!
SnowAngel:
omg, i’m gonna txt her and see what’s going on.
mad maddie:
angela, i was teasing!
mad maddie:
angela?
mad maddie:
BUT MY TOES R STILL ITCHING!
Thu, Feb 9, 9:53 PM E.S.T.
SnowAngel:
zo, did u talk to paige jensen at any point today?
zoegirl:
i sat in front of her in AP English, but i wouldn’t say we talked. why?
SnowAngel:
well, did u say anything to anybody that could have been passed on to paige? like to kristin, maybe?
zoegirl:
could you be a little more specific?
SnowAngel:
ok, this is stupid, but i’m just gonna say it. i know you think i was hogging doug’s attention today, but do you honestly think i was FLIRTING with him?
SnowAngel:
cuz that was a LONG time ago when i somewhat (sorta) threw myself at him, and anyway i would never flirt with him cuz he’s going out with YOU, which i would hope you would know!
zoegirl:
what? i *do* know that. when did i say you were flirting with him?!
SnowAngel:
and the more i think about it, the more it makes me mad. i don’t wanna go around worrying about every last thing i say or do around him, so if you have a problem with the way i’m acting, would you plz just tell me instead of talking about me behind my back?
zoegirl:
angela. STOP.
zoegirl:
did paige say i was talking about you behind your back?
SnowAngel:
mary kate overheard paige talking to some junior, and paige said that you said i was embarrassing myself with doug, and that i needed to keep my hormones to myself!
zoegirl:
???
zoegirl:
i never said ANY of that!
SnowAngel:
r u sure?
zoegirl:
angela, i just 6 hours ago asked you as my dear friend to go to planned parenthood with me so that one day doug and i can have sex. would i do that if i thought you were flirting with him?
SnowAngel:
well, what about kristin? after all, she already told you what a harlot i am!
zoegirl:
kristin made *one comment* about how much you talked to him. i shouldn’t have even told you.
SnowAngel:
what else aren’t you telling me?
zoegirl:
nothing!
zoegirl:
*do* you still have a thing for him?
SnowAngel:
NO!
SnowAngel:
but if you didn’t say any of the things paige says you did …
SnowAngel:
i’m confused. why would paige say you did?
zoegirl:
i have no idea. call her and ask.
SnowAngel:
yeah right. i’ve never even had a class with her. i’m gonna call her up and be like, “oh, btw, why were u talking trash about me?”
zoegirl:
then call mary kate and ask *her*. or call kristin. somebody is obviously mixed up.
zoegirl:
seriously, angela, i’m a little hurt you would think that of me!
SnowAngel:
well I’M a little hurt YOU would think that of ME!
zoegirl:
but i didn’t! i *don’t*!!!
zoegirl:
listen, i think we better end this convo, ok?!
SnowAngel:
zoe, wait!
zoegirl:
why, so you can yell at me some more?
SnowAngel:
agh. i’m SORRY. i’m sorry, i’m sorry, i’m sorry!
SnowAngel:
zo?
zoegirl:
i’m here. i just don’t know where this even came from.
SnowAngel:
mary kate thought i should know, that’s all.
zoegirl:
except there’s nothing TO know. you’re getting worked up over nothing.
zoegirl:
remember last semester when you made brownies to cheer me up, after my mom got mad at me for missing the early decision deadline for princeton? only i didn’t *know* that’s why you’d made them, and i didn’t eat any, and you got really pissed?
SnowAngel:
i used aunt sadie’s french chocolate. they were the most delicious brownies ever.
zoegirl:
you told me to tell you the next time you overreacted about something. well, here i am telling you.
SnowAngel:
ok, ok, ok
zoegirl:
you need to have faith in me. i love you, and i would never talk about you behind your back. all right?
SnowAngel:
except u did—with kristin
zoegirl:
ANGELA!
SnowAngel:
*baby deep breath. mama deep breath. big daddy deep breath*
zoegirl:
um … is this some new kind of therapy?
SnowAngel:
yes, i learned it from aunt sadie, who got it from 1 of her friends who teaches pre-school.
zoegirl:
and did it work? do you maybe want to tell me that you love me too?
SnowAngel:
of COURSE i do. and i’m sorry for freaking. i am.
SnowAngel:
*blinks humbly at friend* are we still on for tomorrow?
zoegirl:
we better be!
Thu, Feb 9, 10:20 PM E.S.T.
SnowAngel:
hey mads. zoe denied it all, but i called mary kate and she’s SURE that’s what she heard.
SnowAngel:
u don’t think zoe’s lying, do u?
mad maddie:
r /> i’ve never known zoe to be a liar
SnowAngel:
yeah-huh. she lied to her mom when she said she’d apply to princeton early decision, when she never planned to actually do it.
mad maddie:
that was zoe being passive-aggressive, not outright lying. and she DID get her application in eventually.
SnowAngel:
well, maybe it’s the same thing here. maybe she said something about me in a passive-aggressive sort of way, and it got twisted around.