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Mandy:
you're giving me a headache. I'm not in the mood for
this.

Josh:
I could have told Sue what you said about her

Mandy:
what did I say?

Josh:
You agreed with me about her being a slut

Mandy:
No I didn't

Josh:
I could email a screenshot to her. How mad would she be
then?

Mandy:
don't

Josh:
why not?

Mandy:
fine. Do whatever you want.

Mandy:
if you do, I'm unfriending you bc a friend wouldn't do
something like that

Josh:
I'm kidding

Mandy:
u better be. I have enough trouble

Josh:
so do you want to meet?

Mandy:
I'm tired. Need to sleep. night

Josh:
just answer me before you go.

Mandy is offline

May
22
^nd
,
2010

Mandy:
u there?

Josh:
aren't I always lol?

Mandy:
Sue's talking shit about u all over FB.

Josh:
good for her. Anything to deflect people's attention from her
own mistakes

Mandy:
yeah. Don't know why she bothers. It's not like u can see
it

Josh:
I can see it

Mandy:
how? She said she blocked u

Josh:
she didn't

Mandy:
weird. Probably wanted u to see it then

Josh:
good for her

Mandy:
so how u been?

Josh:
down

Mandy:
why?

Josh:
hard to explain

Mandy:
gotcha. Been a rough week here too.

Josh:
why?

Mandy:
my sister's getting sick.

Mandy:
Mom and dad thought it was the summer flu or
something

Mandy:
but it keeps getting worse. She can hardly go ten minutes
without throwing up

Mandy:
and now my throat is all scratchy too. I'm freakin
out.

Mandy:
Hoping it's just food poisoning or something.

Mandy:
Last thing I need is to be sick for the prom

Josh:
who's taking you to the prom?

Mandy:
jeez, you're nosy, lol. It's nobody u know

Josh:
then what difference does it make if you tell me?

Mandy:
well, I wouldn't want to make u jealous. After all, u said you
used to love me

Josh:
I still do

Josh:
u there?

Josh:
Mandy

Mandy:
yeah. Just not sure what to say to that.

Josh:
say you want me to take you to the prom

Mandy:
LOL! You're not even in my school.

Josh:
so what?

Mandy:
I wish I could. Really

Josh:
then wish and it'll happen

Mandy:
I've already agreed to go with someone else. Sorry
:-(

Josh:
no you're not

Mandy:
I totally am!

Josh:
You're relieved, and maybe a little creeped out right
now

Mandy:
why creeped out?

Josh:
because I creep people out...lol

Mandy:
It was sweet of you to ask. Thanks :-)

Mandy:
Josh?

Josh:
Sure hope you don't get sick.

Josh is offline

May
27
^th
,
2010

Mandy:
I think u jinxed me

Josh:
how?

Mandy:
I'm sick

Josh:
sorry to hear that

Mandy:
And just had a big screaming match with my parents.

Josh:
that sucks

Mandy:
ugh, my head fills like it's full of sawdust

Mandy:
feels

Mandy:
even my spelling is sick, lol

Josh:
sorry you're sick. you still going to the prom tomorrow
night?

Mandy:
yeah. I mean, I have to, but it's gonna suck

Josh:
maybe you'll be better by then

Mandy:
fingers crossed! What're u up to?

Josh:
nothing much. Talking to you, lol

Mandy:
lol

Mandy:
brb

Josh:
ok

Josh:
you there?

Mandy:
sorry, had to go throw up

Josh:
ugh

Mandy:
lol, sorry. TMI

Josh:
what does that mean?

Mandy:
too much information

Mandy:
I think I need to lie down. Getting dizzy

Josh:
I hope you feel better

Mandy:
me too. This blows

Josh:
I can give you my number if you wanna text me or
anything

Mandy is offline

May
28
^th
,
2010

Mandy:
hey

Mandy:
u there?

Mandy:
guess I missed you. As you probably figured out, I'm not at
the prom.

Mandy:
Was hoping you'd be online

Mandy:
My date canceled and Sue's not answering the phone.

Mandy:
Just wanted to bitch for a while and ev

Mandy:
eryone else who didn't go to the prom seems to be
offline.

Mandy:
Thought about going anyway, but I feel like death

Mandy:
I'm just going to crawl into bed and stay there.

Mandy:
Who's the girl in ur profile pic, btw?

Mandy:
Looks like she's kissing your webcam, lol. Didn't know u had
one.

Mandy:
So much for you being all innocent, lol! Better not let Sue
see that.

Mandy:
She'll probably bitch about the girl having the same shirt as
she does.

Mandy:
anyway, I guess I'll catch you tomorrow. I'm going to go die
for a few hours.

Mandy:
bye

Mandy is offline

May
29
^th
,
2010

Mandy:
Josh? Are u there?

Mandy:
grrr

Mandy:
email me if you get the chance. Hope you're okay.

Mandy is offline

May
30
^th
,
2010

Mandy:
hey!

Josh:
hey

Mandy:
you okay?

Josh:
yes

Mandy:
I missed u over the last few days

Josh:
you did?

Mandy:
I mean, everytime I msg'd u, you didn't answer

Josh:
sorry. Was busy. Forgot to log out last time I was
on

Mandy:
s'ok. Was just bored and kinda freaked out

Josh:
why?

Mandy:
I missed the prom

Josh:
I saw that. Sorry :-( the guy's a jerk for canceling on
you

Mandy:
nah, turns out he was sick too.

Josh:
sounds like a lame excuse to me

Mandy
: Nah, I talked to him on the phone. He's in bad
shape.

Mandy:
This stupid virus has everybody in bed.

Mandy:
There's even rumors going around that people are dying from
it.

Mandy:
I'm scared.

Mandy:
Sue blames Fatty Kathy's food, lol.

Josh:
Who's that?

Mandy:
the lunch lady at school.

Josh:
oh, lol.

Josh:
don't be scared. You'll be fine. You should probably be in bed
too though.

Mandy:
I am in bed. Using my laptop

Josh:
so you have me in bed with you?

Mandy:
lol, perv

Josh:
knew I'd get there eventually! :-)

Mandy:
yeah, yeah. Not cool to hit on someone who's dying.

Josh:
you're not dying

Mandy:
sure feels like it.

Mandy:
Ugh. Just caught myself in the mirror. I look like the chick
from
The Ring
.

Josh:
I'll bet you look gorgeous.

Mandy:
depends on how you feel about corpses, I guess,
LOL.

Josh:
I notice Sue hasn't updated her page in a while

Mandy:
Yeah. Don't know what's going on.

Mandy:
she may have decided to go take care of her problem and just
didn't tell anybody.

Mandy:
Didn't think she'd skip the prom though.

Mandy:
And I thought for sure she'd tell me what was happening. I'd
have gone with her.

Josh:
She was probably pretty stressed and panicky. Probably just
forgot.

Mandy:
yeah, true

Mandy:
so who's the girl in the pic?

Josh:
what pic?

Mandy:
you had a new pic up for a while the other night. Saw it
before I went to bed.

Mandy:
Some girl. Looks like you got over me real quick,
LOL!

Josh:
hmmm...don't know what you're talking about.

Josh:
I haven't changed my picture since the day I set up my
account

Mandy:
well, someone did.

Josh:
maybe I got hacked

Mandy:
maybe. The girl kinda looked like Sue.

Mandy:
But I could only see the lower half of her face. Looked like
she was blowing u a kiss

Josh
: Can't say I know what you're talking about

Mandy:
wow. Crazy.

Josh:
what would be crazy would be me putting a picture of SUE as my
profile image.

Mandy:
yeah, that's true. She'd say you had the hots for
her.

Josh:
I have the hots for you, Mandy, not her. She's a
pig.

Mandy:
you're an oddball ;-)

Mandy:
and a flirt

Josh:
why?

Mandy:
you don't even know me

Josh:
feels like I do. I've wanted you for a long time

Mandy:
...

Mandy:
wow. I don't know what to say

Josh:
Say "Josh, I can no longer resist the urge to throw myself
into your arms."

Josh:
"Take me away to a better place where we may be united in
passion"

Josh:
"the lies of which would set the very world
aflame!"

Josh:
or something like that

Josh:
likes
instead of
lies
, sorry

Mandy:
LMAO!

Mandy:
you should go into writing romance. You're good at
it

Josh:
nah, not my field of interest

Mandy:
what is then?