TTYL (2 page)

SnowAngel:

hey, mads! first day of 10th grade down the tube—wh-hoo!

mad maddie:

hiyas, angela. wh-hoo to you too. and yr FB post made me laugh. that pic of u, me, and zoe at the beach with our arms around each other? perfect, perfect, perfect—tho of course it made me sad.

SnowAngel:

did u get the daisy i put in your locker?

mad maddie:

i did, and *that* made me happy

mad maddie:

what's the story?

SnowAngel:

i just know that the end of the summer always throws u into a funk, so i wanted to do something to defunkify u.

mad maddie:

u wanted to DEFUNKIFY me?

SnowAngel:

so that's why i gave u the daisy, to remind u of the beach, and also our park picnics and hanging out at the pool and going to tuckaway with zoe's parents. happy, smiley, daisy kinda stuff, u know?

mad maddie:

oh. well, thx.

SnowAngel:

cuz even tho school's started, nothing has to change. u, me, and zoe—we're gonna have a great year.

mad maddie:

r we?

mad maddie:

i'm already depressed just from watching everyone compare tans.

SnowAngel:

why did that depress u? ur brown as a berry.

mad maddie:

all day long there was far too much squealing going on, too much “ooo, u look fabulous!” and “it's SO good to see u!”

SnowAngel:

why is that bad?

mad maddie:

cuz it's so fake. all that clique stuff, i hate it. i hate feeling like everyone knows the secret handshake but me.

SnowAngel:

at least u and zoe r in the same homeroom. i am insanely jealous. *shakes fist at sky*

mad maddie:

i'll see you in math, tho. whoopee.

SnowAngel:

and thank god all three of us have the same lunch period. *raises champagne glass* TO THE WINSOME THREESOME! BFF!

mad maddie:

cheers!

SnowAngel:

anyway, it doesn't matter how many secret handshakes pop up, cuz we'll always have each other. unlike susie smith—did u hear? all summer she hung out with catherine and leigh at the piedmont driving club, but now that school's started, leigh and catherine have totally dumped her.

mad maddie:

what a pisser. susie must be heartbroken.

SnowAngel:

come on, it would suck to have your friends drop u like that. supposedly leigh wrote an entire blog post about how susie needs to shave her pubes. isn't that awful?

mad maddie:

have u read it?

SnowAngel:

and catherine tweeted the condensed version. so uncool.

SnowAngel:

(read the tweet. L's blog post? too long.)

mad maddie:

too LONG? just like susie's pubes?

mad maddie:

my brother's new girlfriend doesn't shave her pits OR her pubes. he brought her to this family party at lake lanier last weekend, and she wore a bikini.

SnowAngel:

that's sick

mad maddie:

it was basically like she had a pelt. the pops pulled me aside and said in this really loud whisper, “guess she forgot to mow the lawn, huh?”

SnowAngel:

SICK!!!

mad maddie:

he was drunk, of course

SnowAngel:

i could NEVER not shave my pubes. that is just gross. but even if i did have a pubic hair problem, which i do not, u and zoe would still luv me, right?

mad maddie:

hmm…

SnowAngel:

i just mean we would never turn on each other for something stupid.

mad maddie:

no, just for something un-stupid.

SnowAngel:

i'm serious! ppl always say that high school friendships don't last, but we're gonna prove them wrong.

mad maddie:

right on, sister

SnowAngel:

remember the first day of junior high, when we all got put in the same PE class? and we had to do that horrible president's fitness dealie, and ms. cahill made me do the flexed arm hang even tho i told her i totally couldn't?

mad maddie:

that wasn't on the first day. that was like a month into the semester.

SnowAngel:

and my arms gave out before she counted to three. it was so humiliating. and everybody laughed except u and zoe.

mad maddie:

cuz we are true blue

SnowAngel:

that's right. and we'll STAY true blue forever and ever. we'll all three go to the same college and fall in love with awesome guys who are also best friends, and we'll be bridesmaids in each other's weddings and live happily ever after. *sigh*

mad maddie:

whatevs. but i'm not wearing pink, even for u.

mad maddie:

g2g, the moms is yelling her head off for me to come to dinner.

SnowAngel:

first u have to say it: maddie, angela, and zoe—together forever!

mad maddie:

er, maddie, angela, and zoe… what was that last part?

SnowAngel:

*glares*

mad maddie:

i'm kidding, i'm kidding. but i don't HAVE to say it, angela, cuz it's true no matter what. don't make me get all mushy.

SnowAngel:

atta girl, mads. see u tomorrow!