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confident. And people are more
friendly. People are welcoming others into their little study
groups and such. And with happier, confident students, who study in
fun little groups like that, test scores go up. You’ve see it
already, haven’t you? And high test scores make the school look
good, which makes you look good. It’s pretty simple.”
    “ Classes are being
interrupted on a daily basis, and that will bring test scores down.
The school is being destroyed by a handful of students. That makes
us all look bad. I’ll give you another chance for now, Rose, but we
can’t put up with much more of this. You’re excused.”
    She got up, still angry. There were
several more things she wanted to say. He was giving her another
chance? Stupid, stupid old man! It was up to him, and he was acting
like it was her responsibility to find these pranksters and put a
stop to their shenanigans. If she didn’t find a way, they would put
a stop to her club. Sure, people would say they’d go on being
“heroes” in secret, but without the club’s support, how long would
that last?
    Dawn met her at lunch. “They’re gonna
shut us down aren’t they?”
    “ Not yet,” Rose said. “But
they’re thinking about it. If we don’t do something, they will.
It’s just not fair!” she exclaimed. “I’m sorry, but this makes me
so mad! We’re only trying to do good, and yet we’re the ones being
blamed for them! And the school won’t do anything.”
    “ It’s typical,” Dawn
said.
    “ That’s what I
said!”
    Dawn smiled. “We’re twins!”
    Rose was silent, staring into space,
trying to think of some way she could save their club. Nothing
plausible came to mind. Worse was the thought that maybe, as fun as
the club was, it was actually doing more harm than good.
    “ Look at me!” Dawn said.
She pulled her lips in and opened her eyes wide.
    “ What are you
doing?”
    “ That’s the face you make
when you space out. You’re doing it now.”
    “ What? No I don’t. I don’t
look that ridiculous.”
    “ Sure you do! We’re twins,
remember? We’re like the Ellie and Savannah of the
school!”
    “ I wish,” she said. “If we
really were, we could fix this.”

 
     
     
     
     
     
    CHAPTER five
    the prom promise

    Rose was eating lunch with Lucy and
Nick when Dawn danced over to their table.
    “ Hey! Happy birthday,
sunshine!” Rose said.
    “ Thanks! I brought
cupcakes! And these are just for us. The original oddities.” Dawn
dropped the box in the middle of their table, and Lucy and Nick
abandoned their own lunches to tear it open.
    “ Technically, the original
oddities were just me, Lucy and Nick,” Rose said, grabbing a
cupcake.
    “ What’s that?” Dawn asked,
pointing to a box next to Rose’s lunch.
    “ Oh! I got you a present,”
Rose smiled. “Open it!”
    “ Yay! Thank you!” She took
the box, and tore off the silver paper. Opening the lid, her eyes
went wide. Her hands trembled as she pulled the black and gray
striped dress out of the box. Perfectly identical to the one Rose
wore. “Oh my god!”
    “ I know you liked this
one,” Rose said. “Now we really are the Ellie and Savannah of the
school!”
    “ I’m gonna go put it on
right now!” Dawn took it, the box, and the wrapping paper, and
scurried off.
    “ Wow Rose,” Lucy
said.
    “ I know, I don’t get it,”
Rose laughed. “Makes me want a little sister.”
    “ She wants to be
you.”
    “ Yeah. I don’t know what’s
wrong with her.”
     
    Dawn found her again between classes.
“Hey Rose!”
    “ Oh, hey, freshman. Nice
dress. Are you coming to the meeting tonight?”
    “ Actually... Tyler and I
are hanging out after school,” Dawn said. “I think he might take me
to prom!”
    Rose rolled her eyes. “Oh good. You
can tell him to call off his ‘villain’ friends.”
    “ Yeah, like he’d take me
to prom after that,” Dawn said.
    “ Well, maybe you shouldn’t
go with him anyway! I mean, he takes the ‘villain’