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“Oh, totally. I’m definitely freaking out about it.”
    Just not in the way they thought.
    Whitney brushed her bangs out of her face. “I’m going solo, but there’s this guy that I’m in looove with in my history class. I hope he asks me.”
    â€œWho?” Aprilynne asked. “I didn’t know you liked someone!”
    Whitney smiled. “Carter. He picked up my pen when I dropped it yesterday and we shared my book because he forgot his.”
    â€œOmigod,” Aprilynne said. “That’s so cute!”
    I looked past them as they chattered about Homecoming. Jacob was still talking to one of the guys in class. Whew. Aprilynne and Whitney’s convo about Homecoming wasn’t the ideal conversation, but at least Jacob wasn’t trying to talk to me.
    â€œSeriously?” someone said in my ear.
    I jumped and turned around to see Heather.
    â€œWhat?” I asked.
    She gave me a knowing look. I smiled at Whitney and Aprilynne and drifted off to the side of the stage with Heather.
    â€œYou were subjecting yourself to
that
conversation of ‘omigod-Carter’s-so-cute-and-I-looove-Homecoming’ for what reason?”
    â€œI didn’t wantJacob to talk to me,” I said. Why had I suddenly become so honest with Heather? Probably because she was the only person who really knew what was going on, and I had to tell her the truth or she’d call me on it.
    â€œThen you’re going to learn how to say ‘Jacob, I’m not talking to you right now,’” Heather said. “Otherwise, you’ll be stuck hiding with two girls who won’t talk about anything but your fave topic.”
    I sighed. “Yeah, I know. That was lame.”
    â€œYeah, it was.” Heather shook her head, laughing.
    I rolled my eyes at her, but didn’t want her to go. Luckily, Ms. Scott moved to the front of the stage and looked up at us, ending my convo with Heather.
    â€œHi, class,” Ms. Scott said. “Today, we’re going to play a quick game called Blob. It’s going to teach you how to work together and use each other. Here’s how we play: Aidan, you’re ‘it.’ You’re the blob.”
    Aidan laughed. “Cool.”
    â€œEveryone else needs to avoid Aidan because he’s going to try to tag you,” Ms. Scott said. “When he does, you need to stay attached to him since you’re now part of the blob. You have to work together to tag someone else. The blob will grow and as more people are tagged, it willrequire more teamwork on your part to move cohesively and tag people.”
    We all nodded. This sounded fun.
    â€œThis is a great game to build trust with your fellow actors and to understand that you must learn how to take direction in theater. Questions?” Ms. Scott asked.
    No one had any. We were ready.
    â€œAidan, move up to the front of the stage and give everyone a second to find a spot,” Ms. Scott said.
    Aidan walked to the front of the stage and brushed back his light brown hair. He grinned at us. “I’m taking all of you down,” he said.
    â€œGood luck!” Whitney called, laughing.
    Aidan made a face at us and fake-braced himself like a runner getting ready to sprint.
    â€œGet ready and … go!” Ms. Scott said.
    Aidan started to lunge to the right, but changed directions midstep and dashed in the other direction. Everyone scattered and a couple of girls screamed as he ran at them. He touched Lexa’s shoulder and she grabbed his elbow with one hand, joining him. He tried to run to tag Whitney, but Lexa went after Jacob. Aidan tugged her in his direction and she laughed as she almost fell over.
    â€œAidan!” Lexa said.
    â€œSorry,” he said, grinning.
    â€œFigure out how to work together, class,” Ms. Scott said.
    Aiden whispered in Lexa’s ear and they both ran to the right side of the stage and chased Aprilynne.
    â€œLexa!”