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skips a beat. Skips about eleven beats, actually. Maybe twelve.
    It’s signed Heart Huntress .
    I take in a long breath. “Whoooee,” I say. “Here we go.”
    â€œWhat?”
    â€œKamryn has finally written in.”
    Instantly, Hannah appears behind me. She reads aloud over my shoulder. “ Dear Oracle. The guy I want is older than me by a couple of grades, but I know we’d be perfect together. He’s already noticed me, and I think he likes what he sees. Here’s my question . I’m going to see him again at the dance this week, and I want that to be the night I capture his heart. I need your advice, from how to make my grand entrance until the moment I nail that first kiss. ”
    â€œHuh,” I say. “She didn’t understand that message we wrote as Kyle. Or she didn’t realize it was directed at her.”
    â€œI’m not surprised,” Hannah says.
    â€œWhat do you mean?”
    â€œHonestly, Owen,” Hannah says. She sounds exasperated. “Kamryn thinks she’s above it all. If everyone else thinks she’s perfect, why wouldn’t she? She has no reason to imagine that she can’t get exactly what she wants. It would never occur to her that the post was written by Kyle.”
    â€œIt wasn’t,” I point out.
    Hannah groans. “You know what I mean!”
    I grin and open my Gmail. “Anyway, we need to redirect her. Tell her to do all the wrong things so she turns Kyle off.”
    â€œHeavy perfume,” Hannah offers. “Lots of makeup. Thick, heavy lipstick, especially.”
    I recoil in mock horror. “Gross!”
    â€œWell?” Hannah asks. “You want ways to turn guys off, don’t you?”
    I check for Kamryn’s message that contains the birthdate of the guy in question. Sure enough, she’s copied the same message but added Birthday October 30th.
    â€œOctober thirtieth,” I say. “That’s Kyle.”
    â€œOoh, he’s a Scorpio,” says Hannah. “Sexiest sign in the zodiac.” Her voice is teasing.
    â€œYou can’t be serious.” I can’t even think about it. Kyle? Sexy? The guy gets those silverfish bugs in his toothbrush because it’s so dirty.
    â€œBut Scorpios can be really mean,” she adds.
    â€œThat’s more like it.”
    â€œI don’t know why you want to mess with karma on this one.” Hannah sighs. “Kyle’s a perfect fit for Kamryn. Mean deserves mean.”
    I roll my eyes. “Oh my god,” I say. “She’s not that bad. You’ve got some weird vendetta against Kamryn.”
    â€œUm, excuse me?” Hannah says. “You were the one who told me how she shot Matteo down in flames during your tutorial.”
    I shrug. “Maybe she was having a bad day.”
    â€œOh right. That day, and the time at 7-Eleven? Come on, Owen. I know what she’s like.”
    â€œWhy do you always have to come down so hard on her?” I ask.
    â€œWhy are you so eager to excuse her crappy behavior?” Hannah shoots back. “Wait, no, I know. Because you’re in love .” She holds both hands over her heart and flutters her eyelashes.
    Normally, I’d laugh off her teasing. But sudden hot anger spills into my throat. I’m mad that she thinks I’m an idiot for liking Kamryn.
    But I’m also mad at myself, because a little part of me knows she’s right.
    I say the first thing I can think of that will hurt. “You’re right, Hannah. I am in love with Kamryn.”
    Hannah goes very still.
    I drive the knife in a little deeper. “And that makes you crazy, doesn’t it? Maybe you’re jealous.”
    She flinches. Immediately, I regret my words. I open my mouth, searching for a way to take them back.
    â€œHannah,” I say.
    But it’s too late. I watch, helpless, as she gathers her laptop and bag.
    â€œHannah, listen.”
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