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sold-out shows, but one-on-one, he can be kind of shy. So, honestly, it wouldn’t surprise me at all if he had a secret crush on me.”
    Rachel turned away. She had heard enough. But then she heard something that made her pause.
    â€œI just don’t think that line about ‘making music’ is the clue, though,” said Gabriella Bruno. “It’s gotta be that part at the end—when Brody stops singing and talks instead.”
    â€œI couldn’t understand him,” Marisol replied. “What did he say?”
    â€œThat’s why it’s the clue!” Gabriella said excitedly. “It’s not supposed to be easy to figure out.”
    â€œWasn’t it, like, L-O-L?” asked Clarissa. “You have to turn it up at the end to really hear it, but he says something about L-O-L.”
    â€œI think the line is, ‘I will always something-something L-O-L something-something you,” Gabriella said. “I listened to it over and over this morning.”
    â€œL-O-L? Laughing out loud is not that romantic,” Becca said, a skeptical look on her face.
    â€œNo way. My big sister only goes out with guys who are funny,” Amber disagreed. “She says that a sense of humor is just as important as being cute. Besides, Brody and I were laughing together a ton at the seventh-grade picnic.”
    â€œSo you think the song is about you ?” Tammy asked,acting surprised. She didn’t say it in a mean way, exactly, but it was enough to make Amber look at the ground in embarrassment.
    â€œDoes L-O-L mean anything to you?” Marisol asked Tammy. “Did you and Brody laugh together a lot at glee club?”
    Tammy smiled again. “Absolutely. We goofed around all the time. I listened to that line a couple times too. I think he says, ‘I’ll always share L-O-L times with you.’ It’s just Brody’s way of saying that he’ll always make time to laugh with me—no matter how famous or busy he gets.”
    As the other girls started to talk all at once, Rachel finally walked away. She approached her locker on autopilot, hardly aware of all the commotion in the hall around her.
    â€œRach! Rach! Wait up!” Taylor called behind her. “What’s wrong? You just disappeared.”
    Rachel focused very hard on dialing her combination. “Sorry, T,” she said quietly. “I didn’t mean to ditch you. I just . . . I couldn’t listen to that anymore.”
    â€œWhat do you mean?” Taylor asked. Then her eyes grew wide. “Oh, seriously? You think Brody likes Tammy ?”
    Rachel just shrugged.
    â€œOh, whatever ,” Taylor said. “Come on, Rach. Don’t get sucked into that. Tammy didn’t say one single thing that convinced me.”
    â€œYou’re just trying to make me feel better,” said Rachel.
    â€œNo, I’m just telling you the truth,” Taylor replied firmly.
    â€œBut what about glee club? That’s probably what the ‘making music’ line is about,” Rachel said glumly.
    â€œIt could just as easily be about church choir,” countered Taylor.
    â€œWell, what about the L-O-L thing?” Rachel said.
    â€œDid you and Brody joke around at choir?” asked Taylor.
    â€œNo way. Goofing around is definitely not allowed. Besides, we practice in a church. It’s not really the best place for cracking jokes,” Rachel said miserably. “I have to go back and listen to that line with the volume up, but I think they’re right that he says something about L-O-L. And if that’s the case, he definitely wasn’t talking about me.”
    For a moment Taylor looked stumped. Then sheshook her head. “I’m still not convinced that Tammy’s right. I mean, ‘I’ll always share L-O-L times with you?’ Who talks like that? That doesn’t even make any sense!”
    A faint smile flickered across Rachel’s