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politician! Roosevelt helped to organize a group that granted money to young girls who wanted to study science and sociology. Madison scribbled down the word sociology because she wasn’t sure exactly what it meant.
    It’s like everyone is somehow connected, Madison thought. Even famous people from history.
    “Hey, study head!” Someone crept up behind Madison. “Surprise!”
    “I thought you had soccer practice,” Madison said.
    Fiona chuckled. “I did, silly. Like an hour ago. It’s after four o’clock.”
    Madison looked up at the wall clock in the library and gasped. “How did it get to be so late?” she said. She’d lost complete track of the time.
    The month before, the media center had acquired three new library computers for student use. This meant that sign-ups for computers weren’t as restricted as before. It also meant that it was way easier to lose track of time.
    Madison saved the search information on Hillary, Eleanor, and Lady Gaga onto her flash drive.
    “Are you getting ready for that science assignment?” Fiona asked.
    Madison shook her head. “English paper.”
    “Why do you have so much more homework than me?” Fiona said.
    “Lucky, I guess.” Madison moaned, packing up her orange bag. “I always have too much to do.”
    As they walked across the library, Fiona turned around and looked back into a reading room. She glanced over at the other computer terminals, too, looking for someone.
    Madison knew who she was looking for.
    Egg.
    On the way out, the girls passed by Lindsay, who was curled up in a chair, reading a book about field habitats.
    “Maddie!” Lindsay whispered loudly.
    Madison turned around. “Hey, Lindsay,” she said.
    Fiona smiled. “Look, I have to run down to my gym locker for a sec. Forgot my sweater. I’ll meet you out front, okay?”
    As Fiona dashed off, Hart Jones appeared. He appeared from nowhere.
    Lindsay kept tossing her hair to one side even though it wasn’t that long. Madison could tell that Lindsay thought Hart was cute, too. Madison, on the other hand, couldn’t get the morning’s science class out of her mind. All she saw when she looked at Hart was him laughing in a sea of annoying boys in the middle of Mr. Danehy’s class.
    “Hey, Finnster, what are you doing here?” Hart asked. He was trying to be nice, but the nicer he tried to be, the more Madison’s skin itched.
    It itched like she wanted to be anywhere but here.
    “So you’re getting ready for science, huh?” Hart asked.
    “We both are,” Lindsay spoke up. “We have so much to do before that field trip, you know? And I haven’t even—”
    “Doesn’t anyone else have other homework besides me?” Madison asked. “I have science, English, and social studies reading. An essay. A math pop quiz coming up …”
    Hart laughed. Madison wanted to sock him.
    “Yeah, I have other work, too.” He groaned. “Oh, well. I guess I’ll get it done sometime.”
    Abruptly Madison turned on her heel. “I have to go, Lindsay. See you later, all right?”
    Lindsay blinked. “Sure. Yeah. Okay.”
    Hart started to say, “Hey, Finnster, where are you—?” But before he could finish, Madison was out the door and down the stairs.
    Fiona was waiting by the front lobby, and they walked home together.
    Mom wasn’t home when Madison arrived. Phin came scrambling to the front door with his tail wagging like a windup toy. He had to go out— fast.
    Today was a lazy dog-walking day. It had to be. Madison had to do her homework, clean up her wet room, and check on her keypal Bigwheels. Even more important, she had to push thoughts of Hart Jones out of her head completely. She walked Phin into the backyard and around the house.
    “Hey, down there!” a voice called from the roof.
    Madison looked up to see Billy the contractor, perched up on a ladder by the chimney.
    She waved. “Uh … hello.”
    “Your mom said you’d be home soon. She just ran to the store. We’ve found the leak up here!”