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test this project, you need to also include a coed public school."
    "What? I haven't even decided whether I'm going to do it!" But the thought of having Blue and Natalie come as well was awesome. If all three of them were with me, then I wouldn't have to feel like such an outsider.
    "Of course you're going to do it. If you weren't, you would've e-mailed Mr. Walker already," Allie said. "Go e-mail him now about including Mapleville High."
    "Now?" I swallowed. Was I really going to do this? This was a huge rebellion from my parents, and I was definitely not the rebellious type.
    "Yeah, do it now." Natalie sat up eagerly. "Come on. You can't leave Blue and me out of this."
    "But..." I wanted to, I did. I really did. I could feel it in every cell of my body. But I couldn't lie to my parents. I just couldn't.
    "Oh, come on, Frances," Blue said. "You and Allie will be spending so much time on this, we'll never get to see each other if we can't be part of the club. And maybe I'll even convince Colin to come and he can bring some of his friends."
    I stared at her in shock. "Colin?" Whoa. If Blue's boyfriend could come, then so could Theo. After all, Theo went to Mapleville High too. A glimmer of excitement raced through me. What if Theo came? It would be totally worth lying to my parents. A chance to have Theo part of the club? I was all over it. "Okay, I'll do it."
    Ten minutes later, courtesy of Blue's computer, I'd sent an e-mail off to Mr. Walker accepting the assignment and proposing the addition of Mapleville High.
    The second I hit send, I felt this weird nervousness in my stomach. Excited, scared, and terrified of how I was going to deal with my parents on this one.
    Too late now.
    I was committed.
    And I was psyched.
    And absolutely terrified of my parents.

Chapter Three
     
     
    It was Thursday night at five fifty-five, and we were all at Allie's house. Waiting.
    The first meeting of The Homework Club was scheduled to start in exactly five minutes.
    I hadn't told my parents.
    And I was freaking.
    Blue and Natalie were sitting on the stairs in Allie's front hall and they both looked annoyed. "I can't believe Mr. Walker didn't respond to your e-mail yet. Did you try again?" Blue asked. "Did you send him another e-mail asking him if you could invite Mapleville students?"
    "I didn't e-mail him again, and no, he hasn't responded," I snapped. Why were they bugging me with that stuff? I had people due here in five minutes and I was supposed to be in charge and make things happen. I could barely keep my head on, let alone deal with whether Mr. Walker had emailed me back.
    "Frances just doesn't want us to come," Natalie said, using her foot to poke me in the butt just as I was pulling out my room assignment list. "I don't think she likes us now that she's going to have all these other cool people in her life."
    I spun around. "Stop it!" I screamed it, and my friends all stared at me, Allie on her way down the stairs in a micro-mini, Natalie with her water bottle halfway to her lips, and Blue looked up from the love note she was writing to Colin. I know, I never lost it. I never got emotional. And I never screamed. Well, apparently, that was no longer the case when I was responsible for an entire social event and dealing with the guilt of lying to my parents.
    "Whoa. Frances. Chill," Allie said. "I've never seen you like this."
    "Well, of course not. I've never had to arrange and host a Homework Club before. If you guys are going to complain, I'm going to lock you in the basement until this is over." I glared at them. "Got it?"
    They all shrugged and nodded and looked afraid of me. Good. That was exactly as it should be. I needed to get back in control of the situation. I couldn't deal with feeling so out of control.
    I took a deep breath and glanced around the front hall. "Okay, so we've got refreshments. Adequate lighting to read. Tables set up. Outlets available for laptops. Everyone studying science will be in the living room.