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asked.
    “No, just making connections so that they’ll hopefully let me know when they receive a shipment.”
    They nodded, and turned to go to the next store.
    Though I was happy that we discovered the crafts store, I was bored in the other stores we visited.  They did not have anything that interested me.  Dan discovered a gaming store, so it was his turn to freak out over the games they had.
    We went to one of the smaller restaurants for lunch afterwards.  The food was actually really good, so I knew we’d return in the future.  After lunch, we decided to go back to the house.  Mom then said something about finishing the decorations.  I figured she was going to make me participate since I didn’t earlier in the week.
    But when I walked through the front door a few minutes later, my phone rang.  It was Miranda.  I rushed to my room so I could talk to her.
    “Oh, my God, I miss you so much, “I said as I answered my phone and closed my door.
    “I know!  It’s just not fair how you had to move away.”
    I collapsed onto my bed.  “I hate how I’m missing out on everything back home.  What all has happened?”
    “Amanda and Ronnie broke up yesterday.”
    “Seriously?  They’ve been together forever.”
    “I know.  Apparently, they got into a fight about each other’s families.  Hopefully they can work it out.  Oh, and Jocelyn’s seeing Joey now.”
    I froze for a second.  “What?”
    “Yeah, that’s why she hasn’t been talking much.  She’s completely enamored.”
    “I thought she hated Joey?”
    “He took her out to her favorite places, and did a lot of things she likes that she didn’t know he knew about.  Seems like he was only pretending to be an ass to her.”
    “That’s just so weird, thinking of them together.”
    “Try seeing them together.  It’s even weirder.  So how’s your new school?”
    “Awful.  One of Dan’s new friends keeps trying to hit on me.”
    “Is he a jock?”
    “Yeah.”
    “So not your type, Selina.”
    “I know.  Dan knows, but he won’t tell the guy to stop.  I think it’s because he’s trying to get on the football team.”
    “What about that guy, your lab partner?”
    I gave her a confused look, even though we were on the phone.  “What do you mean, Miranda?”
    “You didn’t really say that much about him, Selina.”
    “That’s because there’s really nothing to tell, Miranda.”
    “Really?  Are you sure?”
    “Yeah.  He’s lazy, and doesn’t really move during class.  When we’re not in the lab, he doesn’t even take notes.”
    “For someone so frustrated with him, you seem to be paying attention to him a lot.”
    “That’s because he sits beside me in and out of the lab.  Of course I’m going to see what he’s doing.”
    “What does he look like?”
    “Like a guy.”
    She groaned.  “You’re no fun, Selina.”
    “Sorry.  I wasn’t intending on finding a guy when we moved out here.”
    I knew she rolled her eyes before she said, “Have you tried talking to him?”
    “No, not really.  But would you want to talk to someone who had a pissed off look on his face all the time?”
    “What does he have to be pissed about?”
    “Hell if I know,” I snorted.
    “Sounds like a troublemaker that doesn’t want to be there.”
    “The second part is true, but according to Dan, the first part isn’t.”
    “What do you mean?”
    “Well, Dan said there was a fight in the cafeteria on our first day and that London was the guy to break up the fight before teachers arrived.”
    “He broke up a fight?”
    “According to Dan.  I wasn’t there to witness the fight or him breaking it up.”
    “He sounds strange.”
    “Very.  But let’s get off that topic.”
    “Okay.  We both miss each other.  How about we see if you can come visit me or I can come visit you for a day or two after Christmas?  I mean, we didn’t really have that much of a good-bye when you left, Selina.”
    Why hadn’t I thought of a way