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toward the door. As much as Zee liked music, she couldn’t wait to get out of the room. After only one class period with Kathi, she’d had enough of her to last a week. Mr. P seemed nice but nervous. She hoped he got over it fast.
    Just as Zee took a step into the hall—CRASH!—she slammed into another body. The two of them bounced off each other in different directions, and the girl barely missed ricocheting off a senior boy who could have been a body double for a gorilla.
    â€œOhmylanta!” Zee declared. How could this be happening again?
    The girl looked at Zee. “What did you say?” Her dark hair was pulled back in a long ponytail, which made her green eyes stand out.
    Zee shrugged. “Oh, it’s nothing. It’s just something I say when I get nervous or surprised!”
    The girl laughed. “That’s funny! I’m from Atlanta, Georgia. I thought maybe you knew that.” Zee had never seen the girl before, but her Southern accent definitely told Zee she was not from Brookdale. As if the girl could read Zee’s mind, she said, “But that would be totally weird since you don’t know me.” She paused. “I’m Chloe. I’m sorry I ran into you.”
    â€œIt was so not your fault,” Zee said. “I think aliens abducted me last night and turned me into a human-size piece of metal. It turns out the rest of the world are magnets.”

    â€œMaybe you just have a magnetic personality!” Chloe suggested with a smile. “Did the aliens name you?”
    Zee nodded. “Mackenzie. You can call me Zee. Everyone does—except teachers. And sometimes my parents. And their friends.”
    â€œWow! That’s a lot of information.”
    â€œToo much?” Zee asked.
    â€œA teeny bit.” Chloe laughed. “You’re not the only one having a bad day. It took me forever to get my schedule figured out, and then I went to the wrong classroom. I sat in photography for fifteen minutes before I figured out my mistake. Now I have to find another class.”
    â€œWhat class did you miss?” asked Zee.
    â€œMusic,” Chloe replied.
    â€œOh, I was in that class! You’re Chloe Lawrence-Johnson! What do you have second period?” Zee asked.
    Chloe looked at her schedule. “English.”
    â€œMe, too. Let’s look for it together.”
    â€œMaybe we’ll find it twice as fast,” Chloe said.
    Zee rolled her eyes. “Or get twice as lost.” The girls started walking.
    Behind her, Zee heard someone clear his throat. She looked up. Oops! Jasper. “Sorry,” Zee said. Sometimes he was soooo quiet—especially around girls—that it was easy to forget he was even there.
    Zee introduced her two newest friends to each other. “Hi,” Jasper said quickly. “Maths class is in the other direction. I’ll meet up with you at lunch.” He started to walk away, then added, “Try not to forget about me—please.”
    â€œI won’t!” Zee promised.
    The girls began to search for their English room. “I likeyour bag,” Zee told Chloe as they wove in and out of the other students. The body was a diamond pattern with black, green, and red squares. “Where did you get it?”
    â€œI made it.”
    â€œYou made it? Cool beans!”

    â€œI couldn’t find anything I liked in the store. I wish I’d seen yours.”
    Zee laughed. “I didn’t buy it like this,” she said. “It was plain, so I decorated it.”
    â€œOh, my gosh! It looks better than the ones in the boutiques in Los Angeles. Can I look at it?”
    Zee slipped it off her shoulder. “If I can see yours?”
    The girls swapped bags. Zee couldn’t believe how great Chloe’s looked. “This would cost over two hundred dollars in a store.”
    Chloe looked down at herself. “Next I’m gonna try to do something about this uniform.”