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     yesterday.
    Some were a little too heavy to deal with (like the bad home-life guy),
     especially for the firstcolumn of the year. Some were dumb (a girl
     who can’t remember her locker code). The one that kept drawing me back was the one
     from the guy who had a crush on his best friend’s crush. I knew it would be a
     superpopular topic, and I wanted to lead the year with something hot. But what advice
     would I give? I couldn’t even figure out my own crush!
    I clicked back on Mr. Trigg’s e-mail and hit reply.
     “Okay,” I typed. That was all. I pressed send and bit my lip. As a total
     spazz in the romance department, I was really unqualified to answer this question. But
     whom could I ask for advice?
    There was a knock on the door. “Mom told me to make sure
     you’re up!”
    Bingo!
    I quickly closed my computer and stashed my envelope of letters, then I
     bounced over to the door and flung it open. Allie looked surprised to see me all
     bright-eyed so early in the morning. She had obviously assumed I was still asleep.
    â€œAllie,” I said seriously. “I have a question for you.
     It’s . . . uh . . . it’s part of something . . . something . . . we’re
     working on in the newcurriculum!” Eureka! Girl Genius Strikes Again, I thought. I smiled my most winning
     smile.
    Allie looked at me suspiciously and folded her arms. “Okay . .
     .”
    â€œWhat should someone do when he has a crush on the same girl his
     best friend likes?” I asked.
    Allie’s eyebrows knit together. “This is for
     school?”
    â€œYeah.” I nodded. “It’s . . . like a
     role-playing thing in our humanities class.”
    â€œOkay. Well, I know someone that that happened to . . .”
    I knew I’d asked the right person! “And?”
    â€œWell, there’s really no right or wrong way to proceed in
     this situation,” said Allie.
    Wait, what? “But I need a concrete answer, fact based, you know? I
     have to, like, pick a side. Go for it or back off, buddy. Which one is it?”
    Allie shrugged. “It’s not that easy. You have to really look
     at all the factors. How important is the friendship? Is the crush really worth
     it?” Just then her phone buzzed and she answered.
    Ugh! “Hello? We are talking here!” I said, annoyed.
    Allie pressed the phone to the side of her headand
     put her finger in her other ear to block me out. Then she turned away to walk to her
     room.
    I found myself standing alone in the hall in my pj’s.
    Great. Nothing like being the least important person in someone’s
     life.
    I was dissatisfied with Allie’s answer but I didn’t have a
     better one myself. Maybe I should just pick a different question, I thought as I headed
     off to the shower.

    TGIF! After my last class, I went to the newspaper office to check my
     mailbox (desperate to find a new letter that would be positively awesome for my column)
     before I left the building to meet Hailey down at the soccer field. I was sleeping over
     at her house tonight and was really looking forward to it. I felt like I hadn’t
     seen her for days. I’d been so engrossed in reporting the curriculum article,
     typing up the soccer tryouts article, and trying to stay on top of my confusing new
     homework. Plus, tracking cutie Michael Lawrence whenever I had the chance!
    And speak of the devil! I pushed open the officedoor and instantly heard Michael’s laughter. Yay! I had worn a new top today
     that Mom bought me that even Allie said looked nice. I was beginning to think Michael
     would never get to see me in it!
    Inside I saw him and Jeff Perry leaning over the art director’s
     large computer monitor. They looked up.
    â€œSammy! C’mere! You’ve gotta see this!” said
     Jeff, laughing and waving me over.
    They were looking at photos