Read All About It! by Rachel Wise Page A

important to know what you shouldn’t put in writing.
    Hailey suggested we go on her page on Buddybook and post a notice that I
     had lost my notebook at school and if anyone finds it, to please return it to us. I
     thought that was really nice of her.
    Once she was logged in and had her page up, I sat beside her while she
     typed the notice.
    â€œWant to go look at some pages while we’re on here?”
     she asked, with a mischievous twinkle in her eye.
    â€œOh, what the heck. Sure.” I didn’t want to be a total
     stick in the mud, especially whenHailey was being so nice.
    â€œHmmm . . . How about Jeff Perry’s? He usually has some
     hilarious photo up there,” offered Hailey.
    But Jeff didn’t have much up. I think he’d been properly
     scolded by Trigger and it would take a while before he’d post anything mean
     again.
    We looked at some girls’ pages—leaving notes for the girls
     we were friends with and laughing at the pages of girls we don’t like.
    It was actually really fun.
    â€œThanks, Hailey,” I said, feeling a warm glow of friendship
     love. “You’re the best friend ever.”
    â€œI try,” said Hailey, fluffing her hair in a kind of joking,
     modest way.
    There was one page we hadn’t visited, and I was still so sick of
     him that I didn’t want to ask to go there. But I wouldn’t say no if Hailey
     offered. Which, of course, being the good friend that she is, she did.
    â€œWant to see Michael Lawrence’s page?” she asked,
     giggling.
    I shrugged. “Eh . . . whatever. I’m so over him right
     now.”
    â€œReally,” said Hailey in more of a statement than a question.
    â€œHe’s just been a bit of a pain lately,” I said. But I
     was still glued to his page when Hailey navigated to it. I couldn’t help it. The
     boy was cute.
    â€œDo you still like him?” Hailey asked. She was peering
     closely at his photo but her voice was kind of weird.
    â€œYeah! Duh!”
    She looked at me and smiled, but it was kind of a sad smile, like she
     understood that you could be into someone in general but also not be into him right at
     that very moment.
    â€œWait, can I just slide over here and get a little closer
     look?” I asked, nudging Hailey off her desk chair.
    â€œYou know what? Sit here and I’ll go downstairs and get some
     more snacks. Okay?”
    â€œOkay, best friend. Thanks,” I said, and she left.
    I looked at his cute picture on his home page and noted his
     status—single! I wanted to click on his wall but Hailey has a tracking pad, which
     I’m not used to, so my finger kind of slipped and Iwound up
     clicking on a document on her desktop.
    â€œAck! Cancel, cancel!” I tried to stop the computer from
     opening Word, but I was stuck in the process. It was too late. I sighed and sat back,
     waiting until it was completely open so I could close it and quit the application. Only
     what appeared before me made my mouth drop open and my heart stop beating.
    It couldn’t be!

Chapter 11
    GIRL LEAVES BEST
     FRIEND’S HOUSE—FOREVER!
    There it was, right in front of me. At first, I wondered how Hailey
     had gotten a copy of it.
    I was that confused.
    Then I realized the truth.
    Hey Mr. Know-It-All,
    What do you do when you and your best friend have a crush on the same
     person?
    Signed,
    Unlucky Taste
    Hailey was Unlucky Taste.
    I sat there dumbstruck for a second. I think my jaw even dropped. But
     then I heard Hailey sayingsomething to her dad and I knew she must
     be at the foot of the stairs. I scrambled to close the document and quit the
     application. Why are computers so slow?!
    â€œClose, close, close! Hurry!” I whispered hard at the
     computer. I even blew on it, as if that would help. Computer Hacker
     Caught in the Act.
    Just as I heard Hailey’s footsteps at the top of the stairs, the
     application