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announcement wouldn’t be made until the fall. He also said that<br />

if I get through senior year with a B average and do well in crosscountry<br />

meets then the scholarship is mine.<br />

Six months ago that didn’t seem like a difficult task.<br />

Today it seems impossible.<br />

I move that message into my USC folder and go on to the mes -<br />

sage from Cesca.<br />

To: lostphoebe@theacademy.gr<br />

From: princesscesca@pacificpark.us<br />

Subject: Jerk Alert<br />

I’m sorry I’ve been acting like such a jerk, Phoebe. There<br />

has been so much going on and I don’t have you here to talk<br />

to about any of it. When you said you couldn’t tell me what<br />

that IM was about I guess I just took out all my frustrations<br />

on you.<br />

Forgive me?<br />

Cesca<br />

I saved her message for second because I couldn’t tell what it was<br />

going to be like from the subject line. She could just as easily have<br />

been calling me the jerk.<br />

I am massively relieved that she’s apologizing—not that she<br />

needs to. I’m the one with the secret. I should be apologizing, too.<br />

To: princesscesca@pacificpark.us<br />

From: lostphoebe@theacademy.gr<br />

Subject: Just As Jerky<br />

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