news, i may be crippled for life. u may have to call me gimpy. or the gimpster.
zoegirl:
huh?
mad maddie:
i was taking a shower and the conditioner was all at the bottom of the bottle, so i turned it upside down and shook it and it flew out of my hand and hit my foot. it totally cut my toe open. blood was, like, swirling down the drain.
zoegirl:
owww!
mad maddie:
âdeath by conditioner.â i can c the obituary now.
zoegirl:
âinstead of flowers, the family has requested donations to aveda.â
mad maddie:
ha. only iâm a paul mitchell girl.
zoegirl:
paul mitchell doesnât lather
mad maddie:
it does if ur not afraid to slab it on. u gotta be fearless, girl.
mad maddie:
lemme know if u hear anything from angela!
Tues, Nov 23 , 8:03 PM E.S.T .
SnowAngel:
call me! now!
zoegirl:
are you at the restaurant?
SnowAngel:
yes. call me!!!
Tues, Nov 23 , 8:25 PM E.S.T .
zoegirl:
maddie, youâre not going to believe this
mad maddie:
believe what? did u talk to angela?
zoegirl:
just now. she is beyond upset.
zoegirl:
maddie, her dadâs not having an affairâhe lost his job.
mad maddie:
he what?
zoegirl:
he was fired. isnât that terrible?
mad maddie:
WHY?
zoegirl:
i donât know. âdownsizingâ is what her dad told her.
mad maddie:
omg
zoegirl:
and get this: it happened over a month ago. i mean, mrs. silver knew, but not angela and chrissy.
mad maddie:
heâs been hiding it this whole time?
mad maddie:
itâs so dumb when grown-ups do that. donât they know it always makes things worse?
zoegirl:
tell me about it.
mad maddie:
so who was the mystery woman at starbucks?
zoegirl:
well, i asked angela thatâalthough i didnât mention the affair part, so donât you either. and angela said it was probably his career counselor. heâs, like, got to start his life all over again.
mad maddie:
whoa
mad maddie:
whatâs he gonna do?
zoegirl:
i donât know. angela couldnât talk long because she had to get back to the table, but she said sheâll tell us more when she gets home.
mad maddie:
man oh man
zoegirl:
i *told* u something bad was gonna happen. i told you things couldnât go on being so great forever.
mad maddie:
jesus. i guess u were right!
Tues, Nov 23 , 9:20 PM E.S.T .
SnowAngel:
my life is hellâcomplete and utter hell!!!
mad maddie:
i know, angela. iâm so sorry.
SnowAngel:
no, u DONâT know. itâs so much worse. i canât even talk, cuz iâm crying so hard. i canât even make my thumbs punch in the right letters!
zoegirl:
angela! whatâs going on? WHATâS worse?
mad maddie:
CALL ME, YOU BIG DUMMY! call me and iâll add zoe in. then you can tell us instead of bad-thumb-typing us.
SnowAngel:
if i cld talk, i wld. but i canât. all youâd hear is me bawling. plus if i heard your voices iâd break down even more.
zoegirl:
angela? youâre kind of scaring me. please tell us whatâs wrong. please?
SnowAngel:
fine. thereâs no other way to say it, so i just will.
SnowAngel:
my dadâs making us move to california!!!
zoegirl:
*what*?
SnowAngel:
i hate my parents. i hate everyone! why is this happening?!!!
mad maddie:
ur moving to CALIFORNIA???
mad maddie:
NOOOOOO. angela, thatâs crazy!
zoegirl:
you *canât* move! you ⦠you canât!
SnowAngel:
well, apparently i can, cuz iâm a TEENAGER and i have no control over my life! i have to do what my stupid PARENTS say, even if itâs the most horrible thing in the entire world!
zoegirl:
waitâslow down
zoegirl:
your dad lost his job, and that majorly majorly sucks. but how did we get from there to california???
SnowAngel:
cuz all this time when my dadâs SUPPOSEDLY been at work, heâs actually been meeting with his career counselor and filling out online applications. thatâs how!
mad maddie:
zoe thought your dad was having an affair, btw
SnowAngel:
WHAT???
mad maddie:
she did. she thought the career counselor