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over her face. ‘But who?’
Sylvia narrowed her eyes and smiled. ‘That shouldn’t be
a problem. Think of all the kids we don’t like.’ She started
scanning the faces in the cafeteria again. A moment later
5 she stopped and turned again to her friend. ‘That guy, for
example!’ she said in a whisper.
‘Which guy?’ Cora’s voice was full of excitement.
‘The one in the blue sweatshirt, talking to some girls,
three tables from here.’

10 ‘You mean Neil, Neil Green?’ Cora’s eyes opened wider
and wider.
Sylvia laughed softly. ‘That’s the one. The one and only
Neil Green.’
Cora looked puzzled. ‘Why him?’ Before Sylvia could
15 answer, Cora smiled and said, ‘Wait a minute! Last year!
You had the hots for him but he never even looked at you.
I remember!’
Sylvia gave her friend an angry look. ‘Not because of
that. I forgot about that a long time ago,’ she said. ‘It’s
20 because he’s such a conceited bastard. Look at him. Look
at that smile. It’s got I’m-the-coolest-guy-here written all
over it. Do you see it?’
‘Yeah.’ Cora nodded quickly to show how strongly she
agreed with her friend.
25 ‘Why don’t we begin with an SMS? Got any ideas?’
Cora’s face went blank again. She looked at Sylvia and
shook her head.
‘Well, I have! Listen!’ she said, moving her chair closer
to Cora’s.

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