I'm back! I've got a new Milo story for you! This one starts the day after 'The Math Book'. You know that carving the trio found on one of the benches during the episode, where Zack found out that a girl named Crystal likes him? Well...who is Crystal? It's time to take that first step! ROLL IT!

The bell rang. Another day of school at Jefferson County Middle School had concluded. Yet something was still eating away at one Zack Underwood. Last night, while searching for Melissa's math book, Zack found a carving on a bench near Principal Milder's office. The carving came from a girl named Crystal who had carved his name in a heart with her name under it. Zack was looking at that carving, puzzled at who would do such a thing. That's when the school jinx, Milo Murphy, came in.

"Still looking at that carving, Zack?" Milo asked his friend.

"Yeah. I have no idea who this Crystal girl is!" Zack freaked.

Milo took a close look at the carving. "Well, I do know one thing - it is definitely not Melissa...or Amanda for that matter."

"How do you know it's not Melissa's writing?"

"Melissa and I gave each other birthday and Christmas cards for quite a while. Still do. We've also signed each other's yearbooks each year since 1st grade," Milo explained, taking out his 6th grade yearbook and turning to the page featuring what Melissa wrote. She would have famous landmarks as the 'M' or 'I' in her name. There were no landmarks in any of the letters in the carving, so it couldn't be Melissa. Milo then turned to the page that featured what Amanda wrote. Amanda wrote more elegantly than her peers. There was no elegant writing in the carving, so Amanda was ruled out.

"So who do you think it is?" Zack asked.

"I have no clue. But I've already taken a picture of it and sent it off to Sara. She has more advanced technology than you and I combined. Perhaps she could help us out."

"Good idea, Milo. Let's head home...our parents will freak if we're not on that bus."

Milo gave a nod as he and Zack rejoined their ginger friend Melissa and they quickly jumped on the bus home. Meanwhile, a girl around Milo, Melissa and Zack's age came out from behind the bench in front of Principal Milder's office.

"Hmm...that Murphy kid's on the case. What if my crush on the lead singer of the Lumberzacks is found out? I could be embarrassed right out of school!" she said to herself.

After the trio finished their homework, Milo, Melissa and Zack found themselves in Sara's room. She had been listening to 'I Need A Hero' by Bonnie Tyler beforehand. Sara was using her advanced handwriting analysis software to analyze the writing style of the carving.

"So, what's the sitch, Sara?" Melissa asked, referencing her favorite show - 'Kim Possible'. "Who did that carving?"

"Well, we already know that it wasn't you or Amanda. But I've cross referenced the carving with the entire female student body of Jefferson County Middle School..."

"And?"

"Well, Zack...I can safely say that your secret admirer is either a 7th or 8th grader and either a drama club student, in the chorus or choir or a cheerleader. The female student body in the 7th and 8th grade combined is about 450 students. With these parameters, I've narrowed the field down to about 70, possibly less than that. Oh, and one other thing..."

"What's that?"

"The suspect left a tube of red lipstick on the bench. None of you guys caught that, but I did. So...inputting that parameter...there. Field's now narrowed to 30 students."

"Boy, talk about a critical hit..." Melissa remarked, using a Pokemon reference.

"Let me print out the list for you now..."

With a few clicks, a sheet of paper popped out of Sara's printer. It was a list of students that fit all the parameters that Sara had input.

"Nice work, Sara!"

"Thanks, little brother! By the way...chicken parmesan for dinner - 6:00."

"Got it! You guys are welcome to stay, if you'd like. It's a Friday, after all."

"I'll call my dad!" Melissa called out.

"Same here!" Zack added.

"Sweetness!" Milo celebrated. 'The investigation continues Monday...we begin with Ms. Lydia Brooks - our first person of interest,' the jinx thought to himself.

So how's that for an opening? The investigation begins in the next chapter! First to hit the interrogation - Lydia! See ya then and remember...IT'S MILO'S WORLD AND WE'RE ALL LIVING IN IT!