Chapter 4: The Wonderful World of IM

Miranda POV

"Okay, since it's what everyone popular is doing lately, I got an account! It's imapunkygrl. I got you three one, too." I exclaimed on the way home from school.

"Three, one, two." Gordo rolled his eyes and scoffed. Sometimes I think he is too mature for the three of us.

"Oh, coolness! I've always wanted AOL. What's my username?" Lizzie asked.

"LiLiz56." I said, writing it down on her hand. "Meet me as soon as you get home."

 "Awesome!" She nodded.

"What's mine?" Gordo suddenly looked curious.

"Camera_Man." I wrote his on his hand. "Kate, yours is..."

She cut me off. "IM is something popular kids do. Something Claire does. I can't do something Claire does. I'm not going to have an IM."

"You know, Claire breathes, and so do you." Gordo pointed out.

"Why do you always have to be right!?" Kate exclaimed, and turned toward me. "Sorry, Miranda. I can't." And with that, she walked off.

"Okay, I'll call you!" Lizzie yelled after her.

"I feel really sorry for her." I said.

"I know. She has Mrs. Ungermeyer." Gordo shuddered.

I rolled my eyes. "I mean, about how Claire controls everything she does. It's sad."

"Yeah, it is, but Miranda, I have to agree with her. Why *do* you want to be popular?" Lizzie asked.

I shrugged.

"Kate'll hate you if you do." Gordo said.

I shrugged again, even though I had thought of that before. It was really hard to choose, popularity, or Kate?

Well, so far, Kate was winning.

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imapunkygrl: hey u guys

LiLiz56: This is so cool!

Camera_Man: It's okay, I guess.

LiLiz56: Gordo! It's more than that!

imapunkygrl: i lurned how 2 talk inet tok.

Camera_Man: What was that?

imapunkygrl: u mean 'wut wuz tat'

LiLiz56: Cut it out, Miranda! Do that when you are chatting with popular people. With us, just talk normal.

imapunkygrl: ok

Camera_Man: Mrs. Ungermeyer is tough.

LiLiz56: I KNOW! I hate her!

imapunkygrl: At least you don't have her all day.

Camera_Man: Neither do you. You have Mrs. Hope for science, and maybe math. We'll know tomorrow.

imapunkygrl: Gordo, stop correcting us!

Camera_Man: SoRRY

LiLiz56: So, you know Andrea?

imapunkygrl: McKenna?

LiLiz56: Yeah, her.

imapunkygrl: what bout her?

Camera_Man: That's 'about'.

imapunkygrl: ignore him.

LiLiz56: I hate her! :(

imapunkygrl: she's ok

Camera_Man: That's what I said, but Little-Miss-Priss says she's a witch.

LiLiz56: I didn't say that... ok, so maybe I did.

imapunkygrl: y wut did she do?

Camera_Man: Miranda!

imapunkygrl: sorry, srroy

imapunkygrl: *sorry not srroy

LiLiz56: She told Mrs. Hope that I was a retard.

imapunkygrl: really?

LiLiz56: She said I needed 'help'.

imapunkygrl: u mean lyk special help??

Camera_Man: MIRANDA!

Camera_Man has logged out.

imapunkygrl: *giggles*

LiLiz56: Well, you really pissed him off.

imapunkygrl: *shrugs* his problem, not mine

LiLiz56: w/e

Imapunkygrl: hey! U no inet tok!

LiLiz56: a lil bit. I jus din't wanna get Gordo mad.

LiLiz56: Well, cya, got 2 help Matt do somtin

Imapunkygrl: cya! :)

LiLiz56 has logged out.

Imapunkygrl has logged out.