I honked my horn, waving to Gazzy and Angel. They ran to the truck, waving and grinning widely.

"Max! Max! I love this place-"

"Gazzy dared a kid to jump off the playground cuz he was a b-"

"I think he broke his arm! It looked really weird, like bent and stuff-"

"But Gazzy carried him to the offi-"

"Woah, woah," I said. "Gazzy did what?"

"Well," Gazzy chuckled nervously, "I dared the kid to try and fly. Yknow, like a bird since he had been acting like one. So I dared him to prove it by flying. I didn't think he'd actually do it!" Gazzy protested.

"Do what?" I asked, panic starting to seep into my stomach.

"He jumped off the top of the playground and hurt his arm," Angel explaied, holding up her right arm as if to clarify.

"Guys, this is you first freaking day. You could have been expelled! Please try not to get kids to do something stupid, Gaz. And Ang, don't let him let kids be stupid. Alright?" I said sternly.

Gazzy and Angel looked at each other a moment. It was creepy-I swear they had telepathy. They could exchange emotions and ideas with just looks. They'd always been able to speak without words. Must be a twin thing.

"We promise," Gazzy said, Angel smiling in agreement next to him.

"Good," I said as we pulled up to Nudge's school. I parked near the street, as per her instructions. She would be, quote, 'mortified if anyone saw her in the truck because that was so two years ago. Heaven forbid.

I didn't complain 'cuz she didn't make us wait very long. She hopped into the passenger seat and took a deep breath.

Uh oh, here comes the Nudge Channel, full volume.

"ZOMG! Guys you would not believe this place! The people, I swear, they're so awesome. Not uber clique-y like our last school. Or the school before that, I guess. Is 'clique-y' a word? Clique-like? Full of cliques? Anyway! I made TONS of friends like Jj, and Ty and Natasha and Monica and Theresa! They're reallu cool and they showed me around and we had lunch together! Ooh, there's a boy there, my gosh, he's gorgeous. His name is Axel. He is just too dreamy. Max did ever just see someone so hot and you just wanna hug them or something? Cuz I sure did! He was like, yknow, a roman God or Goddess or whatever. Just perfect, I swear. Not that I'm going to go after him. I mean, I could, but that's risky for a newbie. I need to sort of establish myself around here and let him come to me. At least, that's what Jj told me to do. What do you think, Max?"

I sighed, clenching the steering wheel. She was making my head hurt. I started the truck and drove out of the parking lot, considering.

"I don't know, Nudge," I said, dipping into my infinite pool of wisdom about boys, "shouldn't someone just like you, popularity or not?"

Nudge thought this over a moment before whipping out her cell phone to relay the information to a friend. She was quiet, so I was happy. Gazzy and Angel beat on each other until we got home. I shut off the engine and looked at them.

"Anne's not home right now, kay? I need to go out and try to get another job. Will y'all be cool without me?" I asked nodded, not bothering to look up from her cell. Gazzy and Angel stopped fighting long enough to agree and scrambled out of the car.

Once they were all safely inside the house, I backed out. I had done a bit of research on this town, and it looked like I had an opportunity to make some cash. I just hoped the information I got was correct. If not, I didn't know where else to go and Heaven knows how long Anne could keep her job.