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“Yeah, I’m good,” Maddie said. She smiled, but it didn’t look quite right to Mal—there was something more behindthis, too. She nodded at Mal and said, “You go! Have so much fun.”

Mal held Maddie’s gaze for a beat longer, but try as they might, they couldn’t pull the real meaning from what she was saying—and what she wasn’t. They swallowed. It was the first time they could ever remember Maddie being the one to look out of place.

“Okay,” they said, only a bit hesitantly, and then, together with theMixxedMediastaff, they turned to walk toward the Haus.

When they glanced back to wave good-bye, Maddie was already walking in the opposite direction.

Tuesday, 11:42PM

we did it!!!!!!!!

We did it!

oh my god you used an exclamation point??!?!

It’s my yearly allotted one.

I’m so excited for us that I used it here, just for you.

im honored honestly!!!

so special

You are.

Okay truth time.

I was kind of scared that was going to be a catastrophic failure.

I could feel one coming.

MAL!!!!!

i am offned!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*offneed

****OFFENDED OH MY GAWDDD

I mean, Collage never sold that much that fast.

Not once.

okay but consider this

collage didn’t have me in charge

or you

gender neutral nail polish emoji use there TO BE CLEAR

and me and you?????

we only do

CATASTROPHIC SUCCESS

That sounds so extreme.