Free Heart to Heart (From the Files of Madison Finn, 11) by Laura Dower Page B

mom to be a chaperone, but maybe I will. I know they’re still looking for volunteers. And if yr. mom is anything like my mom, I’m sure she won’t make a big deal about it.
    See ya,
    Maddie
    Madison opened Aimee’s e-mail next.
From: Balletgrl
    To: MadFinn
    Subject: Where were U?
    Date: Tues 11 Feb 3:57 PM
    Hi! I looked all over for U after school, but you were nowhere to be found! N-e-way, I have some info for our profiles, and FYA , Hart was totally hanging out by yr locker after fifth period. He looked like he wanted to talk to U. I still say he is our PRIME SUSPECT !!
    Let me know if you have any more info.
    SYS .
    Aimee
    Madison read Aimee’s e-mail three times before she believed it. Hart was hanging by her locker before fifth? Maybe he was her secret admirer, after all?
    She grinned as she opened the next e-mail, which was from Egg.
From: Eggaway
    To: MadFinn
    Subject: no subject
    Date: Tues 11 Feb 3:29 PM
    I can’t blieve you totally hurt Drew’s feeling’s like that: dont you know how hard it was for him to ask you to the dance? dont you get it? Drew is a relly good guy, Maddie. I don’t know what your problem is. You can’t just do that to people.
    Egg
    PS: So ur going to the dance with someone else? IYD . I don’t believe it. And Drew doesnt, either.
    Madison swallowed hard. Great. Now Egg was mad at her. And the worst part was—he was right. Madison hit REPLY right away.
From: MadFinn
    To: Eggaway
    Subject: Re: no subject
    Date: Tues 11 Feb 4:58 PM
    I’m so sorry, Egg. I know I hurt Drew’s feelings and I feel really badly about it. I’ll send an e-mail to Drew so that he knows how sorry I am. You’re right, he really is a good guy. Please don’t be mad.
    Madison
    Maybe this e-mail will cheer me up, Madison thought as she clicked on the final e-mail, a note from Fiona.
From: Wetwinz
    To: MadFinn
    Subject: The Dance
    Date: Tues 11 Feb 3:17 PM
    Maddie,
    Egg just told me that Drew asked you to the dance and you said no??? Egg is pretty mad about it, so don’t be surprised if he sends you an e-mail, too. I know that you must have had a good reason for doing what you did, but you should know that you really hurt Drew’s feelings. Egg told me Drew’s been planning to ask you for a whole week.
    RU really going with someone else?
    I don’t know what to think, because I think you would have told me if someone had asked U to the dance. But I also know that it isn’t like you to tell a lie, so I’m waiting to hear.
    WBL,
    Fiona
    Madison bit her lip.
    Did everyone in the entire universe know about what had happened with Drew? It seemed that way. Was there anything that she could say in an e-mail that would make things better?
    “Honey bear?” Mom asked from the doorway just as Madison clicked SEND . “I was thinking I might go get a movie for us to watch tonight. Want to come help me pick it out?”
    “Sure,” Madison said.
    But she didn’t move.
    “Everything okay?” Mom asked.
    Madison shrugged. “I don’t know,” she said. “There’s this school dance coming up …” Madison started. “Would you mind chaperoning it? It’s on Friday.”
    “Love to,” Mom said.
    Madison pulled a sheet out of her backpack that Ivy had handed out in homeroom, and Mom signed it on the back. “Sounds like fun.”
    Madison nodded. “I guess,” she said.
    “You don’t sound very enthusiastic,” Mom said.
    Madison shook her head. “It’s just—I don’t know what to do. I don’t have a date.”
    Mom’s eyebrows went up. “No boys asked you? I’m surprised.”
    “Well …” Madison hedged. She wasn’t sure that she wanted to tell her mom everything. But then Madison thought about the e-mails. Everyone else in the whole world knew what had happened, so why shouldn’t Mom?
    “Actually, Mom, Drew asked me.”
    Mom smiled. “But … you said no,” she said gently.
    Madison nodded. “How did you know?”
    Mom didn’t say anything for a minute. “Mother’s intuition.”
    “I’m impressed,