Gamer Girl by Mari Mancusi

Author:Mari Mancusi [Mancusi, Mari]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Divorce, Science & Technology, Sports & Recreation, Cartoons and comics, Fantasy games, People & Places, Comic books; strips; etc, Massachusetts, Schools, Juvenile Fiction, Social Issues, Love & Romance, Comics & Graphic Novels, United States, Children of divorced parents, Games, Marriage & Divorce, Fiction, School & Education, Role playing, Family, General, New Experience, High schools, Moving; Household
ISBN: 9780142415092
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Published: 2010-06-23T23:00:00+00:00

crush on Rosie O'Donnell?)

[SirLeo] (Just comic books. But I'm really into them. I

mean, obsessively so.)

[Allora] (How obsessive is obsessively so? I mean, do

you go to comic-cons? Have you seen 300more than 300

times? Do you have Superman, volume one?)

[SirLeo] (LOL. Yes, maybe, and I wish. In that order, sadly.)

[Allora] (So you're a geek.)

[SirLeo] (Er, I guess?)

I suddenly realized I was grinning from ear to ear. He was a geek. A real geek. Just like me. How cool was that?

[Allora] (Do you like manga or just American comics?)

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[SirLeo] (Um, American. Marvel stuff, mostly. I don't really know too much about manga. Why? Do you like it?)

[Allora] (Oh, yeah, I love it. You should definitely give it a try.)

[SirLeo] (kk. Maybe I will.)

[Allora] (There are a lot of great ones out there. I can

recommend some if you want.)

[SirLeo] (Yeah? That'd be cool.)

[Allora] (No problem. I'll draw you up a list for next time

we play.)

[SirLeo] (So, um, you don't think I'm totally lame then?)

[Allora] (Are you kidding? I think it's way cool.)

[SirLeo] (Hmm. Though I haven't told you about my Spider-Man Underoos collection ...) Allora stares.

[SirLeo] (Just kidding.)

[Allora] (Phew.)

[SirLeo] (They, uh, don't make my size.)

[Allora] (He-he.)

[SirLeo] (He-he.)

He-he indeed. He was so funny and sweet. How could he possibly believe that people wouldn't like him for who he really was? Then again, no one liked me for who I was, so maybe he was onto something there. Still, it seemed a terrible way to live your life. To be forced to hide this fascinating, funny, cool person who had a real passion for something special and instead go around acting like a no-personality sheep, just to

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keep your friends list intact. Skipping comic-cons to go to football games. Sneaking comics under Sports Illustrated. It was sad, really.

[Allora] (I bet your friends don't know you play video

games, either.)

[SirLeo] (Um, yeah. No way.)

[Allora] (And if you told them, they'd make fun of you and call you a loser?) [SirLeo] (Basically.)

[Allora] (Wow. Cool friends. Wish I had me some of those.)

[SirLeo] (Yeah, well, it's not that easy. Once you're in a crowd...)

[Allora] (But what's the sense of having friends who don't respect who you really are? Real friends, even if they don't like the things you do, still respect the fact that you do them.)

[SirLeo] (Sigh. I know, you're right.)

[Allora] (Of course. I'm always right, remember?)

[SirLeo] (LOL. You know, I'm really glad I met you, Allora. You're not like any of my real life friends. You're special.)

Allora blushes.

[Allora] (Yeah. Special needs, right?) Sir Leo laughs.

[SirLeo] (Hey--I'm trying to compliment you.)

[Allora] (I know. I'm just teasing.)

No response for a moment, then . . .

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[SirLeo] (Argh. I can't take it! I wish you lived in Farming-dale. I'd totally ask you out.)

My heart jumped to my throat as I stared at his words. Farm-lngdale? Okay, there probably were a ton of Farmingdales out there, right? He didn't necessarily mean Farmingdale, New Hampshire, the town I was currently living in, right?

But what if he did? Oh, my God, what if he actually went

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