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Jessica was up to her eyeballs in homework. It was already close to midnight, and she was so sleepy she thought she might just topple over and crash on her keyboard.
"Why does everything have to be due tomorrow?!" she whined to herself, "It's Valentines Day for Pete's sake!" Her cell phone suddenly buzzed noisily on her desk;Jessica almost jumping out of her skin. "Who could be texting me at this time of night?" she wondered as she flipped open her pink phone. "Hey," she read, "How are you doing on your homework?" It was her best friend Tessa. Jessica smiled as she texted Tessa back. At least she wasn't the only one who was up! "Tessa!" she typed, "I can't believe you're up too! This homework sucks! LOL!" Tessa answered, "Yeah, but at least tomorrow's Valentines Day!" Jessica rolled her eyes. She liked Valentines Day, but it was so stressful not knowing who she should give a card to or who, if anybody, would give her a Valentine. "Ugh! I didn't get anything for Jake!" she texted. Then she thought about it. Maybe she shouldn't even mention Jake to anybody. Tessa kinda knew that Jessica liked Jake, but if Tessa didn't mention him, she wasn't going to either. She cleared her text and wrote instead, "Yeah, tomorrow should be fun! See ya in first period!"

Jessica lived with her two parents, her little sister, and her grandma. Grandma had come to live with them two years ago after Grandpa had suffered a heart attack and had to be placed in a nursing home. It was great having Grandma living with them. Jessica could always count on her to cheer her up or come to the rescue when she needed a ride somewhere or a couple extra dollars to get something off the dollar menu. Jackie, her little sister, was crazy about Jessica. They were six years apart and Jackie thought her sister was the coolest! Sometimes it got a little annoying, though, when she wanted to hang around with Jessica whenever her friends came over. "Jackie! Please leave us alone!" Jessica had pleaded with Jackie one time when Tessa had come over to her house in tears. "Me and Tessa have to talk!" Jackie had stared at Tessa as Tessa wiped clear, runny snot from her nose. "Why are you crying?" Jackie had asked her. "Go away!" Tessa had muttered through moist tissues. Jackie, however, never quite got the hint that sometimes she wasn't wanted around. Jessica's parents were great, too. Most of the time, anyway. Sometimes her Dad was overprotective of her and her Mom could be really annoying about the

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