The Dating Game (5 page)

tune other: ___________________________

Dealbreakers? (Please check all that apply.):

bad skin

meat eater

vegetarian

tattoos

piercings

into fur

overweight

underweight

bulimia

drugs

drinking

smoking

other
: ___________________________

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“Just think,” Mads said. “If Sean fills this out, I can fix myself up on a date with him!”

Lina wished it were that easy for her. She’d ask Dan to fill out the questionnaire for fun, but she knew nothing would come of it. She’d get to him somehow…some other way.

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To:     mad4u

From: Your daily horoscope

HERE IS TODAY’S HOROSCOPE: VIRGO: You will learn some deep truths about your fellow humans. Try not to let it upset you too much.

M
ads checked the Web site as soon as she got home from school that afternoon. Thirty kids had already filled out the questionnaire! She couldn’t believe it. She quickly typed in the password and started reading. Holly and Lina were IMing her within minutes.

linaonme: Do you believe this? Check out carumba
.

mad4u: whoa. He says he lost his virginity in eighth grade!

hollygolitely: juicy7 says she and her boyfriend did it on the wrestling mat in the gym
.

mad4u: Have you ever done that? had sex at school, I mean
.

linaonme:No!

mad4u: Holly?

hollygolitely: Hey, I’m the Boobmeister! Has my rep faded so quickly?

Mads couldn’t stop reading the questionnaires. She forgot about her homework, forgot about watching
The O.C
., even after her little sister, Audrey, reminded her it was on. At midnight she brushed her teeth and lay in bed, staring at the ceiling. She couldn’t sleep. She couldn’t get the images of all those kids having all that sex out of her mind. The voices of the girls talking in the locker room echoed in her head. How many boys had they seen naked? How could they be so casual about it?