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=The Text Message=

Sam bit the end of his pencil in thought as he looked at his math homework sitting before him on his dining room table. He put the pencil down and quickly scribbled something on his paper. Sam looked across at his best friend, Samantha, who liked to be called Sammie. She was still on the first math question, while Sam was on the tenth; Sammie was very athletic, but had trouble with school, so lots of people made fun of her. Just then Sam's phone beeped as a text message came in. Sam looked at his phone and read the message. 'I'm having a party tomorrow at five. Can you come? From Claudia.'

Sam just stared at his phone for a while, amazed that Claudia had asked him to go to a party. Claudia was one of the most popular girls at school, and it would definitely be good for his reputation if he went to her party. However, there was one thing that was keeping Sam back from replying to Claudia. Sammie had asked him if he could come over to her house for dinner the next day sine it was her birthday, and he had said that he would come at five, which was when Claudia's party was. Sam guessed that he could always hope that Sammie had been invited to Claudia's party too, but he highly doubted it. Even if Sammie was invited, Sam didn't think that Sammie would agree to going; she was one of those girls that don't care if someone is popular or not, just if they are a nice person and Claudia had never been exactly kind to Sammie.

He looked across at Sammie working on her homework, and he felt confused. If he went to Sammie's house the next day, he would be able to hang out with his best friend, but miss a chance to go to a party that most wouldn't turn down, and if he went to Claudia's party he might become more popular, but then Sammie might be sad. His head whirled as he thought, and finally he cleared his throat and said, "Sammie, can you listen to me for a minute. Claudia's throwing a party at the same time as your birthday dinner, and she kind of invited me."

"Oh, I see. You can go. I'll be fine," Sammie said as her face fell.

"Are you sure?" Sam asked.

"Really; I'll be okay," said Sammie. Sammie and Sam worked on their homework for a few more minutes. Sam kept on glancing at Sammie with a worried look on his face. After five minutes of awkward silence had gone by Sammie said, "Well, I guess I'd better be going." Sammie grabbed her backpack and stood up, then without a goodbye, she opened the door and left.

Sam went upstairs to his bedroom and flopped down on his bed. Trying to let his confusion out, Sam threw his pillow at the wall, but when he stood up to bring it back, he stubbed his toe on the bottom of his bedside table, and the force caused a picture to fall down. Sitting back on the bed he picked up the picture and was about to put it away when he noticed what it was. It was a picture of him and Sammie at the beach, having a great time. He remembered that day well. Sammie had just gotten teased by Claudia, and they had gone to the beach to cheer her up.

Suddenly Sam changed his mind. Picking up his phone he began to type a text message to Claudia. The only thing he wrote was 'no' before pressing the send button. After the message was sent, Sam dialed Sammie's number and listened to the phone ring.

"Hello," Sammie's voice said.

"Sammie, this is Sam. So I was thinking that instead of going to Claudia's party, I'm going to eat dinner with you. How about we have pizza tomorrow," Sam said nervously.

"Yeah, that'd be great," Sammie said happily.

Smiling, Sam chatted on the phone with Sammie until his mom called him downstairs to eat dinner.