CHAPTER 24
THE FRENCH GUY GETS INVOLVED
CLAUDIA
Parvati’s text—which I got while I was walking down West End Avenue to my apartment—was my first hint that Marcel had gotten my DM.
PARVATI AND CLAUDIA (text messages)
CLAUDIA
I opened up Blurt, and the first thing I noticed was that I’d just gotten almost 1,000 new followers.
The second thing I noticed was that one of my weeks-old “Windmill” Blurts suddenly had 75,000 Blips.
He also replied to my DM.
@THEREALMARCEL TO @CLAUDAROO (Blurt Direct Message)
PARVATI
OMG I CAN’T BELIEVE MARCEL DM’ED YOU!!!!
You should totally print the screenshot and frame it. IN GOLD!!!!
CLAUDIA
The rest of my day—actually, my whole week—was amazingly great. Instead of spending it trying to delete all traces of myself from the Internet before the Lovefighters could destroy me, I got to spend it watching my “Windmill” Blurt hit 2,000,000 Blips and my followers increase to almost 9,000 people.
I also got to watch Athena make a complete fool of herself in Marcel’s comment section.