Hello Birthday, Good-Bye Friend

Hello Birthday, Good-bye Friend was good, but not excellent. Stephanie's best friend Darcy is going out with Alex, a new but popular student at John Muir, and she's crazy about him. Alex is also one of the fastest runners, and he's on the track team. Anyway, Darcy's birthday is coming up, and Stephanie, along with Allie and Maura want to throw her a surprise party. Meanwhile, Darcy has been getting up early to help Alex run, so he'll win the huge track competition. But then, Darcy's mom finds out, and tells her she can only run three days a week with Alex. So Darcy forces Stephanie to run with him the other two days. At first, Stephanie doesn't like getting up early, but then, she finds herself falling head over heels for Alex, and Alex likes her too. Soon, Stephanie is dating Alex, behind Darcy's back. Then, Darcy finds out. She is furious at both Stephanie and Alex. Stephanie is pretty upset too, but she reminds herself she at least has Alex, even if she feels horrible about it. Then Stephanie sees Alex at the mall kissing another girl! Now Stephanie feels REALLY upset. She gave up her friendship with Darcy for a guy who's cheating on her. When Darcy finds out that Alex was kissing the girl at the mall, she and Stephanie team up to give Alex a taste of his own medicine!