2010 Kimmy Kimm & Lulu Chu Guide

In the hazy, glitter-glued summer of 2010, Kimmy Kimm and Lulu Chu ruled the narrow hallway of Westbrook High’s freshman wing. Not with cruelty, but with an unspoken, two-person empire built on shared ringtones and identical butterfly hair clips.

“It’s not about the song, Lu,” Kimmy typed, thumbs flying on her pink BlackBerry Curve. “It’s about the brand .”

Kimmy was the architect. She was tall, with a planner color-coded in six shades of gel pen, and she knew that the key to their future was visibility. Lulu was the heart. She was small, quick to laugh, and could make a friendship bracelet out of dental floss and sheer will. 2010 kimmy kimm & lulu chu

“We were the only ones who had fun,” Kimmy agreed, wiping a smear of cheese salt off her blazer.

A pack of eighth-graders sneered as they walked by. “You two are so weird.” In the hazy, glitter-glued summer of 2010, Kimmy

“The brand is us ,” Lulu typed back. “And we are not vests.”

Kimmy’s lip quivered, then cracked into a grin. “You look like you lost a fight with a My Little Pony.” “It’s about the brand

They came in fourth place. The winner was a boy who played “Wonderwall” on an acoustic guitar and cried afterward.