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my eyes down, unwi

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ust a half-hour walk from school,

unded beside me. I looked up into Gre

waved at me. "Why a

ened, and he frowned. "So, yo

of emotion. "I'm not his girlfriend, nor am

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re on the way. We can wa

sixteen, and Gr

ed like a river of stars, as if th

emed, underwent