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in my bag. I hate the damn books j

was meeting Kylie, my best friend. She

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she said

cause why would you give your students

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do the assignments. We headed to the town's library because appa

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could do was stare at him, he had dark hair with blue eyes and the per

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here was every possibility of my "dad" kicking me out of

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office door to see hi

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obeyed him regardless. If dad said he wasn't ready, then h

s lighter, I lit my cigarette and took a deep smoke. With my back relaxed in the c

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ers and stared at the blank s

tting nowhe

up to see Kylie scribbling down notes from the monitor screen. Her glasses were crooke

a break." I

ked up at me.She dropped her

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ow why it happene

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t..

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you mean

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rs. Move on? Move on ho

nd saw Cheryl curled up against the wa

nfamiliar voic

her neck, I watched her struggle desperately for a

ide of my eye and looked in tha

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me out of my daze. My eyes refocused on

ained my senses. With a worried

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rary and headed home, my hom

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