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Colorfully Alive
lowed Officer Fallon. I wasn't letting the same thing happen again. She isn't going to tell me I'm a stupid teenage girl who went with a stranger and got raped and pregnant. I'm sick of that judgement. Who is she to judge? Her long black hair and fashion sense could definitely make someone think she works for her money.

Yes. I do judge a book by its cover.

"Hello, Autumn. My name is Mrs. Cochran and I'm an investigative pyschiatrist," she began. I laughed silently at God's choice of irony. I sat with my knees against the edge of the table just as before. "I'm here for you to tell me everything that happened while you were with Monsieur Louis," she explained breifly while setting her papers and folders down and taking a seat. She fixed her long flarey skirt before doing so. "Now, you may tell me as much as you remember from your experience with him. It may be in as little or as much detail as you would like, although I'd very much prefer as much detail as possible." She smiled. I stared through her. She cleared her throat and continued on. "You may see me writing things in my notepad." She paused and shook her yellow Stenopad up in the air. "But, don't be alarmed: I'm only jotting down footnotes." I sat up a little straighter and asked, "Footnotes? On what?" "Mostly only your emotion as you tell me of certain events that took place. Happiness. Sadness. Anger. Hurt. Those types of things," she explained calmly. She brought her head up and smiled to me. I didn't return her smile. "Miss Yohee, would you like to begin?" Those words will forever be associated with her narrow face.


"You're coming tonight, right, Yoh?" Alexa LaRosini shouted loudly while running clumsily towards me from the side door. I was laying on my stomach in the school lawn with To Kill A Mockingbird in my hand. I looked around quickly before shaking my head with wide eyes. She looked at me confused as she stopped in front of me. "I thought you said you were...?" she asked. Alexa was never the brightest bulb in the tanning bed. I looked back behind me and saw Deidre Jona was already on her way toward us. I looked up at Alexa and said, "Shush!" Her look showed more complex confusion. "What? Wh-" "Hey guys!" Deidre

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