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  • It just wasn't on her list of priorities. Getting out of this kitchen, however, was. "A while ago," she muttered dismissively, "I should go, I..." "Wait," Trent ordered. There was ...
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  • Mom put the car into drive and we drove down to our house and pulled into the drive way. I look up at my big mansion of a house. I ...
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  • When Cecilia turned three her father and mother decided it was high time she started piano lessons. Clarence Everett had begun his when HE was three, and had done remarkably ...
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  • into a really nice part of town. I got out and looked around dazed. Then these really nice looking people came out and smiled at me and welcomed me. I ...
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  • to say to you, but..." Again his voice trailed off. He finally looked up with a sheepish/boyish grin on his face. "Your an awesome girl, and I hope we can ...
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  • The cold crisp air seemed to perce the morning lips of what seemed to be a never ending rant of lost sleep .Ralph didnt seem to get sleep anymore just ...
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  • Last night I was reminded why I absolutely cannot take my family. The details make my cringe, make the top of my forehead hurt from suppressing my tears. I spent ...
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  • It was five months after you were dead that my tongue first slipped and I said your name instead of someone else's. I thought long and hard about what that ...
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  • when you sit on a bus listening to music, you see the world according to that music's rhythm. you see the way people toss their hair, the way they impatiently ...
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  • she cried. when she went past me again for the fifth time since our break up she cried. i'd thought horrible thoughts imagined horrible things but the second i saw ...
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