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d against the chair and it rolled, quick and unstable, towards the beanbag where the cat is sitting. Mr. Snubs bolted away from the chair, hissing, the orang

" I said. "Shut down the we

he white, wooden door frame to steady myself, and looked at my friends. Cora was staring at me, the definition of collect

decisions. She just laughed a lot, red faced and tongue-tied. And Lina

bad decisions. Another

fierce as I felt, and even fiercer still with the sunlight from the open window shining on the curl

guy - this cuddle buddy?" Her eyes looked so hopeful, but it wasn't

N

ass made this lame account and now you don't even want to

e. I was probably too drunk to comprehend anything so non

I don't care about the

bered who he

their eyes at this and I s

riends. I liked him from the start, but it wasn't until I grew boobs that he finally started liking me back. Cora and

atever "it" was that we had, but I liked Josh, maybe even loved him. I definite

r open mouthed. Cora despised Josh, but Lina tolerated him because she knew how much I liked him. T

ed from the room, padded angrily down the

d towards the car in the driveway. Somewhere along the way, I'd grabbed my backpack, which was now looped across my back. The morning air was brisk and dewy, the

d to go home

hen I pull it, and made no advance towards opening. I grumbled and dropped my backpack,

ed off the expensive furniture inside, and balconies jutting out from second and third floors. Some had l

ice. Lina and I became next door neighbors when she moved in two houses down roughly a year

ypes and drama. A large percent of the population was the elderly, but the only adults present were the ones who could get jobs. Helaci was older - a town based off a previous mi

hat couldn't wait to graduate and leave. It was no

ggest difference was if you were looking for trouble, my school, Helaci High, focused on alcohol, a

g we all came from one middle school. Most things in H

into a bubbly pool of wavy currents. The river traveled its way, smooth and gentle, into town, where it created a wide, majestic lake a

elaci when my friends finall

mpatiently. "I couldn't even wait

Josh was untrue, and it always made me mad when they talked about Josh as if

blue eyes looking down at the gro

ned the door, I wasn't sure I believed either one of them. Cora's face looked l

cause I was never visiting the shitty webs

ignore the cuddle account. The whole thing was probably bullshit, a way for creepy guys and perverts to find their next victim. It was like online dating but worse. Why would anyone wa

come of it, of th

ide, the building was higher, were the auditorium was. Our school was in charge of theater,

have a month left in this

ther than that, the parking lot was crammed with cars and virtually empty of stud

k and slamming the door behind me. Cora snickered when she exits

she tried to deny it I said, "No. Even in the c

, where I could tell even

I asked. "Gu

a thing that doesn't normall

looked down at her phone suddenly, and typed s

o, snaking me in. The musky smell o

, " I

lips on the spot below my ear and I nudged him away slightl

d, walking past us with L

enhancing the gold slices in the irises. He was like someone out of a magazine, wit

deep. I chuckled, cursing last night for

oo hard, "

he back of his throat. "

and sliding down my back until it rested on my b

nd I pushed him off of me. I glared behind me at them -

en't tapped that yet?!"

g respect from his friends. I wanted to blame him for their words, but like he often said,

ff like that to y

that they taught and I saw Lina and Cora a few times, and they ignored my glares and walked away

Mrs. Tallman wasn't looking, I launched it across two rows of desks until it

ers at her

, replaced with a headache of a different kind. I went to leave school but then remembered that my car wouldn

w I won't b

s on my hip and attempting to look fierce. "You're

r and laughed. I fought

" Lina said,

finished, putting a mat

grabbed me by the arm and

d me through the small car door. I yelped in surprise and started protesting when she slammed the door in

left and right whenever the vehicle turned. I wasn't buckled in, but my hair kept me f

ed. "Slow down,

king contact with the cool glass. My eyes closed and for a second I wasn't moving

ed. I almost felt like throwing up because of how nauseating the ride was, but Cora

ordered. "We're

were standing in, small but cozy. It was the definition of a 50's cafe, with it's red and blacked checkered theme and

e we at Fran'

of fries and grease washed over me, making my stomach grumble. I sudde

it was empty save for two older couples and one boy sitting in the corne

I would've recognized his face anywhere, even though I only saw his tiny pictu

I'm not sure whether it was from shock, or

piercing even from

ed, before sprinting out

ued to t

hat have