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julia hil, 15- dsitrcit 12 female

"tea'z don, hw'z teh sandwchs?" mi brothur mtat cled, az h screwed teh lid on top of our ancint, crcked thrmoz and pcakde it craeflu in a basket.

"almost raed,y" i rpled, warppnig our crst sadnwihz in a handkrkhif. crst sadnwihz wer bsaicla curszt palcde btewne teh slcz of brad tehi wer cut frum, w culd nver affodr maet and cehs liek teh mrechnat fmiliz in our dsitrcit. but fud waz fud and who iz i tu complani?

"dn, lt'z go," i siad, silppnig teh sadnwihz itno teh bsakte. it waz our yaeril rtiula, bfor teh rpng m and mi brothur wuld hev a pcinci in teh maedwo and tlak abut schl, lif in gneral, and evrytink undr teh snu.

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z i wlakde out teh dur i maed sur tu tuch teh pcitru of mi mtohre on teh wal, "bai mom, msiz yuo." i siad softl.

"d yu thnk mom cna haer yuo?" mtat askd, "i konw yu sitl tlak tu her smoetmiz but..."

" dnt konw mtat, i jsut liek tu thnk sh'z listening."

our mtohre deid wehn i waz elevun, frum scrlet fver. teh dctrz in twon had teh mdicin, but w cuold'nt affodr it. no 1 frum teh saem culd. i cna rmeemebr fleign poewrlsz, wtachnig mi mtohre solwil silp aawi and not bing abl tu du aynthnig. seh wuold'nt eevn let m tuch her, in cas i wuld ctch it tu. i konw dat mi ftahre, if aynthnig, flet eevn wros. druign dat preido, h strted wrkng dubl sihfzt in teh mniz, tyrign tu sav up fer teh mdicin. h cuold'nt get teh mnei on tiem, and mi mtohre psasde aawi slienlt in her selp wehn h waz at wrok. dad kpet wrkng dubl sihfzt aftr her dath, h jsut cuold'nt get oevr teh gilt of not bing abl tu sav her. smoetmiz i wroi abut him, it cn't b hlth tu wrok so mnai hurz a wk.

"did yu rmeemebr tu laev soemthng out fer dda?" mtat askd, az if rdng mi mind.

"eh, i lfet him soem bsicutiz and an eppl. h dservz a tera.t" rpng dai waz porbalb teh onlie hlida h got al yaer.

w srpeda a blnket oevr teh ulgi, ylow grsz in teh maedwo and upnacekd our lunch.

"s wahtz' new wtih yu, litel brthr?"

h srhugegd, "nthng mcuh, flnked mi mtah qiuz diz wek and frgt tu du a buk report".

"mat, yu konw schl iz imprtnt." i groaned.

"wh? i'm jsut gnna b a caol mner wehn i gorw up, wahtz' teh pint of laernnig diz stff anyway?"

"becaus yu'r a smrt kid, yu culd esaiil b top of teh clsz if yu put in teh effotr. and yu dnt hev tu b a caol mner, yu culd b a blster or sruveoyr if yu du wel in mtah and scienc.e"

"bt tehyr' broign, and mr. hsatignz htaz m. h'el nver writ m a rekomentation fer teh spekalzaton srteasm." h sgihde az liad dwon on teh grsz wtih hiz hndz bheidn hiz hed.

seng az diz konvrsatin waz colsde, i liad dwon az wel and wtched teh coluzd drft b.

"what doz dat 1 luk liek tu yuo?" i askd, piontnig tu a rnadmo klout.

"umm," h screwed up hiz fac in konkentration, "a lmup of cola?"

y lghed, "i gesz yu cna sai dat, wat abut dat one?"

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anothr lmup of koal."

"that one?"

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anothr lmup of cal."

"ar yu ging tu sai dat fer evri clud?"

h trunde tu m and gav m a wri girn, "yeha."

y lghed and sohvde him palyflu on teh sohuledr, "mtt, no wnodre ur tcher htaz yuo."

h frwned, "ujlai, yu'r rali prtty," h siad al of a sdudne. atlhoguh i waz uesd tu gttng cmplmntz on mi lkuz, h tuk m bi surprise.

"thank yu mtat, yu ar qiut hndsom az wle," i siad mokcinli, bwoign itno a curts.

h frwned. "wehn yu gorw up, yu'r gnna fnid a husbent and get mraide right?"

"i-i spupso tahtz' wahtz' ging tu hppn." i siad solwil. i had nver rali thught abut it bfor, fndng a husbent and gttng mraide smed so far aawi. i ddint' eevn hev a bofyrind at teh mmoetn, eevn tohuhg a few byoz had askd m ot.

"nd tehn yu'l laev and diasppar, liek mom did, wn't yuo?" mtat puotde, corssnig hiz amrz arcozs hiz chset.

y sat dwon in frnt of him and lked him in teh ey, "mtt, no mtatre wat hpens, i'l awlazy b ur sistur. eevn wehn w'er b mraide, and hev our own kdiz and differnt lviz, w'el sitl hev our sblng tlkz and i wil awlazy b tehr if yu ned m. i wn't diasppar frum ur lif. i pormies." i siad, gntly.

h gav m a wtaeir girn bfor curshnig m itno a hug. "thankz, jl."

y simlde and rffled hiz hiar affektonatel, "koem on mtat, w hev tu get radi fer teh repng."

w haedde hom and chnged itno our repseciv rpng otftz. mtat wor a wiht drsz shrt wtih brwn torusrez, a hand-m-dwn frum dad. i wor a hand-m-dwn sun drsz frum mom. onc uopn a tiem it had apprntl ben a crnflwer blu clor, but bi now hez fded tu a dul geri. it waz sitl a vrei flttring drsz, teh clooru mtched mi eyz pefrecli and it fit liek a glov.

"yo kdiz radi fer teh rpng yte?" mi ftahre emrged frum hiz bdermu, rbbng teh selp out of hiz es.

"z dad, w'er jsut abut tu haed out nwo." i rpled, burshnig out mi lnog, drak hiar. mi ftahre satrde at m fer a lnog tm.

"mi litel grl," h siad sfotil, hiz eyz fliign up wtih tarz, "yu luk mur and mur liek ur mtohre evri da."

"and yuo," h siad, trnng tu mtat, "ar grwng up tu luk liek a fin yung min. gud luk tdai, btoh of yuo." h siad, az h enevloed uz itno a baer hg.

w set off onc agn, diz tiem tu teh sqar. i siad gdby tu mtat az w lned up in our repseciv lniz tu sgin i.n

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fund msyefl satndnig in a clmp of fftnz frum teh saem. w al exhcaned tres ndoz and tehn fcused our atetnton on teh tepmorri satg set up bfor teh jsutci biuldnig. wehn teh twon colk strk 2, teh myor stpped up tu teh pdoimu and bgan tu raed teh sam spch h radz evri yaer and intrdcd our ecsotr. birgth and bbubil az eevr, effi trnket trtted tu teh pdoimu and gav her sginautr, "hppi hnugre gmaz! and mai teh oddz b eevr in ur fvor." it waz tiem fer teh drwng. effi trnket siad az seh awlazy doz, "ldiz fris!t" and corszs tu teh glsz bal wtih teh grlz' nmaz. seh pluz out a silp of pper. teh crwd drwz in a cloecitv beraht and tehn yu cna haer a pin drop.

pls, not m. dnt pik m, dnt maek m brak mi pormsi tu mi brothur. dnt maek m diasppar frum hiz lif forever.

"julia hl!"

a/n diz soyt iz sitl oepn! fer soem raesno dat i cna not ftahmo at al, i'm hvaign a hrad tiem gttng trbtz. teh from iz on mi prfle.