10. Sweet Sixteen

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I overheard her conversing with Motoki about her friend's upcoming 16th birthday, and how she wished she were turning sixteen. She had this dreamy look in her eyes, talking about what her sixteenth birthday would be like.

Then she said the words "future boyfriend."

She was daydreaming about what her future boyfriend would get her for her 16th birthday… So, I interrupted their conversation, telling her that the only sweet 16 she'd be having would be with 16 different flavors of ice cream, as no guy would ever date a klutz like her.

No guy other than me, that is…