Well hello. I just thought since I always forget to add in an authors note I would now. I have no idea how or when I am going to end this fanfic but I start school on Tuesday so updates may take more time. Remind me never to do a Gee and Dave are together fanfic, its to hard. Cheese factor is unavoidable so then I make the plot thicken but its too thick and now I have a novel. I already have 108 word pages of this FF. And I don't even think I am half way. Oh dear. BTW the sexy French dance was actually not my idea. My friend who speaks French offered me it. Well I was attempting French and he speaks it fluently. I got confused and said I don't speak French, unlike him, I just love French things, so he offered a sexy French dance. Since I like French things. I did not see the dance, thank the cats pajamas. Also it turned out he was replying in Spanish. How does he find time to learn 5 languages?! Japanese, Spanish, French, Flemish, Afrikaans, English. They not even linked!! I am rambling on at the beginning so spoilers people. But I will forget at the end. Also parts of Rollo's speech ( SORRY ) are actually what my one friend says about this girl he likes (loves?). Its sooo sweet. Buggeration my hands hurt. I started rowing, blisters akimbo. Also hard work. I have no free time anymore. But its awesome. Especially camp. I don't want to say too much since none of my friends or family know I am writing this FF and if I say too much they will know it is me and my naked soul is exposed. To people who I know. And that scares me. A lot. Only my grandmother (she is awesome, best gran EVER- I can tell her everything and she reads Georgia Nics and doesn't throw a fit over snogging etc. In fact she is very team Dave) and my friend who I told in a moment of weakness. But AWE (pronounced aware) was found on camp, some gangsta wannabe said it to me. Haha!! Did I mention my school sucks? All girls! And we don't get to go out because of crime so I am practically a nun until socials start again in September. Still gay private school boys… yeah I'm a nun. In ed hardy. My mother actually tried to confiscate my laptop on Saturday because apparently I don't get off of it. But I got it back. But now my internet is stuffed. Oh crap. I still don't believe STINOP is out in SA yet. I went to the book store and crapped on the staff today. They ordered it from the uk for me. It will take 6-8 weeks. No breaking dawn either! End of September ONLY! I am considering writing to book publishers. To complain. I will do the South-African thing and call them racists. We deserve Dave and Edward at the same time as the rest of the world. I keep accidentally finding spoilers. But I chose to forget them. I really do. Also those Dave style FF are awesome guys, wow. . Um… what else should I say? OH I need to ask you guys if my FF shows up automatically, whenever I look on my phone (now smashed to smithereens- pillows fights are very dangerous when you have biceps and are on rowing camp) or some other computer it says it doesn't exist. Please tell me if this happens to you. That would explain my very tiny (but MUCH appreciated) reviews, I see 1 chappie FF with 20 reviews. Or is mine just utterly crap? To all Gee Nics FF authors, how many hits are average? I am quite worried about the FF not showing up normally. If it doesn't, has this ever happened to any of you? If so how do I fix it? THANKS tell me anyway you find easiest. Btw pls excuse my French, I do not speak it. So mistakes-a-gogo I am sure!!
Luv
Mel
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2 minutes later
Well this is awkward. Just walking down the street in silence. I must say something. Something normal. Not mad. NORMAL. And not involving horns.
"I was walking down the street with my Nikes on!!"
Oh crap. That only achieved one of the thingys. Why did I sing?! Rollo started laughing and my stupid body didn't listen to my brain and started doing really naff, crap, Gangsta style dance walking. Rollo started laughing harder.
"With my Nikes on!!"
Damn! Tandem crap dancing! Nooo! Ahahahahaha!
1 minute later
Stopped dancing. Rollo is laughing his head off. So am I. The Blunder Boys are staring at us.
Rollo screamed, "AWE BLOKES!!"
They all scuffled off.
"What? Why did you say aware?"
"It's Gangsta Fresh."
"What does it mean?"
"I dunno. I think it means hello. In Gangsta."
"How would you know Gangsta?"
"I don't."
A bunch of oldies walked past. I turned to them, "AWE!!" and they just marched off. Haha!
5 minutes later
At Rollo's house. Its very normal. The house is spotless. Rollo walked in and kissed his mother on both cheeks and they chatted in French. No toddley folk and his mother is very beautiful. She had a heavy French accent and long black hair. She was dressed in a very sophis outfit.
She turned to me, "Hello, er, Georgia, I am Stephanie, Roul's mother. I 'ave to go now but zer iz food in ze, Roul traduire 'cusine' en anlais –kitchen. Bye bye,"
And she waltzed out. Not really as that would be very weird. And something told me that this was not a weird house. A normal house. And no, I don't mean something literally told me that, I mean I just knew. No talking lamps here. And I am not Mystic Meg. Just leave it. Accept it, the house was normal. Normaller than Norma Normal. Who is not normal since what normal person is named Norma?! SHUT UP BRAIN YOU RAMBLE WORSE THAN JAS WHEN SHE FINDS A NEW KIND OF MOSS!!
"Question Gee, eat now or eat later?"
"Later."
"Can I offer you a drink?"
"Yes please. What have you got?"
"Hmmmm… I know for a fact we got Snapple."
"What?"
"Snapple. Kiwi and strawberry flavour. Its my favorite drink. Can't live without it. Mmm Snapple…"
And he wondered off into the kitchen. What fresh hell is Snapple?! I had seen a couple of lip gloss Snapple flavored but I had never tried it… I followed Rollo to the kitchen and saw him gazing into a huge fridge. One rack was filled with large, glass bottles that had a pink juice in it. The Snapple. (insert really crap music here ie dun dun dunnnn!)
"Here have one."
He closed the fridge and passed me a bottle. He had chugged almost a quarter of his in one go. Well one sip can't hurt…
5 seconds later
Holy this is heaven in a glass bottle! Phwoar!! I'm buying that lip gloss when I next see it!
"Blimey Rollo! This stuff is so good it should be illegal!"
"I know. What can I say? Snapple is the shizzit."
"Please don't talk Gangsta."
"Why not?"
"Masimo does."
"HAHAHAHA you serious?"
"Yessiree. As serious as buttered toast."
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Rollo's room
Well this is, er, Rollo's room. Yes vair ,er, roomy. The walls are a dark red. And the bed has a black duvet. Um… posters, letters, piccies and other stuff is covering one wall. His room is not exactly neat but not really messy either. Kind of… lived in. There are lots of pictures on the wall. Some of him with the Gang, some with him and Dave (even the hippy one) and quite a few of him and I suppose his father, they had the same eyes. There was one of the Ace Gang all in our Viking horns.
"Where was this taken?"
"Oh that one… er some party."
It was quite a good picture. We were all linked up and Jas' horns were wonky. I was smiling all free and akimbo though my nose did not take over my nose. I was looking to the side. There was another one of the gang. But it was just me and Jas, it was quite funny really, Jas had her horns half way down one side of her face and was scowling. Her fringe was completely wonked up and covered her eye. I was looking straight at the camera and laughing. At Jas. It was a giggle though since my nose was not bigger than usual. It was a very good photo. But I don't remember getting it taken. But I looked good! For me anyway…
"No really, I don't remember."
"Yeah, I was taking pictures of everyone. You were so funny that night."
"Why?"
"You just were. Jas couldn't get her horns to sit on her head and, ah it was just so funny. You and Jas. Fighting. But not seriously. And you were being so silly. It really was fun."
"Oh…"
Awkward silence again. Wow we get a lot of these. But I will not break it this time. I always manage to embarrass myself.
30 seconds later
Still silence. Now he is staring at me again, its really annoying, I don't think he realizes how annoying that is. I'll show him. Him and his bloody stare. I'll stare back!! Mwahahaha!
5 minutes later
O my giddy God! Wrong move! I can now hear the call of the horn! Get thee behind me red bottom! But he is so gorgey… his eyes are so beautiful… kind of like ice… but more blue… and the way his hair falls… and his mouth all- NO NO AND THRICE NO!! GO AWAY HORN!! I will look away!
5 seconds later
I cannot look away. Its horrible. He just stood up and walked towards me. Still staring. Its like I am hypnotized. Oh my God he is sexiosity personified. No no no! I only like him as a friend! He was right in front of me now. Staring down at me. He is actually very tall. And I was staring up at him. Not good. At all.
2 minutes later
Oh no no no! Why am I snogging Rollo? Why don't I push him away? Why am I doing this when I know I don't like him that way? This is bad!! I am leading him on aren't I? I am technically cheating on Dave! NO NO NO!! Georgia grab the bison by the horns and stop snogging him! Now! NOW! Oh sod it. Jelliod knickers. And it's not even a number 5.
30 seconds later
Ok now it is. Mmm Snapple… NO GEORGIA NO! BAD BAD GEORGIA! Number 6…
2 minutes later
How did I end up against the wall? Oh yes, Rollo. Bloody hell… jelliod jelliod jelliod. Its actually beyond marvy wall snogging. It's like, er, marvy. Holy cow… I didn't realize how much taller than me he is… not until I ran my hands around in his hair. Not that I wanted to. Stupid body. Rollo does that varying pressure thing. Holy this is amazing. He did that lip lick thing, corrrr!!
1 minute later
He did that lip nibbling thing. He learns fast. Phwoar!! Though its not as good as Dave's… oh crap I feel guilty now. Dave. What kind of crap girlfriend am I? I pulled back. Not working. I am against a wall. I pushed Rollo away.
"No Rollo don't…"
"Nah uh. I will."
Snogging again. But he's snogging the living daylights out of me now. I can't stand. Well this is brilliant. Actually it is. I think my brain just switched off…
Half an hour later
How in the name of Rosie's beard did that happen?! I didn't think for like half an hour!! Then FINALLY I saw the picture of Dave on Rollo's wall, felt really bad and pushed Rollo off me. Hard. Then I started getting my stuff together.
"Oh my God oh my God oh my God oh my God oh my God…"
Rollo looked a bit dazed. Like someone hit him over the head.
"Wha?"
"I can't believe I did that I am such a bloody tart! I can't believe I did that to Dave! Bugger!! Crap crap crap!"
"You're not a tart."
I glared at him. He looked very upset, and a bit angry. Why?!
"You…"
"Don't blame this on me. You were just as bad as I was except YOU have a boyfriend."
Don't I know it. Holy cow I was going to blubb again. This is brilliant. I am finally off the rack of luurve and I blubb just as often. Crap crap crap.
"I know…"
"Oh God don't cry!"
"Just Dave and snogging and and OH GOD!"
He tried to give me a hug. I sort of jumped out they way.
"No Rollo, just leave me please."
He said bitterly, "You scared you won't be able to resist me?"
"I think I'll just leave."
"No stay. You can't always just run away Georgia. I have feelings too. Stop being such a coward. We have to talk about it sometime."
"It would help if you weren't so goddamn mean!"
"Me? The mean one? You just snog me then leave me hanging for your precious boyfriend who you are CHEATING on!!"
"Hey I don't want this! You snogged ME!"
"YOU LET ME!!"
We glared at each other. I went and sat on his desk chair. He sat on his bed.
He said really quietly, "Why Georgia?"
"What?"
"Why did you let me snog you? Why do you if you 'love' Dave?"
"I tried to stop you."
"You call that trying?"
Well, no, not really.
"Yeah…"
"You not getting off that easily. Just tell me honestly why you let me."
"I don't know!"
"You do. I'm not going to lie and neither should you, it doesn't solve anything."
I put my head in my hands. This is so hard!!
"I couldn't stop."
"What do you mean?"
"I just couldn't ok? You happy now? I'm just as confused as you are!"
"I doubt that. Just was it because of me or because of, well, the snog. I need to know Georgia."
"I don't know."
"You do! And I am sick of this! I don't know what to think anymore, Georgia, one minute you treat me like you don't like me the next you look at me like that then I snog you and you snog me back then you start going on about your bloody boyfriend! What is going on with you?!"
He was having a full on ditherspaz. At least he didn't pace like Tom. He just spoke really fast and low. He was staring at his lamp like he expected it to talk back to him.
"I don't know Rollo. I really don't. I don't want to do that to myself or Dave, especially Dave, but I just can't."
"Can't what?!"
"Help it."
"It?"
"When you snog me. I just… just oh God I don't know. I turn off. I don't think about it. And I don't know why. I don't think about what this must do to you or me or Dave. I just turn off."
Rollo was staring at me now.
"You telling the truth?"
I looked him in the eye so he could see I wasn't lying, "Yes"
He just stared at me, "And do you think that's because of me or the, uh, way I snog?"
"I… I… I think it's a bit of both."
He nodded. "How much of each?"
"Rollo I don't know! My brain does not provide a pie graph of these things! Or anything for that matter! I just don't know anything anymore!"
"So you don't know if you love Dave?"
"I do!!"
"You just said that you don't know!"
"I know that!"
"How? How do you know? What makes you so sure?"
"I just am. I know these things Rollo, we go well together."
"We would go well together."
"Just, please Rollo, drop that for now. I am with Dave regardless of what you and I would be like together. We not talking about that now."
"Well I want to talk about that now! And I think I deserve to know!"
"Know WHAT?"
"Why you chose him over me? What's he got that I don't?"
"I just do because I love him Rollo!"
"Why won't you even think about it?"
"I have had to before and I realized things Rollo!"
"That was before us!"
"There is no 'us'!"
"There is Georgia, and you know it. These things don't happen by accident!"
"So you planned this?!"
"NO! I mean hopefully you don't go around snogging every guy you meet!"
"NO!!"
"So just me?"
"Yeah… I mean besides Dave."
"Then there is an us!"
He had a point there. I looked down again. Dam him! Why couldn't he just leave me and Dave alone?!
"And I want to talk about that."
"You're doing the talking then. And be fair. Don't do that whole romantic thing."
"I don't do it on purpose. It's just what I think or feel so I will say what I want. Just listen and think about it. Please?"
"Fine."
"I don't know, blimey this is hard."
He lay back and stared at the ceiling. He sighed and closed his eyes.
3 minutes later
Rollo sighed again.
"Its just that I really believe that we should be together. I mean I feel like I can tell you anything, I don't have to prove anything to you beside that I think we should go out. I don't care what other people think of me besides you. Whatever I do I do it to show you that I am a good guy and that we should go out. I feel like you the first person that understands me, and I understand you, well most of the time. You just seem to know exactly what to say to me. Whenever I'm around you I am happy. I forget about my dad and Dave and all the other stuff. I enjoy myself. I am my old self, not this new, moody, depressed one. And I want to tell you about my dad and I want you to see my art and my lyrics. And when I see you it's like I forget about the rest of the world. They don't matter. But you do. And everything you do just, aw, I don't know, it makes me like you even more. And it's the stupid things, like you saying weird things or talking to your brain or whatever Jas says you do. It's torture having these feelings, but its amazing at the same time. Its like I can't stop, addictive, I know I should just leave you alone but I can't, I get moody and depressed and its like you the only person who can make these things go away. You, I don't know, have like a hold over me, you're like a blanket on a cold night. You don't make the cold go away but you make it easier to bear. I try Gee, I really do, but I'm very selfish that way, I want you even though it just hurts everyone. But your like a drug, the highs are addictive and I'm willing to put up with the damage for them. I don't know what to do with myself anymore. I can't stop. I know you don't want me to snog you, and I don't want to do that to you or Dave, but when I'm around you I don't do the right thing. Its like my body doesn't listen to my brain. You really are a drug, in every sense of the word to me, I can't get enough even though I know it doesn't just hurt me it hurts the people around me too. And I'm not being vain or anything but I really think that you love me back. Even if its just a little bit. Its there Georgia, and I know that. Its fantastic knowing that but its hell knowing that you just ignore it. Why do you do that?"
I was quite literally shocked into silence. I mean I know I love Dave, despite what Rollo thinks, but there is no denying that I like Rollo too. Just a teeny tiny bit. Its impossible not to when he says things like this to a girl. I'm willing to bet any girl would go weak at the knees if a boy said that to her. Especially if it was a boy like Rollo.
"I do it because I want things to work out with Dave. I love him Rollo, we fit together perfectly. And with me and you, well, I don't think we do. I'm sorry Rollo."
"We do. You just refuse to see it that way. I know we do. You think you fit with Dave, but you don't Georgia, you fit better with me. I won't give up, I can't. I don't care what I am doing to everyone, I need you."
"Rollo you can't say these things to me. You just hurting yourself."
"I know. But you need to know. I'm not going to go away. Not until you let yourself see what we would be like together."
"Rollo-"
"Don't Georgia. Lets just go eat. We still have to do our work."
Kitchen
Well this is awkward. But the food is delish. Truly. Some weird dish I can't pronounce. This silence gets to me. But I must say something weird. No, not weird. Normal. What is normal? Ummm… how many chins do you think Slim has?
"You have slim chins."
WHAT!? NOOOOOOO!!
Rollo started laughing.
"So do you."
10 minutes later
We have been discussing crap for the last ten minutes. Its pretty funny. But we really have to get to work now.
1 hour later
It's almost done now. And by some miracle Rollo is helping me with my Froggy homework.
"French is a stupid language."
"Ah but French blokes are very sexy, are we not?"
I gave him a look.
"And we have fantastic dancing skills. Well at least I do, should I entertain you with my sexy French dance?"
"Does it involve croissants or the Eiffel Tower?"
"No."
"Then it is not French."
"It is since I will be dancing it and I am French."
And he started wiggling and dancing. It was quite funny really.
"How is this helping my Froggy?"
"I am motivating you."
"It's not working."
"It is!! I can see it on your face. Its all excited and eager to learn."
"No. Its really not."
"Ah but it will be when I start to do the French Twist. It involves a baguette."
"Good Lord."
Are we never to be free?
5 minutes later
Rollo is dancing with bread. It is so bad.
"ROLLO STOP IT!!"
"Only if you let me help you with Froggy!!'
"FINE!!"
He stopped dancing and grinned at me.
"What?"
"You are excited and eager to learn."
"No."
"I will start my sexy French dance again…"
"Fine. I am."
"Haha!! I am a great teacher! You will learn from the feet of a French God!"
"You are not a god."
"But I am French."
There is no arguing with that logic.
Half an hour later
I have actually learned some Froggy. Rollo is surprisingly good teacher. But I must leave now or I will not get to visit Dave.
Dave's house
When I got to the door, Sophia answered and Matt ran out in the nuddy pants.
I said, "OH MY GOD Sophia do you need help catching him?"
"Why would I want to do that?"
"He's NAKED!!"
"I know that. If we restrain him we would be teaching him his body is something to be ashamed of."
Dave was standing behind her, rolling his eyes. Sophia was still rambling on about self esteem or some crap equally as boring. I smiled politely and pushed past her. I should ask her for help with my speech. Later.
In Dave's room, 5 minutes later
"Gee?"
"Yes Dave?"
"You have been crying. What did Rollo do? I won't get angry at you I swear."
"Its nothing, don't worry bout it Dave, its all good now."
I smiled. Dave was still being serious. No!! I wanted him to be funny and weird! Not all serious and nice! Damnination I feel guilty now! BUT I DID NOTHING!! Well nothing much!
"No Gee, I don't think its all good. Rollo won't leave us alone will he?"
"No…"
Dave sighed and I snuggled up to him. He put his arm around me.
10 minutes later
The snog tension is building.
2 minutes later
Dave said, "I have know all the words to Dancing Queen."
Then he started snogging me. What fresh hell?! Still fantastic snog. It was very slow. And sweet.
20 minutes later
I had that brain dead thing again. Gadzooks! But Dave had the better snog. If I have said it once I have said it a thousand times, Dave is a snogger of note. Truly tip top. When we stop snogging Dave did the starey eyes thing with me and said, "It's all good. We'll work it out Gee, I have a rather large amount of hair gel in today."
And just before I was going to ask him what in the name of pants he was going on about his Mutti walked in.
"Right I just wanted to know if you kids needed anything."
Dave said, "No."
"Nothing at all? Its getting quite late. I was wondering if Georgia wanted to stay for supper."
I said, "No thank you. I think I will be leaving now."
Dave said, "I'll walk you home."
Dave's Mutti shook her head and said, "You better take a jacket, David, its cold out."
Dave said, "Half an hour ago your youngest, a toddler, ran around completely naked. But you think I, a fully clothed, healthy, strong male teenager is going to get sick?"
Dave's Mutti tutted and said, "You not going out otherwise."
Dave groaned and grabbed a jacket off the floor. It was quite a nice jacket really. Black. For a boy Dave has very good taste. Not in a gay way though. Dave is not a homosexual. He is Jack the Biscuit. I wonder what kind of biscuit he is?
Walking home
Corr! Nippy noodles! Dave's Mutti was right its FREEZING! I was shaking so hard I was practically having a seizure.
"KittyKat? Is that some kind of new dance you doing there? The spazattack?"
"Gah! Nippy noodles! With knobs!"
Dave took of his jacket and gave it to me. It smelt all Dave the Laughy. Not like some other bloke. That would be tres tres weird. Dave wearing another blokes jacket. It was very warm. Dave held my hand.
"That better KittyKat?"
"Yeah thanks a million Dave."
"It suits you. In a large jacket way."
I looked down. The jacket was big on me.
"No serious. It does. It gives me the serious horn to see you in my jacket. Come here gorgeous."
And he gave me a quick number 5.
I said, "It's a very nice jacket."
"Thank you."
We walked on in silence. Dave looked so gorgey. He has such long eyelashes. All curly. And when he smiles the way his eyes sort of crinkle at the corners… I feel all mushy inside. And happy. Its like I still can't believe I am the girlfriend of the well known Laugh. I am Gee the Laugh. That is le fact. Accept it.
30 seconds later
Dave just span me into him and we are doing this weird tango type thing down the road. Its bloody hilarious. Though why in the name of WL hair extensions we are doing it is a mystery.
"DAVE!! Why are we dancing?"
"That is the question!"
"WHAT!?"
"Live and let dance is what I say!!"
He makes no sense. Though he did stop dancing.
"Where are we? This isn't the right road! I think you turned to early, I can see my school!"
"No this is just the quickest way to your house."
"But you always walk down my road, not this road! This is my schools road!"
"It is also 3 streets away from my house."
"What? I thought you stayed near me."
Dave blushed a little and looked at the road.
"Nah. I just wanted to walk you home. So I would walk to your house, walk back here and then walk home."
I was quite literally stunned into silence. I can't believe Dave would double his walk home for me.
"Dave that's sooo sweet!!"
"I know."
And that's when I snogged him.
1 minute later
This is so nice. Its like so, er, easy being around Dave, I don't have to say anything. We can just walk in silence and it wouldn't be awkward. Which was nice, all this non-awkwardness. When I turned to look at Dave he was looking at me. Oooh starey eyes!!
1 minute later
Ouch ouch! Bugger! I was looking at Dave and he was looking at me and we both didn't see the pole and I walked into it and fell. I think I broke my bum-oley!! Dave is laughing his head off and the prat poodles are barking their manic heads off. The bloody poodles are laughing at me!! Now they are howling. I think Angus and Gordy popped over for a little father-son biffing session. Yes yes. That is Angus' distinct yowl of triumph.
I said, "Dave! Stop laughing and help me up! I think I broke my bum-oley!"
"Sorry Gee, but that was HILARIOUS!!"
But he helped me up.
"KittyKat I was thinking tomorrow we could watch a movie at yours, I got a nice movie."
"Sure Dave, we can watch it after Rollo leaves. We still not done."
"Katie's doing ours. I am apparently to irresponsible."
"You are."
"But you love me anyways."
He is sooo vain! It kind of gives me the horn… just then Brothers Baldy and Beardo burst out of the house and into the garden. Vati went ballistimus.
"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?"
"Dave's house."
"Oh. Call next time. We were expecting you half an hour ago, when your school ended."
"It ended 3 hours ago."
"Yes, well, call next time."
And he bustled back in with the backup loon.
"Well bye Dave."
"I think Eddy stole my comedy clown nose!!"
"What?"
"He was wearing it!"
"Yeah you can get it tomorrow Dave. Night, you better get going you got a long walk home."
"Its ok. I'll ran, or ride my noble steed."
"What?"
"My camel. Its name is John."
"You don't have a camel."
"I do. And he is getting impatient. I better leave."
He gave me a quick number 6 with lip nibbling and 'mounted' his camel. He turned around and said, "Huzzah! I am away on a fast camel!" then he ran off down the road.
8 pm
I will just wash up and go to bed. Nice and early.
1 hour later
All done! Now quick supper of Jammy dogers and bread and I am ready for bed.
Half an hour later
Right. The TV is on full blast but I have mentally erased it from my mind. On the plus side it means that all of family mad will not disturb me.
10 minutes later
Wrong. The cats are mighty comfy in my bed. All three of them. When I laid down they all assumed the most annoying places, one on my head, one on my feet and one sitting staring at me from my chest. (Thanks Angus). Lovely. I will never s-
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