Chapter 21
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Omg I just studied for around 12 hours straight. I haven't even moved from my desk. Ok well I have to type this now, otherwise. I won't have any other time. I had exams all of this week except for Monday which are regular classes. 3 hour exams. Omg, I hate them. My brother is in 2nd Year uni and he's trying to study lol. Its not working for him though. He's always out partying or something. I should go yell at him. Lol Anyways yes, I was actually originally not going to update this week because I just really can't unless I want to die. But since I have some really nice reviewers that take time to review, I'm going to post.
BTW I'm supposed to be studying science and all so, I should be on your conscience if I fail… hahah j/k. I have replied to all the signed reviews this time. If I didn't it was either because you bloked that feature of I couldn't reach you because there were a few ANON reviewers.
If you read carefully I have left a hint about who the Water Ruler whatever is.
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"Hermione wake up!" Nadia dropped on her knees beside her friend who was lying on the floor clutching the photo album. Hermione looked pale white.
Nadia quickly checked her pulse and whether she was breathing or not. "Hermione, please wake up" Nadia gently pinched Hermione's cheeks. Seeing no response Nadia quickly took out her wand and pointed it at Hermione's chest. "Enneverate" She cried. It was no use though, the jet of blue light only flowed form Nadia's wand to Hermione's heart. Nothing happened.
"Hermione what happened" Nadia cried to herself as she quickly hoisted Hermione up onto the bed. She frantically contacted Mylie and Dean as well as the hospital. She looked around hoping to find the cause of Hermione's current condition. She ran over to the balcony and opened the doors. Letting the cool winter breeze flow in naturally as the room was quite stuffy and it was hard to breath.
Nadia calmed herself down and took a few breaths as she walked back to Hermione and waited for Mylie and Dean to come. She had taken a few courses on Magical Medical Rescue. In Hermione's case she had learnt never to apparate with an unconscious person which was why she had not gone to St. Mungo's.
She suddenly stepped on something hard and big. She looked down and her eyes ran across the forgotten photo album and saw picture of Draco and Hermione. Nadia knelt down and picked it up gingerly after removing her foot. She glanced over at Hermione who was lying there. Her lips were pale and she looked so pure. 'Like water, like ice' Nadia thought.
Her attention went back to the photo album as she placed herself in Hermione's chair right beside her bed. Nadia flipped on the lights and felt the cool breeze that was blowing through the white silk curtains from the balcony. As she flipped the pages she could fell the relationship Hermione and Draco sharedand tears slowly splattered onto the plastic as she mourned for the love they had lost.
Nadia heard someone coming in the door and quickly placed it on the desk beside her to quickly tell Mylie and Dean to come here.
"Nadia" Mylie said frantically. "Where's Hermione? Is she alright?"
Nadia looked behind her to see Dean wearing the same expression Mylie was wearing. "I don't know, I found her lying on the floor in her room. She doesn't have any pre-existing medical conditions does she?" Nadia asked as Mylie shook her head. "Not that I know of… Why?"
Nadia did not answer but only quickly dragged Mylie and Dean to Hermione's room. "Did you call the doctors?" Nadia asked.
Dean nodded. "They should be arriving soon." Mylie collapsed on the floor beside her friend. "How come everything like this happens" she cried looking at Hermione. "First Damian, then Draco now you" She lay her head on the bed. Dean walked over and patted Mylie on the shoulder. "She'll be fine."
Nadia paced the room. "Why aren't the doctors here yet?" She asked impatiently. Mylie suddenly felt dizzy and put her hand down on the floor to support herself. She felt small round things under her hand and raised her head to see what it was.
Her eyes were red and puffy and her hair was in disarray as the way she was sitting didn't really preserve her hairstyle. She brought up little purple capsules and cracked them open to reveal a powder. She looked horrified at Dean and Nadia. "You don't think she committed suicide? Do you" Mylie was shaking as she asked the question. Her hand was trembling and powder shook out her hand catching and flowing in the wind. Dean quickly wrapped his arms around her to calm her down as Nadia kneeled down and picked up the bottle from which the pill came from.
"Depression Antidote" Nadia read. "Take cautiously; Maximum 6 every day may be taken at once. Anymore it will be life threatening" Nadia read out the instructions. "the 6 looks like an 8 though" Nadia looked closely as Dean put out his hand to look at the bottle.
Squinting he nodded. "It does look like an 8" He said calmly as Mylie burst into tears again sobbing into his sweater.
Nadia shook her head angrily. "How could the label company be so careless" She yelled. "And where are the doctors!"
"Is the patient alright?"
Nadia suddenly looked over to see two doctors and a nurse standing at the balcony. She quickly led them over to Hermione. They transformed the two books they had brought with them into curtains surrounding the patient. The nurse came out of the curtains. "It would help if you could leave for just a moment. It won't be long" She assured them.
Mylie tried to protest but Dean just clamped one hand over her mouth and dragged her outside. Nadia followed. "Listen" She said to Dean after he led Mylie over to the couch to sit down. "I'm going to leave you and Mylie alone; I think that you should try to calm her down, she's going to start to hyperventilate soon. Hermione's going to be ok. Feel free to get some coffee from the pot, it might help. My hair is still kind of soapy" She pointed out. Dean nodded. "Go wash it off; I'll come get you when Hermione is ok." Nadia gave Dean a quick hug.
Nadia nodded and rushed off to the bathroom the quickly wash off the soap.
Dean went over to the bar to pour himself and Mylie two cups of coffee. He carefully brought the steaming mugs over and placed one in Mylie's hand. He could see the liquid shaking as Mylie waited nervously for the results from the Doctors. She had seen too much these past few months of Doctors. And they never brought good news. She could only hope that this was an end of a vicious cycle.
Nadia emerged moments later. Rubbing her hair with a towel. "Has the doctor come out yet?" She asked as Dean shook his head. Nadia only nodded and sat down on the couch beside them. Looking out onto the seemingly everlasting sea…
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"Draco honey!" Jackilyne took off her diamond stilettos she had bought a that morning using Draco's account at Gringotts. "I'm home" she yelled and smiled as she saw Draco coming down the stairs. "I'm so glad to see you honey" She said reaching for a hug.
This was true. She had the best night ever but, woke up to the knocking of two cleaning ladies. She had found out that Blaise left early that morning and didn't even stay for another round.
He hugged her back. "Where did you get those shoes?" He asked Jackilyne. She smiled. "I bought them this morning,"
Draco nodded his face still holding no emotion. "You know its not good to make such big purchases on your Gringotts account" He commented as he walked away to sit down on the couch. Jackilyne placed her arms around him. "Don't worry honey, I didn't. I used you account"
Draco quickly turned around to face her. "You used my account…" He said slowly. "How on earth did you get to the number?" He asked. Jackilyne giggled and brought over the ten other bags of stuff she had bought. "Well as you fiancée I believe that I should always have the best. Right Drakie honey?" She asked sweetly.
Draco breathed slowly in and out. The money wasn't a lot to him rather, he would probably not have noticed it if Jackilyne hadn't told him. "I'll be upstairs" He broke away from her and headed up the stairs into his study,
He plopped himself onto the chair and rubbed his forehead. Was Hanson right? Is Jackilyne with him because of his account? He just couldn't think anymore. First he suffers from mild memory loss. This girl says that she's his real fiancée, his brother who is really supposed to be dead shows up and now he's not really sure whether the girl he think he loves really loves him back.
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""Mrs. Malfoy?" Blaise said quietly upon his entrance in her private library. She got up from her leather chair to greet him. She smiled. "Blaise, its good to see you. Have a seat" She motioned to the empty seat beside her.
She sat back down and held a glass teacup in her hands. "How did it go Blaise?" she asked. Blaise just continued to stare at her with wide eyes. "How did it go?" He shook his head as he looked at Narcissa. "Honestly, Mrs. Malfoy, if Draco does marry that bitch…" He shook again. "He will never sleep again, completely consumed by nightmares"
Narcissa nodded. "I thank you Blaise, do you have the evidence?" Blaise nodded and took it out from his pocket. Narcissa's eyes widened at the vile object. "You must absolutely be joking" she said with disgust. Blaise dropped the clamp into a metal case a house-elf came up with. "I understand why you don't want her as a daughter-in-law" Blaise commented.
Narcissa still had a look of pure disgust on her face as she took another sip of tea and visibly relaxed. "I owe you so much Blaise" She said. Blaise only shrugged. "Draco is my best friend and you have helped me out of so many tight situations. I owe you much more than what you owe me"
Narcissa waved another house-elf over and took something from him. "Here" she handed it to Blaise. "This is the invitation to Draco's engagement party." She placed her hands on her lap. "Its all my fault, getting Draco into this mess" She said guiltily. "If only I wasn't so desperate for an heir"
Blaise patted her on the shoulder as her body leaned back on the chair. "It'll be alright, after all you have all of us men backing you up" Blaise pointed out. Narcissa nodded as she looked outside the window. "I suppose you should be going now" She finally said. "You must have better things to do than sit here and talk with me" She joked. Blaise managed a grin and nodded. "I guess I'll see you later Mrs. Malfoy" He said as he walked swiftly out of Malfoy Mansion shaking his head as he saw Jackilyne in the family room surrounded by bags and bags of clothes and accessories.
"Draco mate you're going to have a hard time if you don't see what's good for you" He said as he took another route out to avoid the girl downstairs.
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The door opened with a creak. Mylie and Nadia jumped up to greet the doctor. "Is she alright" They asked in unison as they held hands hoping for the best. Dean came over with a concerned look on his face as well. He stood behind the girls. "She's fine right?" He asked almost threateningly.
The doctor nodded. "Its quite peculiar actually, normally such a large dose of those anti-depressant pills would have caused the patient to either go crazy, or fall into a deep coma. Possibly death at times. However" He said with a frown. "It seems something miraculous has happened. Ms. Granger is awake inside the room right now much better than normal. We are just finishing the paperwork with her"
Nadia and Mylie exchanged looks, they didn't care if it was normal of not. Hermione was ok. They smiled. "Can we go in and see her?" Mylie asked.
The doctor nodded. "Try not to excite her though. Even though she seems to be fine she's in a delicate state right now."
Nadia and Mylie were already gone though. Dean nodded to the doctor. "I'll be sure to tell them that" He said with a smile.
"Hermione!" Nadia hugged her. "I'm so glad you fine!" She said happily. Mylie gave Hermione a hug as well but then frowned. "Hermione Granger you have some explaining to do" She said sternly.
Hermione looked up at her " You mean about the anti-depressant pills?" She asked looking down at her covers. "I was depressed and" She stopped there. "I have no excuse, I won't take them anymore"
Nadia shook her head and took one of Hermione's hands. "Why didn't you tell us, we would have helped you" She said. Hermione shook her head. "I've worried you guys enough already. Besides, you've done so much for me already."
Mylie sat down on the bed as Dean escorted the doctors and nurses out, thanking them along the way. "We're your friends Hermione. You have to remember that" She thought for a moment and looked at Nadia. "Do you think this is a good time to run another cruise ship?" She asked. Hermione looked up at her "I don't really know Mylie, I mean we have everyone booked already. I cannot just leave now we're sailing tomorrow" She pointed out. "With your mental state though" Nadia said concernedly. "Are you sure there is no one that can take your place while you rest for a few months?" She asked.
Hermione shook her head. "That would be irresponsible though, you guys have gone to so much trouble to get this set up."
Mylie held Hermione's shoulder's firmly. "What matters is your health, the ship does not matter, Hermione" She said frustratedly. Nadia looked at Mylie. "Can the ship run without us?" She asked.
Mylie thought for a moment and then finally nodded. "It could but. It wouldn't be as smooth after all you two hold very important jobs" She pointed out.
"Look you guys, I don't even know why we're discussing this, I'm not leaving the ship" Hermione said.
Dean came in at this point as Mylie went to close the windows as it was getting breezy in the room. "Hermione, I want you to listen to me. Its not good for anyone if you stay on this ship in your condition"
"What about our jobs, who can replace us… or me?
Mylie came back and stood at the end of the bed. "We'll plan everything. I just want you to get some rest now." She pulled Nadia and Dean out of the room and turned off the lights.
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"Hey"
Draco looked up from where he was sitting to see his brother coming towards him. "Hey" He said in deep thought.
"Mocha please" Hanson called out to the waiter as he sat down across from Draco. "You look so down" He observed. Draco took another sip of his coffee. "Jackilyne went and charged a whole bunch of things to my Gringotts account" He said glumly.
Hanson grinned and leaned back on his chair. "Is that all?" He asked. "Well there's nothing to worry about. No one could actually spend all of Lucius' money. That's basically impossible"
Draco shook his head. "You don't get it" He said. "I'm not worried about the money, it's a couple of million galleons, big deal right but, Hanson. I think you may be right about Jackilyne. I don't think she really loves me." He said as he finished off his coffee. The waiter came to bring Hanson his mocha. Draco looked up at him and asked for another coffee. The waiter nodded after looking at the cups he had already consumed.
Hanson looked sadly at his brother. "I don't think she is after your money" He tried to say consolingly. "Maybe she just… likes to spend… other people's money"
Draco looked up at him. "Whatever" He said. "Look you're coming to my engagement party right?" He asked. Hanson stared at him. "You're still planning on getting married to her!" He said in disbelief. "Shouldn't you take it a little slower?" He asked.
Draco shrugged. "It doesn't matter. I love her and I guess as the wife of a Malfoy she's entitled to spend however much money she wants"
Hanson shook his head disapprovingly. "You were just complaining to me about how you didn't know whether she loved you or not, now you are sure you want to marry…" He took a deep breath in. "fine just tell me when your party is" He said.
"February 14th" He said simply. You know where the Malfoy Mansions is and I'm sure I don't need to give you a charm to come and find it.
Hanson sat silently for a while. "I haven't been back there in a long time." He commented. "It brings back many terrible memories."
Draco shook his head. "Have you gone to see mother yet?" He asked.
Hanson stared at him. "You didn't tell her I was back did you?" He said slowly.
Draco shrugged. "I guess not, why is it a bad thing?" Hanson gave no reply to that question taking it rhetorically. "Look, I'm going to Paris for a trip"
"How long will you be gone?" Draco asked taking a bite of the cheesecake he had ordered earlier but, never got around to eating.
"I'll be gone till your party" Hanson stated. Draco thought as he let the cheesecake melt in his mouth. "Paris, I might take Jackilyne there to shop for wedding gowns" He commented. "I hear they're absolutely exquisite"
Hanson smiled. "I don't know much about wedding gowns so I cannot help you but, if you ever want to call me out for lunch. You know where to reach me"
Draco nodded and stared at his cheesecake. Suddenly he looked up at Hanson. "You don't think the water-girl is there do you?" He asked "Besides, even if she was there, how do you know that she is not actually still a child or that it was actually a pixie in disguise"
Hanson let out a laugh. "You think too hard Brother. I can tell you that its not a pixie in disguise though. I'm not going to Paris to look for her. It's a trip, if I see her…" He paused as a slow smile crept up on his face. "Well we'll find out then I suppose"
Draco looked curiously at him. "How on earth will you be able to tell her apart from other people?"
Hanson suddenly looked very interested in this topic as he leaned forward to explain. "The diamond I showed you a few days ago. If it is by her again it will start glowing. Second, the features of the girl are unique. Its indescribable, although most people cannot see it at first glance if you stare at her for long enough you'll find that she is the most beautiful person they will have ever seen because of her delicate feature"
Draco scoffed. "Did you memorize that?". Hanson laughed. "I do research little brother."
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"What do you think we should do?" Mylie asked worriedly as she hid her face in her hands. Nadia gave her a hug. "Everything will work out"
Mylie slowly breathed in. "Who can replace her spot though?" She asked. The three of them sat there thinking. "Didn't Hermione say that Ginny was coming onboard tomorrow?" Dean suddenly said.
Mylie shook her head. "Ginny is a great girl but, I just don't know if she knows how to manage a ship by herself just yet" She pointed out her concern. Suddenly she gasped. "I know the perfect person!" She smiled.
Nadia and Dean looked at her anxious to find out who is it.
Mylie grinned. "me" She said finally.
Nadia and Dean continued to stare until Dean finally spoke up. "If you haven't forgotten Mylie, we're running the American Line" Mylie nodded. "Of course I haven't forgotten, what I'm saying is that I can link the two databases together plus, since this ship runs on Magic I can install the iMonitor and I can keep track of everyone and everything on the ship"
"So" Dean urged her to continued.
Mylie grinned. "I can run the Magic line from the American Line" She said.
Nadia nodded. "that's actually a good idea." But then she looked down. "Someone needs to take care of Hermione though" She commented. "I'm working, you're working double"
Mylie nodded. "How about you and Hermione, you have connections in Paris right?" she asked.
Nadia nodded.
"If its alright with you, do you want to go to Paris with Hermione? Take Damian and Darrian with you" She suggested, and watched Nadia's face light up then go back down. "what about my position?" she asked.
Mylie laughed. "Ginny can substitute you for now. She's got pretty good social skills I guess"
Then suddenly the room became quiet again. "Do you guys want to tell her, or should I?" Mylie asked.
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"Ginny are you alright?" Harry asked looking up from his workspace to see Ginny dancing around the room.
Ginny grinned as she skipped over to him. "Mylie just called and said that they want me to come be the communications rep for the Cruise Ship for a few months!" She said happily.
Harry smiled as he shook his head. "Its easy to make you happy isn't it?" He asked. Ginny nodded as she suddenly stopped spinning. "O and by the way, Hermione and Nadia are coming over tomorrow to pick up Darrian and Damian"
Harry frowned. "What for?"
Ginny looked down all of a sudden. "Apparently Hermione was taking anti-depressant pills and her condition isn't all that great right now" She paused. "Nadia is taking Hermione and the two boys to Paris to get away from it all."
Harry's hand clenched. "Its all Malfoy's fault" He said furiously as he began to get up. Ginny held him down. "Listen, you must not go contact Malfoy. Mylie said specifically not to. It won't make matters better" Ginny said, "Don't tell Ron either because, you have a head and can control your anger. Ron on the other hand is a whole different story,"
"I'm a what?" Ron called from upstairs as he quickly made his way downstairs. Thumping like an elephant on the delicate glass stairs.
Harry shook his head as Ginny glared at him. "Nothing, look Hermione is coming to take Damian and Darrian for a trip" He said. "Where are they anyways?" Harry asked looking behind Ron which is where he'd usually find Damian, hiding behind him.
"Well, Malese and mum took Damian out shopping for Christmas Toys" Ron started as he went over to the kitchen to pour a glass of water for himself. "Darrian is upstairs sorting blocks by colors"
Ginny's eyes widened. "Darrian is sorting blocks by colors!" She said in shock. "What is he, 5 months old?" she asked.
Ron shrugged. "Well he is Hermione's son and, if it wasn't for that contaminated other half Darrian would probably be talking intelligently by now." He said with contempt.
Ginny glared at Ron. "Not everything's Malfoy's fault you know. He really did love Hermione, its just that he lost his memory and all." She said softly.
Ron started at Ginny. "What are you now, on his side are we?" He said "Have you not forgotten the reason Hermione left us and went to the America's for three years?" He asked.
Ginny rolled her eyes. "Look before she left, you guys obviously did not respect her decisions to date Malfoy in the first place. Which is what she wanted." Ginny pointed out. "You guys didn't support her like real friends should. Mylie and Nadia have supported her far more than you two ever have and they're only known her for a short time" She said as she stomped off to see how Darrian was doing.
Ron sat down beside Harry and slammed his glass on the table. Harry jumped up in shock. "Don't know whats wrong with her" Ron commented.
Harry shook his head. "You know, maybe she's right. We didn't really support Hermione. I mean with the whole entire SPEW thing, and Viktor Krum" He said thoughtfully. Ron breathed in and went to watch TV from the flat thing Hermione and given them for Mr. Weasley's birthday.
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Hermione walked around her room to pack her suitcase. Mylie had just told her that she would be going to Paris for a few months with Damian and Darrian. She could only hope that she would be able to let go of everything. She did not know how she could help Draco regain his memories and he looked happy with Jackilyne now. They seemed made for each other.
Hermione tried to think happy thought as she placed her last item inside the suitcase. She went out into the lounge to see Nadia sipping water. Nadia was wearing stilettos and a soft pink dress that had blue and purple ribbons running all over it that landed just at her knees. It was a spaghetti strapped type of dress and she had white Burbery sunglasses resting on top of her head as well as a ice pink diamonds hanging from her ears. Hermione walked slowly over to her friend and sat down beside her.
"Hey Nadia" she said. Nadia looked up to see Hermione and smiled as she placed her glass of water down. "Finished packing?" She asked. Hermione nodded.
Nadia gave her a smile. "Good" Nadia got up out of her chair. "Quickly get dressed" Nadia shoved her into her room knowing that Hermione had already packed everything. "There's an outfit for you in there. We're leaving in an hour"
Hermione gasped but she could not protest as Nadia had already shut the door. She looked down on the bed to see a pair of silver stilettos and a blue dress that had layers and layers of different colored material. It was the softest and thinnest material ever and Hermione slipped it onto herself. It was strapless and Hermione saw a blue denim Louis Vuitton sitting on the bed beside a large blue diamond.
She breathed as she picked it up. Hermione quickly cast a spell for make-up and then walked out the door to see Nadia grinning at her. "It fits!" She said excitedly. "I bought it a few weeks ago as your Christmas present but, I decided that this would be a good opportunity to give it to you.
Hermione smiled. "Thank you so much Nadia" Hermione gave Nadia a hug then gave the diamond back to her.
"What's wrong?" Nadia asked staring at the diamond that was resting in her hand. "DO you not like it?" She asked.
Hermione shook her head. "No its just that I'm afraid I'll lose It or something, it looks so valuable" She commented.
Nadia shook her head. "No, don't worry about it. It's part of my gift to you besides, this diamond is artificially made. Its not as much as you think"
Hermione nodded. Nadia didn't wait for her answer and went behind Hermione to snap the clasp together.
She gave Hermione a pat on the shoulder. "I'm going to get something to drink. You look awesome by the way. Ever thought of modeling?" She asked. Hermione grinned as Nadia walked out the door to the restaurant.
Hermione went over to the Balcony that was in the middle of the lounge. She went outside and felt a rush of warm air greeting her. She raised her hand up to the diamond. She had had one like that before but, she lost it.
As Hermione breathed in the scent of the pure waters. Her long, straight hair which was almost dark blonde from spending so much time in the sun blew lightly in the wind. She had thought for a long time about this.
Draco was happy right now with Jackilyne. She wasn't doing him any harm and after the meeting with him a few days ago Hermione realized that he no longer liked her or even wished to be near her.
Hermione reached into her purse for her wand and cast a spell so that the engagement ring would appear in her hands. She took a deep breath and ran her fingers along the large engagement ring.
She had made the decision. She loved him and she saw that he was happy with Jackilyne and he now loved her. Hermione opened her hands and let the ring drop into the ocean… As long as he was happy that was all that mattered.
However, unbeknownst to Hermione as the sun shone brightly. In the dark skies something magical re-appeared…
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So don't tell me Hermione stupid because if this doesn't happen the story won't go on lol. Uh. She loved him so much that she sacrificed herself to let Draco be happy with Jackilyne… which won't turn out very well don't worry…
This chapter isn't very action filled but, if you read carefully there are a lot of things that are crucial to the story…
I'm thinking now instead of asking for reviews I won't. Ok you guys don't have to review. before you cheer However instead I will post on every two weeks now after Christmas instead of one. Anyone who reviews will be given the password to my website where I will post it every week. I think that's fair. Because some people make the effort to review as someone pointed and some don't and they just read this. What do you guys think? We'll make the final decision after break. That way no one can accuse me of not being fair to my reviewers. Lol.
I'm still looking for reviews for this chapter though don't forget lol.
Ok so I wasn't going to post this week however, I forgot to mention it to everyone so I have posted because that was my fault. I will not post next week though because I will be spending time writing the next two chapters for during Christmas.
This chapter is a bit short because I have had absolutely no time to write it. I'm finishing it moment before I post it. Actually I only have 7 minutes left till I'm overtime…
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