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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="962708fc9e44f2b402db6a84a8f413cc"That later came sooner than expected. As usual, Mr. Clarke's classroom was talkative and loud as creative minds clashed to create masterpieces. Being a film class they exercised an organized chaos because every project was basically student run. During project days, Mr. Clarke did little besides supervise and help when asked. He liked letting the kids do their own thing. Today was no different; everyone was in their respective teams working on their horror short films. But today was unusual because they had an unexpected visitor./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="e503697c55d0688c5ebe0d21dcf984a2"Gritting her teeth Natasha replied. "You must really admire this person to keep talking about her all the time." Natasha said, trying to get the message across that she didn't want to hear about this person anymore./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="559df491dfd9c1d96707aeb3b5119ae7"The next week, Natasha was able to confront Jamie. It wasn't easy, but being honest and taking Sonny's advice (no matter how much she hated it) got them back together. Likewise, Sonny called Joel a few days later. How did it turn out? Well that was two years ago and now they're taking care of a blue alien together. That answer your question?/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="0643ad01778750f49f8fc7d4ce2aed30"Hey guys! Thanks for reading this chapter, I know it was different. In case you didn't get it, this is a flash back to the day Natasha and Sonny met face to face for the first time. I did mention the Jack U album so in this AU, the recent album was released two years ago. I wrote a flashback because I'm having difficulties writing the next chapter but I've had this idea floating around in my head for a while so I decided to write it instead. Next chapter will continue the plot line so see you guys soon!br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /p
