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div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="e72fa0e2997fb890fc20afe5d593fc74"i sighed in annoyance and rolled my eyes, crossing my arms. "it's not a big deal!"/div
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div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="18c88eae9c5660398b3202cedf4cf1d9""it is to me! everyone from my school will find it and make fun of me!" luke whined childishly./div
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div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="dabda7b76d1b9ccb7ba6eca1e2f17459""no they won't, you have an amazing voice. if anything, they'll be asking you for autographs." i retorted matter-of-factly./div
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div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="a92916721169865801f776579db19bed""no they won't! they'll tease me because my voice is squeaky! trust me, i know these kids. they don't care about talent, even if i did have it-"/div
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div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="8dfed11f516efbd1ff9dfa09d2eb1814""whatever." luke scowled. "the point is, the only thing they'll notice is the shit quality from using my phone camera and my hand me down clothes." he pouted./div
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div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="381c1f8442745fdb506d8f6b4158b57d"i sighed and scooted my chair a little closer to the video camera. "look, luke. sure, a few people might judge you for the way you look-"/div
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div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="3dbab53fec4ac8101e68767ea5daf034"i sat back in my chair and swiveled a bit from side to side as i watched my words sink in through the bad quality skype session we were having./div
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div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="6336a85daa0205f4176b50ef87a1cc6b"luke was chewing on his lip and looking slightly away from the camera, both tells that he was thinking very deeply. he usually drifts off into space when he's thinking and bites his lip. it might seem like just a nervous tick to most people, but i know it's because he wants to get his lip pierced. he wants to look more "punk rock" and it annoys him that his parents are making him wait to get his lip pierced./div
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div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="d13c24e162adea48ee74c722f2ba0e29""what?" i say, bringing my chair to a halt with a quick stomp on the ground. i had been lost in thought about piercings. "wait what are we talking about?"/div
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div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="5c2db1e8c2771e6bc7a425ad62feab64"luke rolled his eyes and muttered, "i'll never understand why you're always saying i'm the empty-minded one."/div
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div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="fbcb6a01a8ffd9057690e9b8803a823c""oh bella!" i jolted, as i was yanked out of my memory by valerie calling my name out in a sickeningly sweet voice./div
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div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="56ce2480e0d7b54fa2eeb474765bf5a0" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="d016ac27c874852c5b503aa914307ca1"not put off whatsoever by my obvious unwelcoming tone, valerie smiled and plopped her lunch down next to me, pulling out the stiff chair and sitting down./div
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div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="ece61438e7acbd815fea5e68e97265ee"wary, i backed up a little and watched valerie with narrow eyes while she just sat sideways in her seat and smiled at me. "let's be friends." she said, eyes sparkling with mischief./div
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div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="4729817a54323b5470031151507fb3a6""we've been going to school together for five years now and you've seemed perfectly content with doing your best to annoy me every chance you get."/div
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div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="9a9ef8b930110e3455fda8993fb2386d"valerie huffed in annoyance. "why can't you just let the past be in the past?" she whined. "i was a kid back then, i'm obviously different and much more mature now." she pouted and crossed her arms, leaning back in her chair so that it was balanced precariously on its two back legs./div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="452a38fb1acbb20ca18e7c1b4fa5a454" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="a3862a4d12a0efa75d69c4fc9396095b"i raised an eyebrow. "yesterday you told me that my eyebrows were 'fugly'."/div
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div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="20ce79c1ff3538dfee9cab0db69219ba"valerie shrugged. "just friendly advise. you should really lay off the make up."/div
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div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="7a2268cb25a96f3ca7e8da76b8fdde18""i don't wear make up."/div
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div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="38a7f8e922d7e8e61925eda9af473fcb" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="b1851c5fc3dae9e3ce3a0cbc128485f4"pressing my lips together into a thin, harsh line, i brought my fingertips back to my head to try and nurse my growing headache away. "what do you really want, valerie?"/div
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div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="f1eb8f3a28eb099ce7de1de3b19528fb"valerie smiled. "just to be friends." she shrugged nonchalantly and took a bite out of her dark green salad, lifting her fork up in the air graciously to show off her perfectly manicured fingernails./div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="f2ee763b29f86d42eefc0d878dc12d50" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="0b69998ad6fc2ddb98ea0c6a47505076"i closed my eyes and counting to ten before picking up my untouched lunch, walking over to one of the many trash cans, dumping it, and briskly walking out of the cafeteria./div
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div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="f39a372939cb2ab64643686dcfd188aa" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="b20c86eb667f63cd0666cd2a92b9cfa6""make sure you go to sleep before midnight!" my mom yells unnecessarily loudly in the general direction of my room./div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="ad97125f65c4feb08d8d4bf10844c26d" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="0f64d879210c8f22c2fab60694d63557"i roll my eyes and shout back, "i know, mother!"/div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="fee08c7eacc70c6654d61f0fad5e6f66" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="d4e981cffe0d3f59837863f2f56e8b4c""watch your tone with me!" she responds in an agitated voice. "you know i just don't want you up all night talking to luke again. i love him to bits, you know that, but i can't have him distracting you from your schoolwork like this."/div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="b998bde89d8df25d3328347c8961e238" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="771bbfdd22927277a2c19980ea66e050"my eyes widened in shock as my voice raised in frustration and anger. "mom! you know i finished my homework hours ago!"/div
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div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="012bbba6c05185855c751474063e345f""well did you study?" she retorted./div
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div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="1f15585a131911a063bc9ee8e25f576c""yes!"/div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="4f0ae33ae243434e9515c5bc9c9ea105" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="f961c27781a271b9cfbc69d3a8641ba0"she snorted and muttered something indecipherable underneath her breath, and that was the last i heard from her for the night./div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="51ce209197b85604852fd81e3e266dcb" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="aa2812e2f0730a17f5f52cadfd731b5e"i groaned in annoyance as i dumped my bookbag on my bed and sat, slumped over, at my desk, beginning my usual mantra of counting to ten to clear my head./div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="2736183c29493f0e326dcb1c001b0858" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="b4e0d04f18a5360e927bb566098582d0"i lay there for a few minutes extra after ten seconds, just to relax a bit more. i'd had a rough enough day without my mom being on my case about not spending enough time on schoolwork and spending too much time talking to luke. i don't think she realized that luke is in a completely different time zone, so my window of opportunity to talk to him during the day is extremely slim./div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="aa205d4b51232f3307f90adc5e21277a" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="2b5fdd1946a872e1fd67e8ceb09f27d1"i had already had to suffer through detention that day, after getting a week long sentence for calling mr. harris out on his shit the day before. i mean, i hadn't had coffee all day and he was being rude, i figured the principal, a 40 year old woman who was disturbingly always up to speed with the latest teenage news and trends, would understand that at least. apparently the librarian wasn't the only woman mr. harris was banging behind the scenes. regardless, i had been sentenced and had to serve my time with a strained smile on my face./div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="e029f2e44a56c3a7dc413dab2a042f5e" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="572df7f41052d40ce72aae47b03b704b"the only time of the day i looked forward to at this point was the time i got to spend on skype with my best friend. my mom could complain about it all she wants, but that was something i'd never let her take away from me./div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="fb7fa7eda32518da8e1d6822bee349c3" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="014988afbf3f261b9e289831427f82ae"feeling a little less stressed and a little more relaxed, i finally lifted my head and opened my laptop - only to see two missed calls from luke. i rolled my eyes; he was so clingy./div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="7ce92c6f7f80feca57e9a933c049bd68" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="a2441228f9f0d2c6b1bcede612be8364"before i could even consider thinking of moving my hand to the general vicinity of the green button i'd have to click to call him back, the laptop screen started flashing with another call from luke. i decided not to answer immediately and let him stew for a bit./div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="39ca2be650585577f3c09070ae822bd3" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="9eaea807e99cfa7476c4dbc986f90ec2"smirking to myself, i answered right as the call was about to end and go to voicemail./div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="b384a1f636460d326e8bbfb00bed50de" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="42fc40c2e92466802bd12a99738d8a7b""finally!" luke exclaimed, looking worried. "i was beginning to think you'd forgotten about me."/div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="7c4516239b61b4298cd94f034e550712" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="32beac0788fa3c7c653de5a1860e593b"i rolled my eyes. "how could i ever forget about you? you're always texting me and calling me nonstop."/div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="edbf120883688bce0a608c09ca4e3f77" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="e57d3ad4692b6a9e56a938e56a3a231c"luke frowned. "what crawled up your ass and died?"/div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="e20352dcf1ef247c4eab10ad874a0049" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="6b98ead8b7bea5cfcdeb747fa0d3a409"i sighed, closing my eyes and rubbing my hands roughly over them. "long day, sorry luke."/div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="85f948ff892b1fa83d90887eb5ee1fbc" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="a25586ea686fc94e103e0b9765794f18"luke shrugged. "it's alright, it happens. do you want to talk about it?"/div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="265b2fcfb6575958e0ed4ada7ceb7378" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="5d7ec20b119f6549e4824bbc68585960"i sighed, opening my eyes again and smiling lightly at him. "not really. tell me about your day."/div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="7bc7879244dc107d251d7641aa6ab4fe" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="ac3141aae0be9dba6f06f3ed8eeac170"i watched, a small, but genuine, smile on my face, as his eyes lit up and he began to excitedly tell me about his day and the new friends he had made./div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="07ad126d48df61da7db83215d7e1f4f6" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="12c8882d83f89ed24ad8bbed6b11aa72"if i wasn't enjoying myself, i could always live vicariously through luke. and if that didn't work, seeing the excitement in his eyes and hearing it in his voice was enough for me./div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="c3b709800242dc3b68b2930c0a8339cf"chapter 1/div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="26478db11a74b3c8675f463fee30cba7" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="a2e73ead7d01ec94d5f099f48b572407""wait you want me to do what?!"/div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="cfe201de5943405c840233fec4378a45" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="e72fa0e2997fb890fc20afe5d593fc74"i sighed in annoyance and rolled my eyes, crossing my arms. "it's not a big deal!"/div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="b7d02b64f9e47354bf0b62bf4c2cd954" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="18c88eae9c5660398b3202cedf4cf1d9""it is to me! everyone from my school will find it and make fun of me!" luke whined childishly./div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="714e797025a55e6b0e4a0fb86b5af67a" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="dabda7b76d1b9ccb7ba6eca1e2f17459""no they won't, you have an amazing voice. if anything, they'll be asking you for autographs." i retorted matter-of-factly./div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="f38f085c1b938f2edbdd66de2f73e709" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="a92916721169865801f776579db19bed""no they won't! they'll tease me because my voice is squeaky! trust me, i know these kids. they don't care about talent, even if i did have it-"/div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="1f7cdf788f714778039f9e6c4f71a6a1" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="4759d1b21149668a1cfb05ccb40257ae""you do." i interrupted him./div
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div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="8dfed11f516efbd1ff9dfa09d2eb1814""whatever." luke scowled. "the point is, the only thing they'll notice is the shit quality from using my phone camera and my hand me down clothes." he pouted./div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="931399f0a3b6c2440ae21d18f2fea804" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="381c1f8442745fdb506d8f6b4158b57d"i sighed and scooted my chair a little closer to the video camera. "look, luke. sure, a few people might judge you for the way you look-"/div
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div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="da29224061576d8d4e2dda533daeb80b""all of them" luke interrupted./div
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div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="1ac10a3119f8b83a1b39e8cc36d57c4f""- but you have to ignore them." i continued, ignoring him. "if you always listen to what people say about you, you'll always be too afraid to really chase your dreams."/div
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div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="3dbab53fec4ac8101e68767ea5daf034"i sat back in my chair and swiveled a bit from side to side as i watched my words sink in through the bad quality skype session we were having./div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="9b9d857e00066da25df6f924992546cf" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="6336a85daa0205f4176b50ef87a1cc6b"luke was chewing on his lip and looking slightly away from the camera, both tells that he was thinking very deeply. he usually drifts off into space when he's thinking and bites his lip. it might seem like just a nervous tick to most people, but i know it's because he wants to get his lip pierced. he wants to look more "punk rock" and it annoys him that his parents are making him wait to get his lip pierced./div
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div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="4a6dd637ae55fd89d281d3dc8d32c818""fine."/div
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div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="d13c24e162adea48ee74c722f2ba0e29""what?" i say, bringing my chair to a halt with a quick stomp on the ground. i had been lost in thought about piercings. "wait what are we talking about?"/div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="c9546dea3f1643d9779401a2f45047f4" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="5c2db1e8c2771e6bc7a425ad62feab64"luke rolled his eyes and muttered, "i'll never understand why you're always saying i'm the empty-minded one."/div
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div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="6dcd8a47da78c8d9ffce92567f6d9364""hey!" i scowled. "that's offensive, you know!"/div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="ed95fcac35226d55b9132a1d4b5b60e7" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="4da947638195371822c358e142963574""anyway," luke ignored me and raised his voice. "i'll do it. i'll start the youtube channel."/div
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div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="7969d0f3d60c068c7130e58faa3c9c26"feeling accomplished, i grinned, feeling the sharp edges of my canine teeth digging into my bottom lip. "excellent." i respond, tapping my nails against my computer desk./div
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div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="7cdf3811d5ea4f53a93a3a5ece5829e8" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="fbcb6a01a8ffd9057690e9b8803a823c""oh bella!" i jolted, as i was yanked out of my memory by valerie calling my name out in a sickeningly sweet voice./div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="1a01fde562a45e76d46d6a58fb48b8b4" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="002d9ebd65a7e12337927be43bda834f"slowing my breathing in an attempt to calm my racing heart, i pressed my fingertips to my temple and rubbed, frustratedly mumbling, "what do you want, valerie?"/div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="56ce2480e0d7b54fa2eeb474765bf5a0" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="d016ac27c874852c5b503aa914307ca1"not put off whatsoever by my obvious unwelcoming tone, valerie smiled and plopped her lunch down next to me, pulling out the stiff chair and sitting down./div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="d1dc6039f6396cb0e2e34982b36f7633" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="ece61438e7acbd815fea5e68e97265ee"wary, i backed up a little and watched valerie with narrow eyes while she just sat sideways in her seat and smiled at me. "let's be friends." she said, eyes sparkling with mischief./div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="6397f069a311c55b725cffc0682ac0a5" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="a9fa604367bf2935d82175eedd3c6031""excuse me?" i responded, dumbfounded./div
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div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="51972f6bc8fd66c3556567dd7fb5ab8e""let's be friends." valerie repeated./div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="0bf5acbb6e41d35e284772167f5c2849" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="4729817a54323b5470031151507fb3a6""we've been going to school together for five years now and you've seemed perfectly content with doing your best to annoy me every chance you get."/div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="6df0c51d7425b3c9cb02922aeb9b41a2" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="9a9ef8b930110e3455fda8993fb2386d"valerie huffed in annoyance. "why can't you just let the past be in the past?" she whined. "i was a kid back then, i'm obviously different and much more mature now." she pouted and crossed her arms, leaning back in her chair so that it was balanced precariously on its two back legs./div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="452a38fb1acbb20ca18e7c1b4fa5a454" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="a3862a4d12a0efa75d69c4fc9396095b"i raised an eyebrow. "yesterday you told me that my eyebrows were 'fugly'."/div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="6324ea01846fe5be6d8cf9577ca42e70" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="20ce79c1ff3538dfee9cab0db69219ba"valerie shrugged. "just friendly advise. you should really lay off the make up."/div
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div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="7a2268cb25a96f3ca7e8da76b8fdde18""i don't wear make up."/div
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div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="b7e6aab9d8e89c3cf425941772fe6717""then you really should."/div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="38a7f8e922d7e8e61925eda9af473fcb" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="b1851c5fc3dae9e3ce3a0cbc128485f4"pressing my lips together into a thin, harsh line, i brought my fingertips back to my head to try and nurse my growing headache away. "what do you really want, valerie?"/div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="1197184b9603c333419318f99339fc2f" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="f1eb8f3a28eb099ce7de1de3b19528fb"valerie smiled. "just to be friends." she shrugged nonchalantly and took a bite out of her dark green salad, lifting her fork up in the air graciously to show off her perfectly manicured fingernails./div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="f2ee763b29f86d42eefc0d878dc12d50" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="0b69998ad6fc2ddb98ea0c6a47505076"i closed my eyes and counting to ten before picking up my untouched lunch, walking over to one of the many trash cans, dumping it, and briskly walking out of the cafeteria./div
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div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="f39a372939cb2ab64643686dcfd188aa" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="b20c86eb667f63cd0666cd2a92b9cfa6""make sure you go to sleep before midnight!" my mom yells unnecessarily loudly in the general direction of my room./div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="ad97125f65c4feb08d8d4bf10844c26d" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="0f64d879210c8f22c2fab60694d63557"i roll my eyes and shout back, "i know, mother!"/div
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div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="d4e981cffe0d3f59837863f2f56e8b4c""watch your tone with me!" she responds in an agitated voice. "you know i just don't want you up all night talking to luke again. i love him to bits, you know that, but i can't have him distracting you from your schoolwork like this."/div
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div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="771bbfdd22927277a2c19980ea66e050"my eyes widened in shock as my voice raised in frustration and anger. "mom! you know i finished my homework hours ago!"/div
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div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="012bbba6c05185855c751474063e345f""well did you study?" she retorted./div
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div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="1f15585a131911a063bc9ee8e25f576c""yes!"/div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="4f0ae33ae243434e9515c5bc9c9ea105" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="f961c27781a271b9cfbc69d3a8641ba0"she snorted and muttered something indecipherable underneath her breath, and that was the last i heard from her for the night./div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="51ce209197b85604852fd81e3e266dcb" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="aa2812e2f0730a17f5f52cadfd731b5e"i groaned in annoyance as i dumped my bookbag on my bed and sat, slumped over, at my desk, beginning my usual mantra of counting to ten to clear my head./div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="2736183c29493f0e326dcb1c001b0858" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="b4e0d04f18a5360e927bb566098582d0"i lay there for a few minutes extra after ten seconds, just to relax a bit more. i'd had a rough enough day without my mom being on my case about not spending enough time on schoolwork and spending too much time talking to luke. i don't think she realized that luke is in a completely different time zone, so my window of opportunity to talk to him during the day is extremely slim./div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="aa205d4b51232f3307f90adc5e21277a" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="2b5fdd1946a872e1fd67e8ceb09f27d1"i had already had to suffer through detention that day, after getting a week long sentence for calling mr. harris out on his shit the day before. i mean, i hadn't had coffee all day and he was being rude, i figured the principal, a 40 year old woman who was disturbingly always up to speed with the latest teenage news and trends, would understand that at least. apparently the librarian wasn't the only woman mr. harris was banging behind the scenes. regardless, i had been sentenced and had to serve my time with a strained smile on my face./div
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div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="572df7f41052d40ce72aae47b03b704b"the only time of the day i looked forward to at this point was the time i got to spend on skype with my best friend. my mom could complain about it all she wants, but that was something i'd never let her take away from me./div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="fb7fa7eda32518da8e1d6822bee349c3" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="014988afbf3f261b9e289831427f82ae"feeling a little less stressed and a little more relaxed, i finally lifted my head and opened my laptop - only to see two missed calls from luke. i rolled my eyes; he was so clingy./div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="7ce92c6f7f80feca57e9a933c049bd68" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="a2441228f9f0d2c6b1bcede612be8364"before i could even consider thinking of moving my hand to the general vicinity of the green button i'd have to click to call him back, the laptop screen started flashing with another call from luke. i decided not to answer immediately and let him stew for a bit./div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="39ca2be650585577f3c09070ae822bd3" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="9eaea807e99cfa7476c4dbc986f90ec2"smirking to myself, i answered right as the call was about to end and go to voicemail./div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="b384a1f636460d326e8bbfb00bed50de" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="42fc40c2e92466802bd12a99738d8a7b""finally!" luke exclaimed, looking worried. "i was beginning to think you'd forgotten about me."/div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="7c4516239b61b4298cd94f034e550712" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="32beac0788fa3c7c653de5a1860e593b"i rolled my eyes. "how could i ever forget about you? you're always texting me and calling me nonstop."/div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="edbf120883688bce0a608c09ca4e3f77" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="e57d3ad4692b6a9e56a938e56a3a231c"luke frowned. "what crawled up your ass and died?"/div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="e20352dcf1ef247c4eab10ad874a0049" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="6b98ead8b7bea5cfcdeb747fa0d3a409"i sighed, closing my eyes and rubbing my hands roughly over them. "long day, sorry luke."/div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="85f948ff892b1fa83d90887eb5ee1fbc" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="a25586ea686fc94e103e0b9765794f18"luke shrugged. "it's alright, it happens. do you want to talk about it?"/div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="265b2fcfb6575958e0ed4ada7ceb7378" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="5d7ec20b119f6549e4824bbc68585960"i sighed, opening my eyes again and smiling lightly at him. "not really. tell me about your day."/div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="7bc7879244dc107d251d7641aa6ab4fe" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="ac3141aae0be9dba6f06f3ed8eeac170"i watched, a small, but genuine, smile on my face, as his eyes lit up and he began to excitedly tell me about his day and the new friends he had made./div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="07ad126d48df61da7db83215d7e1f4f6" /div
div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-p-id="12c8882d83f89ed24ad8bbed6b11aa72"if i wasn't enjoying myself, i could always live vicariously through luke. and if that didn't work, seeing the excitement in his eyes and hearing it in his voice was enough for me./div