You know, they've become such close friends, sometimes they remind me of us.
Nothing about their daughters reminds me of us at all...
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Past
A couple of weeks before the last day of grade three, after recess, Mary came to stand in front of me. She silently mouthed "slanty eyes chink eyes". I was able to simply ignore her. A few days after, I won my class spelling bee and my family got a new puppy. I named her Poppy.
One day when I'm all grown up, I'll move far away from here, and we'll never have to worry about what people think of us
Diapositiva: 3
When I got home from dinner, I already knew my answer was no. I sent Rachel a text about it and minutes later, my phone rings.
Hello?
You're not going to do it, this one little thing? You know you're not as great as you think you are.
My saying no doesn't mean that Rachel.
Whatever, now we know what kind of friend you really are... You're not gonna sat anything?
I don't have anything left to say about it.
Once I hang up, a knot inside of me seems to unravel. The way a knot does after it's been tugged on and suddenly, just seems to come loose all on it's own