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She sighed and rolled her eyes "Yep"

Chet had told irl uniforms they wore there, and I pictured her in it Dairl uniforht pink and she shook her head "Are you always so blunt?"

"Always," I said as I leaned back in the swing

"I suppose I like that about you," she said softly, like she was confessing so Even if you do say sos" She reached out and playfully pushed my arm "What about you? What’s your deal?"

"I don’t really have a deal My dad’s no governor, I’ve never played any sports, but I’ve played the guitar since I was seven, I don’t help people, and I could never pull off the rocker chick look" I swiped at hed at the last part and it h

"Well, that’s pretty cut and dry, except you’re wrong about one thing"

"What’s that?" I asked

She looked over at ainst the side of her face "You helped me"

She had me there I still didn’t knohat ht at The Pit It was a question I’d askedso soft since I needed my hard shell to keep et laid" I lied

"If you say so," she said as she pushed off on the swing once more "So you live with your dad?" she asked

I didn’t want to answer, but since I’d initiated the questions, I felt like I had to

"Yes"

"Do you ever see yourand pulled her hair out of her ponytail I got caught up in her h it

"No, I don’t see o to heaven when I die, I probably never will She died a few years back" The words burned my throat as I said them