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Alex was happy to see Ruby's face look at his sketch in awe. Like smoke swept by the wind, his irritation evaporated and vanished just by hearing Ruby praise his portrait. Seeing Ruby's smiling face and admiring the painting he gave Alex happiness.

Maybe that's love, makes your mood change fast. You can get irritated and jealous for minor reasons but also pleased for small reasons. Happiness doesn't always need big things if we've fallen in love. Even little things can make us happy all time long. Like Alex, who keeps smiling all day long just because Ruby praises him.

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The breeze blew and blew strands of Natty's straight brown hair. Her bright brown eyes were reading a novel while listening to music through the earphones that stuck to her ears. She also sat under a shady tree in the school garden.

She was ready with her basketball shirt because she was supposed to be practicing basketball right now with the school team, but her practice schedule w