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I watched as Morgan pulled away and out of my line of vision. I heard a soft clap behind me and turned around to catch who had invaded my happy time.
‘Nice. Nice.” Brandon walked over and slung his arm around my neck. “Making progress with the challenge.”
I jerked away from his hold and shrugged off what he just said. “It’s going.” I couldn’t let anyone know that I was falling for Morgan more than only for the bet.
“You missed school and practice. Heard there was a fight between you and that linesman.” Brandon followed me around to the driver’s side of my car.
I knew he wasn’t going to give up until he heard the story first-hand by me and everything that had been going on with Morgan.
“He said shit when everyone was around, so I had to stick up for her, right.”
Brandon nodded, but still looked unconvinced. “Why’d you both leave?&rdqu
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Hope was sitting on the front stoop outside of our house when I got back home. She had a browning apple in one hand and a water bottle sitting beside her indicating that was probably her dinner.“No food again?” I carried the takeout bag with chicken sandwiches and fries behind my back.“Nope.” Hope took another bite of her apple that looked like it had seen its better days. “Moms sleeping, dads doing what he normally does. I kept this from lunch,” she held up the apple, “just in case.”I held out the bag of food and saw the look of joy and relief that crossed over her young face. She shouldn’t have to deal with this shit at such a young age. She was innocent, and yet the parents had to make her suffer for their incapabilities.“What would I ever do without you.” Hope grabbed the wrapped sandwich and carton of fries. She woofed them both down like she hadn’t eaten for a week.I
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I woke up to the sound of my cell phone’s alarm. I reached over to my nightstand and quickly shut it off. I didn’t want to wake Hope or Ethan earlier than needed.My eyes still felt heavy after getting only six hours of sleep. I wanted to close them and grab a few more minutes but knew I had to get Ethan up to take Hope back for school.I looked over to his side of the bed. It was empty.I sat up and looked down at the spot that we had left Hope last night, but the beanbag was bare, and the blanket had been folded up neatly and set on the bottom of the bed.I never heard either of them at whatever time they got up and left.A warm shower was calling for me as I stumbled about my room picking up the notes and assignments that had been thrown to the wayside when Ethan came over last night.I was ready to go in thirty minutes, not too bad since I didn’t have my usual cup of mocha to wake me up.No one else was awa
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