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Angel, I’m coming home for Christmas.Tell Mama and Lilac I said hi. I miss all of you.-Papa Papa was off fighting in the Army, and I missed him a lot. I've been getting letters from him saying that he's going to be home for Christmas. The letters are sitting right next to my bed, so I can look at them every night, right before I go to sleep next to my sister. We had to share a bed, because Mama couldn't afford one for each of us. I wasn't complaining, though. My sister, Lilac, had just turned 4, and Mama was having trouble raising us two ...
It was the hottest day of the year. I was walking home from school after another day of being bullied. Anxious, depressed, in 100° weather. What more could I ask for? Just a loner with one friend… Oh yeah, and my period just started. I can feel my pad falling down my leg. I was supposed to drive home with my other “friends”, but they ditched me. Every year, they pick someone to leave, and of course, today, of all days, they pick me. Figures. I was running after the car while they laughed at me. What a joke. It’s so hot that the sweat is drip...
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