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Weekly Contest #283
The summer had been hot. “The hottest one yet,” they said. Seattle was smoky. I’d wake up and check the air quality to see if I could go for my usual run along the Puget Sound. I was tired of feeling smothered.It was my first summer after coming out, and I had fallen into this classic lesbian group. The one where this one had dated that one, and were still friends. I was getting used to the whole thing. So were my parents. They’d ask careful questions, trying to catch up to my new language. I loved them for it. I had committed to being ...
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