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My vision is blurred as the dirty blonde beside me smokes. When you think of dirty blonde, maybe you think of an ashy gold color, but this dirty blonde is different. Her hair is more of a sandy color, brittle and unkept because of how much she's dyed it. "That's not helping," I snap as I sniff the tangy air irritably, turning over a dusty red moleskin. I open it up cautiously, the pages flaking at my touch. "Hey, Daisy, come look at this," I muse. She tilts her head up and leans forward. "What's this?" She takes it from me, trailing a nim...
Submitted to Contest #172
This story contains swearing My new school doesn't suck. The only parts that suck is that I'm already known throughout half the entire 7th grade, thanks to my mom, stumbling into my classroom with half a bottle of liquor in her hand. Well, it could have passed as water or something stupid, and thats what everyone thinks as far as I'm concerned, but lets get this straight. I am not stupid. ...
Just alive in a world of wreckage
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