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Friendship Happy Middle School

I sprawled out on the couch, playing with a ball of swirling water on my fingertips. Quickly, I made the small water ball into a fairly large one, and my spirit otter floated up to it, then twisted around in it. I laughed. My best friend, Meg was currently shape-shifted into a tiger, play-wrestling with her spirit tiger. I laughed at both Dej (my otter) and Meg with Vanotyisa (her tiger, also called Vano or Tyisa). 

“Megan! Will you and Tyisa please take a break? I’ll let Dej out of the water and they can play while the two of us talk. Okay? I’m begging you, Meg. Besides, I think you’ve beaten Tyisa enough,” I said. Meg, still in tiger form, looked at me with excitement in her eyes. She roared joyfully, then began spinning around at a rapid rate. I watched her out of the corner of my eye as I lowered Dej to the floor and took my water back, letting him run to Vanotyisa. After a minute, Meg was in her human form again, her dark-blond-with-dark-cyan-tips hair flowing down her back. 

“Who do you think is going to get here first?” Meg asked. She collapsed onto the recliner, out of breath from wrestling. 

“I don’t know. Probably Maya. She’s always the first one to anywhere.” I glanced over at our animals, who were circling each other.  

“Yeah, but I think that Jeke will get here first. They’re pretty early most times. Except for that one time that they were late to my birthday party, then late to your birthday party a few months later. But, other than that, they’re on time,” Meg rambled. I shook my head, a smile playing on my lips. (Oh! And before I forget to tell you, Reeder, “Jeke” is my close two close friends’ [Luke and Jennie] couple name.) 

My bestie and I chatted for a while, laughing at our animals every once in a while. We only stopped when the front door swung open, and Luke, Jennie, Cinta (Jennie’s spirit dove), and Pintar (Luke’s spirit fox) walked in. The couple held hands, and Meg and I rolled our eyes simultaneously. Luke and Jennie were inseparable, and it got annoying. 

“Hi, guys!” Luke grinned. Meg and I exchanged glances; I knew just what to do. Lightning fast, I created a jet of water and sent it right in between my best friends’ hands, separating them. Before the water could fall to the floor and create a puddle, I pulled it back to my fingertips and made it disappear. 

“Brooke! How rude!” Jennie cried. She narrowed her eyes at me, shaking her head, as Meg and I laughed so hard our stomachs hurt. 

“I’m sorry, but you two get all mushy and it’s gross.” 

“No offense, but I’m with Brooke on this one,” Meg said. Luke and Jennie rolled their eyes and shook their heads, but Jennie sat down on the couch next to me, and Luke sat in the rocking chair. 

“Para roh, pergilah ke ruangan lain. Anda akan lebih nyaman, dan bisa bermain dengan satu sama lain,” I told the spirit animals. They obeyed and headed into the other room to play with each other. 

“How’s the book going, Craycray?” Luke asked. That was his nickname for me—Craycray. 

“It’s going good. I’m on chapter nine. What about yours? I thought you started one.” 

“I did. Jen’s been helping me. I’m on chapter three,” Luke replied. I nodded and created a ball of water, throwing it in the air, then letting it fall back down to my fingertips before flinging it towards one of my friends. Jennie and Meg shapeshifted into different animals, showing it off. I chuckled at them when Luke lifted them into the air using his telekinesis. After that little show, we were all out of breath from laughing, and my cheeks hurt from smiling so much. 

“We’re heeeeeere!” Maya floated in, along with Amaya and Aerin. And they floated. Maya was keeping all three of them aloft by using her power to manipulate gravity.

“Hi! I’m happy you could make it!” I beamed. Maya flipped her golden-brown hair over her shoulder as she lowered herself and our two friends to the ground. I sat up on the couch to empty a seat. Amaya shuffled over to me and gave me a half-hug before sitting down on the free spot. 

“I’ve missed all of you so much. Thanks for doing this so we can see each other,” Maya said as she passed by me to sit by the fireplace.

“The pleasure’s all mine.” I smiled at everyone and leaned back, watching Aerin lead Pelangi (her spirit unicorn), Serit (Amaya’s spirit tiger), and Licin (Maya’s spirit lemur) into the room where all of the others were.

“Alright, Brooke. Who’s that guy I saw you with on Instagram?” Aerin pried.

“Yeah; I saw that too! Spill, girl, spill!” Amaya added. She nudged me with her shoulder, and I rolled my eyes.

“It’s nothing,” I replied.

“Yeah, right. And the sky’s purple,” Meg teased.

“Fine! Fine! His name is Jordan-” I was cut off by Luke.

“I think I’m gonna go hang with the animals. I don’t want to hear all of the girly details.” He got up from his chair and speed-walked into the other room. Us six girls all chuckled before I began again.

“Well, his name is Jordan. He’s from Mississippi--he’s got that southern accent that I like. He’s a big family guy, but he has a good-paying job at Dow Chemical. That’s why he moved up here. And-” I was cut off again by the door swinging open. Two tigers and Celeste entered the cabin. The big cats roared at the same time, and I immediately knew who it was.

“B! Celeste! Amany!” Amaya cried. She rushed up to them as B and Amany transformed back into their human selves. The three new arrivals were squished together in a hug from Amaya. Finally, she released them and they could breathe again.

“It’s so good to see you! Here, B. You can take my spot.” I slid off of the couch and scooched to the side to let B sit where I was. She took my offer, or I thought she did…

“Ahhh! I’m B! What the heck?!” I cried. And I was B! I was sitting on the couch, just like B was. My body wasn’t mine--it was B’s!

“Hehe. Gotcha, Brooke.” The voice was mine, but I wasn’t talking. Finally, a wave of realization washed over me. B had used her powers to switch bodies with me!

“I want my body back, B,” I teased. With a disappointed sigh, B snapped her fingers, and I was back to my old self. “Never do that again.”

“Fine, fine.”

“You gotta admit, that was pretty funny. Ahahahahahahaha!” Celeste shouted. Luke burst into the room, concern dancing across his eyes. His tense shoulders relaxed as he acknowledged that Celeste had made the noise.

“Celeste! Could you not be so loud? You scared the heck out of me!” Luke cried. We all laughed, even Amany who was sitting at the table, watching politely.

“Oh, leave me alone. You should’ve known it was me.” Celeste punched Luke lightly on the arm. He feigned severe injury before lifting Celeste so her back was pressed up against the ceiling.

“Let her down, Luke. She was just messing with you,” Amany said. Her polite and respectful attitude didn’t falter, although she was upset. (She wasn’t good at hiding her emotions.)

“Okay, okay. I’m putting her down now.” Luke lowered Celeste until she was six inches off of the floor. Instead of setting Celeste down, he let her drop from there. There was a smack! noise when her cheek hit the hardwood floor.

“Ouch.”

“Luke, stop torturing our friend,” Jennie ordered. She shook her head and rolled her eyes at her boyfriend. The ten of us erupted into talking and laughter. We were all engulfed in our conversations when the door slammed open. A blur of something slammed the door back closed, then came over to me, sitting down. The blur was Winter!

“Oh, hi, Winter!” Amaya greeted. She patted Winter on the shoulder.

“Hi, guys!” Winter grinned. “I hope you didn’t mind me bursting in here like that. I was going fast on my way here, and I didn’t have time to slow down before I came in.”

“Oh, it was no problem!” Aerin said. “And, now that everyone’s here, Brooke and I want to make something for you. Let’s do it!” Aerin and I got up from our spots, creating some ice. We walked to the center of the room and began our masterpiece. Ice and water sprayed out of our hands, making eleven sculptures of people. And not just any people, but the eleven people in the room. Eleven besties, linking arms.

“Awwww, that’s so sweet! Thanks, guys!” Winter cried. The rest of my friends said the same in their ways, and Aerin and I bowed for them all.

Best friends are the best kind.

January 27, 2021 01:52

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12:52 Jan 27, 2021

O. M. FRIGGIN. G. THIS WAS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DARN SWEET!!! In real life, tho, I'd be all about that drama XD Also, this was great, but I would like to clarify that me and jennie are not a thing, mebbe you could put that at the top to clear up confusion?? I LARBED THIS SO MUCH CRAYCRAY YOU ARE SO SWEEEEEEEEET!!!! Don't you dare beat up on yourself for this not having a plot. Have you SEEN my Mallow pride stories?? Not a one of them has a plot, and this is soooooo great I can't even... *sniffles into 2345678765432w34567876543234567654323454∞tis...

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20:11 Jan 27, 2021

THIS IS OFFICIALLY THE BEST COMMENT EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fine, fine. (but you two would be cute together hehehehehehehehe) YOU ARE SWEETER!!!!!!!!!!! lol I haven't yet, but I'll read them ASAP *smiles so much that global warming is REAL, HERE, AND NOT GOING AWAY*

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20:22 Jan 27, 2021

XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD (???????? ARE YOU SHIPPING????????) no YOUUUUUUUUUUU are!!!!!! *global warming was yesterday, today is solar flares burning the earth to a crisp :)*

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20:25 Jan 27, 2021

(maybe....................................... hehehehehehehehehe) :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD YOU AREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE *solar flares was yesterday, today is smile-fires burning the entire Milky Way Galaxy* :DDDDDDDD

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20:27 Jan 27, 2021

(XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD but nope) NO YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU ARE *squeezes universe so hard that it is compressed into a black hole*

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Mira Caplan
00:34 Feb 02, 2021

YAS

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Megan Sutherland
02:59 Jan 27, 2021

Soooooo sweeeeet thank you for including me. I do think, sorry if this is rude, but the plot is... dry. There's really no plot. There's no problem for the characters to face. But... irl.... are jennie and luke actually a thing now..... -meg(Tigris)

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12:28 Jan 27, 2021

My pleasure! I know, I know. My writing has been dry for the past couple of weeks. It's frustrating for me. No, lol. I just wanted to put them together because Jennie's weakness was cute guys. XD -brooke(Kelsey) P.S. I'm so happy that you decided to join the food-name trend! :D

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Megan Sutherland
23:03 Jan 27, 2021

Lol yess

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B. W.
02:45 Jan 27, 2021

I don't have a lot to say for this, though this was really great ^^ maybe it could become a series?

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20:12 Jan 27, 2021

Thanks! Possibly, or I might just put at least one of my Reedsy friends in each of my stories. :D

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B. W.
20:37 Jan 27, 2021

No prob ^^ Also I forgot to rate this, though its a 10/10 from me :)

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21:52 Jan 27, 2021

Aw, thanks. ^^

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Lilliane Wei
00:44 Jan 28, 2021

Hey, Brooke, just wanted to know if you know how long Megan is leaving for? 🥺😢

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01:24 Jan 29, 2021

Hi! No, I don't. I commented on her story. I know she's not gonna see it... I hope she's back soon.

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Lilliane Wei
01:25 Jan 29, 2021

Same.

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Amany Sayed
16:51 Jan 27, 2021

Cute! Love my politeness lol.

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20:09 Jan 27, 2021

Thanks! XD I just thought that's how you'd act ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Amany Sayed
20:16 Jan 27, 2021

It is, unless I'm really close and comfortable with you, then you see my sarcastic side.

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20:18 Jan 27, 2021

Gotcha. I guess I'll know that we're close when you're sarcastic! :D (;

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Amany Sayed
20:23 Jan 27, 2021

Ha!

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Lilliane Wei
07:18 Jan 27, 2021

Wow, great story, Brooke! I love how you included a bunch of Reeders! Are you going to make it a series, maybe?

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12:26 Jan 27, 2021

Thanks! :D In a way, I think so. I just want to add at least one other Reeder in each of my stories. I'd do their name, then the personality that I know they have. :D

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Lilliane Wei
17:45 Jan 27, 2021

That sounds super cool! 😎

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20:08 Jan 27, 2021

:DDDDD Yeah, I'll either do that or actually do a series and have this be the introduction to it all. :D

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Lilliane Wei
20:14 Jan 27, 2021

That sounds amazing, I can't wait to read it! :)

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20:14 Jan 27, 2021

Aw, thanks! :D (I'll add you to either the series or my next story first. :DDDD)

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Maya -
02:52 Jan 27, 2021

𝕆𝕄𝔾 Brooke this is so awesome!!! I love how everyone was using their powers throughout the story and the spirit animal names were soooo cool!!! The dialogue was great and really realistic. The whole story was so funny and fun to read!!! Lol Jeke. I wish we had spirit animals and superpowers in real life! XD I ⓛⓞⓥⓔⓓ it sooooo much!!! Thank you so much for including me, Brooke!!! :DDD <33333 ❤🧡💛💚💙💜

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20:07 Jan 27, 2021

Aw, thanks so much! I know--Jeke really would be their ship name, though. (Do you think they'd be a cute couple irl? XD I do!) Me, tooooooooooo!!!!! The pleasure was all mine, Maya! :DDDD <3333333333333333

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18:47 Jan 28, 2021

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01:19 Jan 29, 2021

XD

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13:06 Jan 29, 2021

;D

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Mira Caplan
00:32 Feb 02, 2021

XDDDD

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Maya -
20:10 Jan 27, 2021

Of course! Sure they would. :) <333333333333

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20:11 Jan 27, 2021

:DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

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Maya -
20:24 Jan 27, 2021

https://skribbl.io/?hwBGtYgaB9f6

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20:25 Jan 27, 2021

Yay! Heading over! :D

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Jexica Marcell
17:52 Feb 12, 2021

OMFG HOLY HECK THIS WAS AMAZING!!!! I liked how you used actual people! Such a good idea!!! The mushy stuff was like 👌. ....no it was more than okay it was amazing!!!! I love the drama and the friendship. The ending though was like YEE YEE!!! (That means supes amazing XD) And the plot was really good too. omg i used good like 1 million times already, but i dont have a thesaurus. im suprised i could spell that!!! this is why i think your amazing!!!! cause your stories have a meaning. each one. your my idol :) Love, Cass

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21:47 Feb 12, 2021

OMG, thank you so very much from the bottom of my heart, Cass! This means so, so, so, so, so much to me! :D I'm your idol? I am so seriously flattered. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! YOU'RE an idol of mine!!!!!!!!!! Sincerely, Brooke

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Jexica Marcell
16:17 Feb 18, 2021

Yes!!! Since ive read your stories, i mean, i want to write like you!!! lots of love and no COVID, Cass

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20:33 Feb 18, 2021

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH SHANK YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUU zero covid whatsoever and admiration, Brooke

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Jexica Marcell
16:19 Feb 19, 2021

OMG ur WELCOME!!!! (reminds me of that Moana song lol)

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22:13 Feb 19, 2021

XDDDDDDDD

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Maya -
01:58 Feb 02, 2021

Just warning you, Isaac might be upset if you put him in a ship. XD

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02:09 Feb 03, 2021

XD Okay! But I might do him with someone else (not Saph)... He can hate me, but I still might do it...

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Maya -
02:11 Feb 03, 2021

He will not be happy about it... I don't recommend it. XD

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02:13 Feb 03, 2021

Welp. I guess I'm going to be hated by everyone on this site. I'm destroying my online life..... Totally worth it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! XDDDDDDDDDDDDD MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

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Maya -
02:32 Feb 03, 2021

OMG you're so scarrryyyyyyy

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BROOKE SHIP WARRRRRRRR XD

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01:39 Feb 02, 2021

WAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO XD

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Im shipped with Ari XDDDD

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01:40 Feb 02, 2021

XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD AND I STARTED IT ALL

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XDDDDDDDDDDD hmmmmmmm i ship you with leooooooo or vayddddddddddd

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01:43 Feb 02, 2021

UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH FINEEEEEEEEEEE

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22:21 Feb 02, 2021

UGH BROOOOOOOOOOOOOKE PLS STOPPPPPPPPPP

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01:56 Feb 03, 2021

NOPEEEEEEEEEEEEEE YOU'RE IN THE CLEAR FOR NOW BECAUSE YOU'RE ALREADY WITH JENNNNNNN

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B. W.
06:18 Feb 01, 2021

New thread?

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20:10 Feb 01, 2021

Sure! :D

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B. W.
20:52 Feb 01, 2021

Random question, but whats your favorite villain song?

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21:16 Feb 01, 2021

Probably Hades's song in Descendants 3 with Mal.

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B. W.
05:10 Feb 02, 2021

I really like Be Prepared from the original lion king

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02:06 Feb 03, 2021

Ooooh, nice! :D

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ℂ𝕁 𝕄.
01:41 Jan 31, 2021

Hi Brooke! I like your story! Just one question though, are you going to be writing a part 2? I don't want to offend you in any way but I feel like there could've been more excitement and adventure! Again I'm not trying to be mean I really liked this story. -CJ

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01:49 Jan 31, 2021

Hi! Thanks! You're not offending me or being mean! I totally understand where you're coming from. I'm thinking about it, but probably not. I think I'm done with series for a while. :) -Brooke

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ℂ𝕁 𝕄.
01:53 Jan 31, 2021

Ok. I'm relieved I didn't offend you! I don't know if you already saw this, but I posted in my bio that I have writer's block and I have no idea what to do. :( If you know what I should do to kill that block then please let me know!-CJ

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01:58 Jan 31, 2021

:D Oh, I didn't. I'm sorry! I would say that listening to good music and attempting to write might help, but reading your favorite authors and getting some inspiration from them should work. Don't force it; when you're able to write again, you're able to write again. :) -Craycray

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ℂ𝕁 𝕄.
02:02 Jan 31, 2021

Ok! Thanks! I hope It'll work! So, I guess I'll just read some of your stories that I haven't gotten the chance to read yet because there are so many, and you are such a good writer.-CJ

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ℂ𝕁 𝕄.
02:36 Feb 09, 2021

I read your bio!!! 🌵

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Lilliane Wei
19:31 Jan 30, 2021

🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎😜😄

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00:07 Jan 31, 2021

XD Thanks!

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Lilliane Wei
00:21 Jan 31, 2021

:D

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Maya -
14:56 Jan 28, 2021

Heyyyyy Brooke :DDD I made a meeting place story for the Skribbls and a lot of new people joined! Want to play at the same time today? <3333333333

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01:22 Jan 29, 2021

Hi! I already responded on the other comment, but I'm gonna go check out the story. :)

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Maya -
01:23 Jan 29, 2021

Lol k XD I commented that before.

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Maya -
23:36 Jan 27, 2021

Wait- what happened with Megan?? Is she taking a break or leaving??

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01:24 Jan 29, 2021

I don't know! :(

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Maya -
01:26 Jan 29, 2021

This was from earlier, too. How could she just leave without telling anyone, even you?? >:(

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01:27 Jan 29, 2021

I don't know! I'm really upset! D:<

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01:28 Jan 29, 2021

Yeah. DDDDD: At least in her bio it says she'll be back, I think.

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01:32 Jan 29, 2021

I know. D:

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Maya -
18:05 Jan 27, 2021

Would you like to play skribble again at 3:30 EST? :D <3

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20:08 Jan 27, 2021

Sure! :DDDDDDDDDDDD I'll be able to do it for a while again today. :DDDDDD

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20:11 Jan 27, 2021

Yayyyyyyyy :DDDDDDDD

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The Cold Ice
04:46 Jan 27, 2021

This is a wonderful story. Keep writing. Loved it.

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12:27 Jan 27, 2021

Thanks so much! Keep writing yourself! :D

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The Cold Ice
02:50 Jan 29, 2021

Welcome.lol :D

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B. W.
19:20 Feb 06, 2021

New thread?

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Maya -
20:25 Jan 28, 2021

https://skribbl.io/?7jwI8HoamrKc

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01:17 Jan 29, 2021

I'm sorry! I wasn't near my computer today. D:

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Maya -
01:19 Jan 29, 2021

That's fine! :D I made a skribble meeting place story and so many people joined! :) Also, do you know what happened with Megan? Is she taking a break or did she leave?

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01:20 Jan 29, 2021

Oh, okay! :D That's great! No... I'm gonna head over ASAHP.

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Maya -
01:21 Jan 29, 2021

Okay... idk what happened but I hope she comes back!

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01:22 Jan 29, 2021

Me, too! I dropped a comment on her recent story. :)

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