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That night I couldn't sleep, both because of the alien position my body was in and because of my excitement. I snuck out of our unlocked and unowned h..
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The first thing I did when I woke up was call Jace, and to my heart-plummeting relief he answered.
"Where the f**k were you last night?" I whispered ..
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I wasn't scared of doing this, whatever this was, and I wasn't intimidated by any of the consequences, and that felt like true freedom to me. My liber..
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I pressed "End Call", and as soon as my phone's screen went dull, I let my head fall backwards and groaned. I liked Garret, he was fun to be around so..
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Now that I was mobile, Can took me to buy food with him instead of just bringing me back leftovers. We didn't have much money to split between the two..
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I knocked on Jace's door. He didn't answer, but his car was home. I knew where the spare key was because I'd seen him use it one time when I dropped h..
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"Can I help you, ma'am?" the lady behind the glass aimed the question at my robe and slippers. I told myself then that I should get another outfit aft..
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North 5
Unconsciousness gripped me like water. I was drowning in my own fatal choices, chief among them the choice I made to trust myself. Now, as ..
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East 5
The future approached me in the form of screaming headlights. At first I paid it no mind, just as everyone does with doom, but when the fire..
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South 5
Consequences evaporate under the scorching heat of emergency. So, with Jace bouncing in the backseat, I sped through town in a car that was..
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