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I shookblack hair I don't have a tan I'm Native Navajo, maybe I'd been adopted as a baby and round forms

I cli the lake

As I balanced there, Serena called, "Hey, those low riders show off your birth that tattoo?"

My fingers dropped to the mark on et it tattooed so it would show up better

"Mom says maybe when I'm sixteen Dad says when I'm sixty"

"He'll come around" She flipped onto her back and floated "He always does You should do it for your sixteenth birthday next year We'll get your et one, too I want a nightingale, right over e in my sexy dress, cut down to--"

She flailed suddenly "Maya!"

She went under Disappeared coed her down

I ju Pain sasped Water filled my mouth and my nose

I swas where Serena had gone under They seeet farther aith every clumsy stroke I took

I treaded water, looking around "Serena?"

No answer

"If this is a prank to get