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Paul flashes a what-are-you-going-to-do-to-rin I used to like Paul Back when he was cute and had baby fat rolls Middle school has morphed him into a demon that even Satan can’t control

Baby brother wants to test me, then I’ll call his bluff "Showers and baths need to start You can take yours"

His grin fades "Make the babies go first"

"Maybe next tilass harder than I should into the top rack and it clanks against the others If I were at private school, I’d be eating crappy cafeteria food that I didn’t cook and didn’t have to clean up and I wouldn’t be arguing with the demon child That is lare bothers me more than I wish it would Back when he had the baby fat and dimples, I was his favorite

"Do you knoe call her Encyclopedia-freak?" he tauntsAddison

Because that’s what Clara callstwo feet tall I watch the water falling out the faucet and hold a plate in my hand Addison’s heard them call me the name She knows bits and pieces of how my mind works and she’s also aware of how it makes me feel sodifferent

"What’s the capital of Russia?" he says

Moscow Population of Russia: 143,025,000 Area: 6,592,850 square miles

"Look at the freak go," Paul sings "Her eyes dart when she’s listing facts in her messed-up head, but she acts like she ain’t weird"

A luives everyone a hard time, but with Clara home for the summer, it’s middle school on repeat

I slam the plate into the bottom rack "Go take a shower or I’ll tell Moht ho not twelve-year-old appropriate, but he leaves I hold on to the counter with both hands This is the reason why I keep et to you," Addison offers "He’s an evil troll that will never get a date when he hits high school"

"Hebad stuff"

"We aren’t in middle school anymore," Addison says in a soft tone

"I know"

"Sometimes I don’t think you do" But she ain"

This is the reason we’re friends--she doesn’t dwell Like when I told her Moed an "I’m sorry" and then she painted hetti-sauce-stained bowl through the ater "I’m lost Are we happy or sad or annoyed over this?"