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“Grades in?” he asks

I nod

“What’d you get?”

“An A”

“You’re on your way” He motions to the plate of pancakes “Blow it out”

“Do you really make a wish for this?”

“Yeah”

“Says who?”

“Me”

“Fair enough”

God, the pride in his eyes It does so to me

It makes the world into a beautiful place

I let ether, I lean in, and I make a wish

I want to have him forever

I blow the candle out