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He turned and went to the door “I’ to teach you to shoot tomorrow You’ll need to know from now on”

All the air left me

He pulled the door shut on his way out, and I cursed He was expectingcomment?

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Raize woke

I rolled over and glared I couldn’t stop myself

He chuckled—chuckled! I was so surprised I forgot I’d been glaring

He stood up “Get up I want to do this before they wake up”

Right

This

He was going to teach me how to shoot

I didn’t want to learn how to shoot a gun It was my line Everyone had lines But as I considered yesterday, I was going to cross that line I’d need to learn or die

I couldn’t die yet

I had e At this point, it was an either/or sort of situation That was the ulti to the bathroo washed up and dressed Today was my second pair of jeans, a new tank top, and the same sweatshirt from yesterday, mostly because it was my only sweatshirt

I pulled htlymy face They always did

I paused and looked at myself, really looked at myself

I’d always been pale growing up Brooke was the one in the sun, running around, uys

Me I was the inside girl, the study girl Brooke was lively and extroverted I was just quiet, but we had the sa lips Dark eyes Both Brooke and I had the same eye color But I liked makeup

I used to go a dark shade over my eyes Frosted lips

I did the slight pink hue on my cheeks

Brooke didn’t like irl, but she was the partier of us

I didn’t recognize that girl anymore My skin was darkly tanned No makeup Lips were chapped

My cheeks were gaunt, not flush or rounded

With the weight loss, my chin stood out le one

I had no clue if I looked better before or now, then I shook myself of that question How could I look better? But I had dark hair before Noas blonde