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When I was sixteen, I drea those words to me once I was older You’re an adult now

When I was seventeen, I kept that dream

When I turned eighteen, I threw that dreae

He never fell on his knees and proclaiesture and chose ether because I was older and an adult Hell, he never even checks me out or makes an indication that he thinks I’m attractive I’ve heard him call women babes

She’s a total babe

What a babe

But never to me Never about me

In his eyes, I’m probably as sexy as a hairy little caterpillar

Since then, I thought I’ve accepted e are He’s just Kits to uess I wanted to test the waters I’ onto a fantasy, but I did have some hope that two friends could find a morsel of romance

Even if it was just for a single night

Akara must read my silence as indecision because he adds, “Your dad can’t force you back home, Sul He knows that He’s just scared”

My dad’s not scared of anything, I al could freak hi me or Winona or Mom

I open uptoo close to the nest? Should I really call my parents just to snitch onabout this Not for a thousand more miles, not even for ten more

I dial my dad’s number

I’d rather confront his anger than carry the weight of this lie

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BANKS MORETTI

Getting laid is easy for od, andI’ve hadto explore the ways toa pair of lips around asm, the better But I can count the nued in bed

Zero

Big ball of nothing