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See" Kayla links her arm through mine, leaving Blake to jostle and race the other guys. "I tell them I can handle my own stuff, but it's like a mark of pride or something. I'm surprised Blake doesn't just hoist me over his shoulder and try to carry me, too! " I laugh, starting to relax. "Is it bad I can actually picture that?Abby McDonald
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How is it?" I ask as we stroll towards the dressing rooms. "Working at the playground. That must be fun."" Sure, they're just adorable, " she says, "For the first five minutes. And then I want to wring their adorable little necks." I stop, shocked. "I always figured you loved kids."" Yeah, no." Kayla shakes her head emphatically. "One kid, I can do, even two-- just stick them in front of a Disney movie, let them play Xbox all night. But a herd of them?" She shudders. .Abby McDonald
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Let stuff simply unfold, for once in your life, without spinning all those hopeful romantic fantasies. The less time you spend dreaming up a world of happily ever after, the more time you’ll have to actually live – no evers or afters required.Abby McDonald
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You're seventeen now. You can do...absolutely nothing you couldn't alreadyAbby McDonald
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You can die of a broken heart -- it's scientific fact -- and my heart has been breaking since that very first day we met. I can feel it now, aching deep behind my rib cage the way it does every time we're together, beating a desperate rhythm: Love me. Love me. Love me.Abby McDonald