Chapter#1

No one paid much concentration to me; it was as if I was imperceptible.
So it was there I sat in my chemistry class, watching everybody’s movement as the class began to fill up, everyone was contented to be here on the first day of our senior year, I mean who wouldn’t. Imagine you wouldn’t have to spend no more years in a school full of drama, hatred and most of all deception. To me that’ll be my number one wish.
I watched as my best friend walked towards me, her golden hair swinging back and forth, she wore a huge smile on her face, showing her baby dimples. Then all of a sudden I was clutched into her embrace, literally, not being able to breathe.
“Oh, Gabby! I missed you so much!” she squeaked.
“Me……too.” I choked out.” But Miran-“
“I was so bored not having you around.” She said as she squeezed tighter.” It’s like I can hug you to death!”
“…that’s because….you are!” I manage to let out.
“What.” Miranda said.”Oh! Sorry about that.”She said loosening her grip on me.” You know I can’t help it. I just miss you so much! You know how those summers are in London, I was petrified!” she said pretending to make a scared face.
I let out a little laugh.
“Yeah, right! Now tell me did you meet any one, you know, special!”I said wiggling my eyebrows up and down.
“I met my aunt’s cute little puppy, Skippy. I’ll show you the picture, he’s the cutest thing ever…..” she said reaching in her pocket.
“You know I’m not talking about a dog.” I said nudging her.” Tell me about that cute lifeguard with the British accent you told me about. You know, the one with the amazing abs and cute dimples that you told me was on his-“
“Okay!”She said cutting me off.” Maybe a little too much information, Gab’s. “She said. “ His name is Keith, he is a lifeguard and we met on the beach…well I should say practically me spilling my chocolate mulka all over his uniform!” she said and burst out laughing.
“Oh! Miranda you didn’t!” I squeaked.
She began shaking her head, and began saying between laughs.” It…..was so……funny, you should of…..seen the way he looked at me!” she squeaked.” He was both horrified and trying to check me out…if you know what I mean.” She said giving me a mischievous glare.
“Miranda this isn’t the 1600’s; I know what exactly you mean.”
“Anyway, right now we’re just friends, I’d get his emails and he’d get mines and were just on this long distance relationship thingy but just as friends though!”
“He sounds like a nice guy!” I said.
“Yeah I know, you should meet him in person.”
“How are my two best girlfriends doing?” Came someone,
I knew that voice anywhere, it was Nathan. He was just another one of my pals I’d hang out with. We’ll I should say the most annoying, easygoing, adorable, and most laughable friend I have, he brighten up your dark days and just so likeable.
“Hey Nate!” I said giving him a hug.” I missed you so much!”I squeaked.
“I sure didn’t.” said Miranda. “You should have felt how it was not to have some brown hair ball always annoying you to death.”
“And you should know how it felt to be in so much peace, when I didn’t have to put up with your constant drooling over me!” Nathan said with a smirk
Miranda’s mouth drooped. “Keep dreaming Nathaniel Emmanuel Edwards.”She hissed.
I burst out laughing, Nathan never liked anyone to call him by his real name, and it was so funny. Miranda begin join me as well.
“That’s one heck of a name!” she said between laughs.
“whatever.” Nathan said.”At least I’m not in love with someone who knows I don’t exist.” With that Nathan walked away giving me a kiss on a cheek and then smirked at Miranda’s pissed off face.
As soon as he took his seat at the back I turned to Miranda.
“What was that all about?” I asked her.
“Nothing.” she muttered.
Before I can plead her to tell me, the professor walked into the class.
“Okay!” he shouted.” Everyone calm down! I know your thrilled about your senior year but there are some things you need to know in order to graduate .So let’s start talking about the qualifications-“
The whole class began to groan.
This was going to be one long, long period.


Lunch time had come in a blink of an eye. Miranda and I strolled down the line as we asked for this and that until we reached the end and paid for our lunch. We searched the crowded lunch room for tables to sit at.
“There’s one over there!” Miranda pointed.
I looked at the empty table, and then I realized it was right next to the cheerleader’s and jocks table. Miranda noticed my uneasiness,
“Don’t worry about them, you do as if there God for heaven’s sakes!”She snapped and dragged me towards the table.
“It’s not that! It’s just that I hate to be noticed by them, is all!” I explain.
“Whatever!” she hissed. “Right now I’m hungry, not in the mood for arguing.” With that she lunged at her pizza.
It was about fifteen minute later when Nathan plopped down in the seat next me.
“Hey, lady!”He said to me.”…and Miranda’s!” he said turning towards Miranda with a smirk.
“Look Nat- brad I know I may not be a lady but I’m better off being myself.”
“Gabriella’s being herself and acts like a lady, why can’t you!” he shot back.
“This is so not Gabriella!”She said matterfactly.” You just don’t know her like I do, besides she doesn’t show her true self to everybody, unlike you who were suppose to be her friend, you know nothing about her!”


“It’s just that I don’t see her as just a friend.” He said in a seductive voice and coming very close to my face.
“Nathan!”I scolded.
He burst out laughing.
But Miranda on the other had just smirked and rolled her eyes.
That was odd.

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“Mr.Peter’s, can I use the restroom?”
I’ve been holding this pee in since lunch and I had to go now!
He arched his eyebrows at me in anger, and then he realizes I was one of his top students and smiled at me.
“Off course you may Ms.Brooks!”He said
With that I raced out of the classroom, I had to go now!
I raced down the hall naming each door as I passed,
Guidance counselor,
Gym,
Science lab,
Vice principal’s office,
And then finally,
Girl’s bathroom.
I rushed into the stalls as quickly as possible, as I began to hear the drizzly, I heard them. At first I heard heels scratching against the floor and the person’s came to a stop at what I thought was a mirror.
There were only two names that popped into my head, Ashley and her backstabbing best friend Vanessa.
“Mom told me about these neighbors’ that came from London, and they’re staying with us for a while I guess.”
“And….” Vanessa said I guess waiting for the good part.
“They have an amazingly handsome son!”Ashley squeaked
“Get Out! You mean as in Shawn level handsome!”
“Higher!”
“OMG! When is he starting school here?” Vanessa asked.
“I’m not sure but I’ll ask him tonight.”
“Dang! You’re so lucky!” Vanessa whined.
“Yeah, but not yet!’ Ashley said. “His bedroom is right across from Gabriella’s room and you can see everything and I mean everything. But her room is way too small for me so I can’t take it, so guess she wins that point, but it’s no biggy!”
“Who is Gabriella?”Vanessa asked confused.
“Some girl my parents found on the streets. They felt sorry for her and adopted her, I guess.”
I almost choked when Ashley said that, and I thought for sure they heard me.
“What was that?” I heard Ashley said
Suddenly I stopped in my tracks.
“It’s probably your stomach growling.” Vanessa teased.
“What kind of friend says that?”
“The best one!”
And just like that they went out of the bathroom. I made sure they were gone for sure and came out, and for a second I wondered, why did Ashley think I came off the streets and who the hell was this hot boy from London!
Looking at the time, I rushed back to my literature class before I’d be too late.


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By the time school had out I reached to my, what you’ll call a mansion, the security let me in and I walked up the stairs to the door.
When I got inside the maids and servants were rushing everywhere.
“What’s going on Nina?”
Nina was like a best friend to me, even though she was about forty-five, I know it’s weird but you’ll see why.
“Your father’s long time best friend and family is coming, and we have to make sure everything goes right.”
I learned that dad’s best friend was also a billionaire like him and they both owned a successful company.
How Nina talked, this was very important, and I wanted nothing to do with because if you put me with dinner, business and really hot people from London that’s call for a lot of trouble.
I quickly ran upstairs to avoid anybody, but I was caught up with my father on the stair case. He stared steadily at me, and then cleared his throat.
“We’ll be having a guest over and you and your sister must be on your best behavior, this very important to me and you ant blow this for me! Understood.”
Too petrified to answer him I quickly nodded my head.
“Now! Be down for dinner in an hour that’s when we’d be having dinner.”
With that he strolled passed me down stairs.
I was way too shock to respond, first of all I was never worthy to eat dinner with my family, second my dad barely talks to me, and third I don’t know anything on how to act when you’re having a business dinner, I didn't know which hand or utensils to use or how to hold a knife and fork ,fourth, I felt like I was going to throw up. How do you expect me to have a perfect dinner with no embarrassment if a handsome boy from London with those sexy British accented is seated in front of me!
This was just my luck.
I scrambled upstairs, I need help and I needed it now, so I called the one person who could solve this. I put in those seven digits and waited patiently,
“Miranda speaking!”
“I need your help!”

Chapter#2

If there was anyone who knew about fashion was Miranda!
So that’s why I called her.
So it was after thirty minutes of hot ironing, curling and off course make up, which really wasn’t my choice!
Thanks to Miranda she had to force me to put it on.
But the results really made me thank her.
So it was time that I put on my evening gown, which Miranda called it. I didn’t really know what that was, but soon was going to find out.
So it was about five minutes when Miranda returned with a dazzling hot pink dress.
It fell down to my toes; the straps came wide apart showing off most of my chest and a sparkling silver necklace she borrowed to me, everything was just astonishing I never look this good in like….forever.
“Miranda! Where did you get this?”
“From London of course. I was saving it for prom but I think you should use it, this was certainly a fashion crisis.”
“Miranda you know I can’t take this!”
“I knew you’d say that but Gabby come on, it’s fine, you really needed it, and were friends, remember.”
“Well when you put it that way………thanks!” I said finally.” You’re the greatest thing god has given to me and I love you more than a hundred jelly beans in a jar!”
Miranda burst out laughing.
“You actually still remember that!”
“Off course!” I answered.
“Well I love you more than a thousand chocolate bars in my backpack!”
We both started laughing.
“I guess I should go! But tomorrow you have to tell me everything what happened and I mean everything…..promise!”
“Promise.”I mumbled.
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“Gabriella the guest has arrived!”
I turn towards Nina, and suddenly my stomach rolled over! I actually had butterflies for the first time in my life, and it felt so weird.
“Now child!” said Nina. “You’re going to be fine! It isn’t like there not just like you!”
“But what if I make a mistake, suppose I embarrass dad or even-“
“Gabriella! People make a lot of mistakes just because you do should make a difference!”
“Well you need to tell that to my parents!” I shouted. Nina knew just how they treated me, and suddenly I became angry not just at my parents but myself as well, and I didn’t even know why.
I stood up and look into the mirror, the figure I saw in it was not me; I looked so different with makeup. My brunette hair that were once drawled up, was straighten and came down to my back, this new me made me look a lot like Ashley and I didn’t know if that was good or bad.
“It’s time you go down stairs.” I heard Nina said.
Without taking a glance at her I walked out the door and down the hall. That’s when I saw Ashley, she looked astounding, she wore a golden dress, that reach her mid thigh showing off her long legs, her hair was curled as always, but tonight she looked unusual, not beautiful but elegant.
“What are staring at?”She snapped
“Nothing.” I mumbled.
She rolled her eyes.” If you mess this up tonight I am going to destroy your life, so you better act normal!”She hissed.
She walked away but suddenly turned back,
“And I must give a notice, you think you might look pretty tonight, but what your really doing is trying to become like me, popular, but that’s never going to happen so you better drop the act!”
With that she stormed passed me.
Taking a long breath in I followed Ashley down stairs.
I heard my dad taking.” I have two lovely daughters.” He said gesturing for us to come to him.
“Ashley……and Gabriella!”
It felt so weird when my dad called my name, everything was weird, and they never introduce me to important people,
Something was up, and I was going to find out.
I was so caught up in my thoughts that I didn’t notice the man was talking to me.
I stared at him bewildered, “Pardon me.”
He smiled, showing his dimples, he looked pretty young for being forty eight, his brown hair fell into his face bringing out his hazel eyes, and he was pretty tall as well, till I had to tilt my head back to get a good look at him.
“I said, what are you planning on becoming?”
“Well, I want to be a very successful artist, I want to become like Michelangelo or my favorite, Leonardo de Vinci!”
He nodded, giving me a warm smile.
“And you…” he said turning to Ashley.
“Actually I want to be a lawyer.”
I was so stunned I never knew Ashley would want to be a lawyer!
It looked as if dad’s friend was impress by Ashley’s answer and it made me wish I should say something more…………sophisticated I guess.
“By the way I’m Alex Daniells.” He replied kindly.
“Nice too meet Mr. Daniells.” Both Ashley and I said.


“And this is my son….”He motioned for someone to come in.
It was then that my butterflies returned.
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I had never understood those silly girls and the boy-watching they did. I was of the mind that boys were nuisance, and I’d go my whole life without one and be happy for it. But as I stared into this tanned face before me, I remembered the books I’ve read and the sloppy love talk and suddenly realized what that had been all about.
He was tall and lean, his dark brown hair was perfectly done, not one strand out of place, his hazel eyes were sensuous and it caught my attention the most. He stood firm, both his hands in his pocket.
One thing I caught that both him and Ashley was exchanging glances.
Then I saw her give him a warm smile, and in returned he smiled back and turned to his father.

He was not gorgeous,
Or was he cute,
He was presently strikingly handsome.
Suddenly he caught my eyes and I realized I was gawking at him for a while now, I quickly looked away as I began to feel my cheeks heat up.
“This is my son Aiden, Aiden these are Ashley and Gabriella.”
“Pleasure to meet you guys.” He said staring directly at Ashley.
I knew I wasn’t as pretty as Ashley. I knew I didn’t had that flirty way of acting and I knew I was nowhere to being experience with boys because if you put me and boys to together that’ll be a lot of hell! Especially when I start to stammer, it’s just so embarrassing. I just wish I was more like Ashley, how she acts so casually around boys, how she flicks her hair back making her look extra stunning even the way she walks, she catches everyone’s attention, and sometimes I just wondered why I couldn’t be like that. Boys never take one glance at me, well except for Nathan I guess, but were best friends since kindergarten he doesn’t look at me in a flirtiest way.
“Okay everyone, shall we dine….” Dad said motioning to the table.
(Sigh)
This was not good.
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I stared down at the lasagna in my plate,
Didn’t they knew I was allergic to pork and tomato sauce,
Oh I guess I forgot,
They didn’t know anything about me.
Sighing I began to play around with my food.
I watched as dad gave me a stern glare that was telling to act mature and stop playing around.
I hated this! I hated everything they do, neglecting me for years and now how the guts to talk to me just because we have a guest.
I quickly looked down to avoid his angry glare; sometimes I really wondered why they hate me, what did I ever do to deserve this treatment, why I just cant be-
“Gabriella. A lady never hangs her head, she must be as proud as a peacock.”
I was startled by Mr.Daniells; I hadn’t realized he’d been staring at me the hold time.
“Sorry.”I mumbled.
“Don’t say sorry but just don’t do it again, you’re too beautiful to hide your face. “He whispered.
I smiled at his comment even though I knew it wasn’t true. I wasn’t beautiful,
Plain, but not beautiful.
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“So how’s your business going Alex?” I heard my dad say
“Great! Got two new items uploaded on display and the customer’s went crazy, my assistant Deborah comes up with the most amazing ideas, it’s epic!”
“Yeah I need someone like that! My business is going a little slow right now, I think i need something new you know.”
My dad and Mr.Daniells owns a phone business and they’re looking for a new way to make a phone that will make the customer go nuts, to me that’s pretty cool.
I wouldn’t mind running a business like that, but dad would give it to Ashley before he give it to me. Ashley’s smart pretty and popular she has it all.
Even though I’m smarter, not that pretty or popular, he’d never have me as an option and I’d never understand why.
“Gabriella dear, you haven’t picked at your food yet.” I heard my mother.
I’m I dreaming.
Mother never call me dear, she barely says my real name,
I’ve got to be dreaming.
“What’s the problem?” She asked
Soon I felt everyone’s eyes on me which made those butterflies come back and haunt me. Everyone was waiting on an answer.
“It’s just that-“
“Don’t tell me you’re afraid to eat in front of Aiden are you.”
The sound of his name made my skin crawl, and I felt his eyes darted towards me, suddenly I became self-conscious.

“No.” I answered dryly.” It’s just that you forgot I’m allergic to pork and tomato sauce, remember…”
The whole table went quiet.
“Well would you like something else…” asked Nina who appeared in the doorway.
“No Nina, but thanks…” I said.”I just lost my appetite…..”I mumbled
“What was that?”I heard my mom asked
“Nothing.” I Said giving her a fake smile.
I could of feel Aiden’s constant stares, and I looked up and came in contact with his sensuous hazel eyes,
Then suddenly he looked away.
I felt Ashley watching the eye contact between Aiden and I, I knew she liked him just by the way she acted around him and the way her eyes search his whole body. So right then I knew I had to stay away from both Aiden and her, I didn’t want anything to do with them. When it comes to Ashley and messing around with a guy she likes that’s call for trouble, and even knowing he’d be going to our school, I had a huge feeling girls would be throwing themselves at him, he was way to gorgeous not to be noticed.
“Can I be excused?” I asked, peering up at my dad.
He then nodded.
I quickly got up, but soon my heels were tangled in the table cloth and all I knew I fell!
“Watch out!”Shouted an angry someone, I turned to see who it was…..Oh no,
Aiden.
But that wasn’t the embarrassing thing; I fell right on top of him knocking punch all over his clothes.
“I’m so sorry!” I shouted,
I quickly pulled myself off him.
“You idiot!” he sneered.”Do you know how much this cost?”
I was bewildered.”I-I uh”
“Forget it!”He snapped, he began to wipe it off himself.
“Nina would you get Aiden a towel please.”I heard my dad’s rough voice.
“I didn’t mean to.”I tried again.
“I said forget it!” he snapped.
“Gabriella, I think you should go upstairs now.” I turned to see my mother’s angry glare boring into my skin.
“Yes ma’am”
Before walking away I mumbled a ‘sorry’ again.
But no one paid no attention to me.
Why I had to be so clumsy, I thought.
I hated this!
I Knew I couldn’t go a minute without messing this dinner up.
I knew they were angry at me, especially dad, he told me to be careful.
I didn’t even know how I can face them tomorrow,
It sucks to me!
I changed into my pajamas and dumped into my bed.


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“To much light in those windows,
Don’t wake me up,
Only caught up in that sugar,
Inside my cup,
If I wake and you’re here still,
Give me a kiss,
I was in finish dreaming,
About your lips,
Don’t wake me up, up, up, up, up, up,
Don’t wake me up, up, up, up, up, up,
Don’t wake me up, up, up, up, up, up,
Don’t wake me up,
Don’t wake me,
Don’t wake me uhhhhhhhhhhhhh, uuuuuh up
I groaned when I heard Chris brown blaring and I immediately knew who it was,
“What’s up Miranda?”
“Need a ride to school?”She asked
“Yeah but, you don’t have a car.”I said yawning.
“I know but mark’s back he’d be giving me a ride to school now, I was so surprised when I got home from school, I never knew he’d come back here to finish his last year, I’m so glad he’s back.” She squealed.
Mark and Miranda were twins, only Miranda was born a week before him. He went to live with his father when their parents had split up and Miranda on the other hand stayed with her mom.
“So do you want us to pick you up?” I heard Miranda say.
“Sure…I guess.”
“Kay. We’ll be there in an hour. Bye!”
“Bye then.”
I clicked off my phone.
Mark was actually back.
The boy I once had a crush on, the boy who publicly humiliated me in front of the whole school, the boy who bullied me and tortured my life as possible as he could.
I never really said I hate someone, but I hated that boy.
Jumping out the bed I sprinted to the bathroom.
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I pulled on my black skinny jeans,
I searched my draw for a white top, until I found one, saying I love New York.
Perfect.
I pulled on my black converse,
Slinging my bag over my shoulder; I headed out to the door.

Chapter#3

I suddenly stopped in my tracks when I heard them in the hall.
“Aiden right.” Said Ashley’s voice.
“Yeah.”
“Sorry about my sister, she’s a little…..clumsy.”
“It’s okay, I mean no one can’t help my good looks, some girls even pretend to fall on me and make it look like an accident, just like your sister.”
Ashley began to giggle. “I guess so.”
I was boiling inside and then all of a sudden I felt my legs moving into the hall until I was facing both Aiden and Ashley.
“In case you want to know the truth I’ll tell you, I could help your good looks and it was an accident that I fall on you and I didn’t pretend to be sorry I really was, but a jerk like you can’t see that because I guess you’re too full of yourself.”
Aiden raise his eyebrows.
“Excuse me.”
Ashley looked at me shocked!
“No, I’ll excuse myself, I have better things to do, and I don’t have time to waste.”
With that I walked straight pass them without giving them a glance back.
If there was one thing I hated, was for people to get the wrong impression of me, and judge me by the cover, and not the inside.
I manage to duck my parents and Mr.Daniells and slip through the back door, without being seen.
I peered ahead and saw the Mercedes parked in front of the house, right then I knew that was Mark’s car, because he said he was getting one because it had the first letter in his name.
I grinned at the memory.
I found Miranda, giggling at me once she spotted me.
“Morning Gabs.” She said pulling me into a hug.
“Morning Miranda!”I mumbled.
When I pulled away I noticed mark watching me attentively. He looked the same, his brown hair falling into his face revealing his brown eyes.
“So what happened?” she asked.
My eyes flickered back to Miranda.
“Huh?”
“The dinner remembers….and the hotty from London.”
“Oh that!...... Can I talk about that later?”
“Didn’t go well didn’t it!” she said with a smirk.
‘No I mumbled.” And we both broke into laughter.
“Excuse me!” shouted someone.
Miranda and I turned to a very impatient Mark.
“It’s time o go!” he said.
“Oh right!” I quickly got in the back of the car.
The whole five minute drive, we’ve been swaying all over the road, for some reason Mark couldn’t keep his eyes on the road, every little minute I saw his eyes flickering at me in the review mirror.
Was something on my face?
I brought my hand up to my face seeing if anything was there, but there was nothing.
“Hey mark!”Said, Miranda.
“What?”
“I don’t recall you saying hi to Gabby.”
I stiffened; Miranda knew the biff between me and mark, why would she say something like that.
Uggg…..Miranda why you just can’t keep your mouth shut!
“I knew you too practically hated each other but come on it’s been like two years!” she snapped.
“So what are you getting at?” Came, mark’s ruff voice.
“Can you too at least greet!” she said.
“Fine! Hello Gabriella!”
I looked up and met mark’s gaze.
“Hello mark.”I replied sarcastically.
“See, when I try to be nice, you see what she does.” Complained mark
“Gabriella!” Miranda whined. “Be nice.”
“Fine, Hi mark how you’re doing? What brought you back to Canada, why you didn’t stay with your dad!”
He rolled his eyes but answered anyway.
“I came back because I missed the chicks over here and I didn’t stay with my dad because he got this new girlfriend and she kind of had a daughter and I kind of you know…” he said with a smirk.
“Ewe!” squealed Miranda.
“Still the player you are huh!”I mumbled.
“Yeah, but any way, she didn’t take it like all the other girls did, she didn’t listen to me when I told her I was just using her, she just didn’t want to leave me alone. So, I packed my bags and came over here to get away from her. “He said with a shrug.
“Girls are so easily persuaded.”I mumbled.
“Don’t act like you’re not to.” Mark shot back.
“Yeah, try me!” I mumbled.
“Maybe I will. “
“Have fun. But don’t think you’d get anywhere.”
“Mmm….were gonna see about that!”
“Whatever!”
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I took a seat in my chemistry class, waiting for the class to fill up as always, I’d usually come to class early so I wouldn’t have to be the last one coming in, and have the attention of the class on me.
I haven’t seen Aiden all day,
I wasn’t surprise that he was the talk of the school all day, I mean why wont a new handsome boy with a sexy British accent shouldn’t be. But anyway girls were falling head over heels for him, even when he passed them; they’d stop what they’re doing and look at him in awe,
Stupid.
“You’re in my seat.” Came a low voice.
I looked up to see Mark smirking down at me.
I sighed before returning a sarcastic smile.
“I’m sorry mark, but since you were gone for umm let me see two years I have claim this seat to be mine, so find another and get it over with!”I snapped
“Feisty aren’t you.”
“Very.”
I wasn’t taking up to Mark’s bull this year he could have bullied me then but not now, I wasn’t taking to him anymore.

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