Every year there's a dance on the first night for Year Nine students only because school administrators think it's the best way for students to meet one another. 333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5gzf6eyFW
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I didn't go to my Year Nine dance. Instead, I found a crabapple tree outside and huddled under it, hugging my legs to my chest and burying my face in my knees. I needed no more proof that Dad and The Stepmother really didn't care about me.333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2NHmDv9eY2
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I could faintly hear an older Janet Jackson song playing from the direction of the dance. I imagined my batchmates shyly and awkwardly introducing themselves. They would all probably be fast friends by the time this night was over, and I would be an outcast again--just like I was at my old school and even within my family.333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqpTT77hYOv
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"It isn't so bad here," a male voice said from above me.333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo6bgVisexq
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I shifted my head slightly to see who was talking. A guy stood there, his legs slightly apart, hands clasped behind his back. I turned my face into my knees.333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6rl0605cPz
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"Sorry, but can you leave me alone?" I said, my voice coming out muffled.333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe8qaCLPcwg
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The grass hardly rustled as he sat down beside me, despite what I'd just said. I didn't want to give him the satisfaction of riling me, so I kept quiet. Still, I tilted my head just enough to the right so I could see who this guy was.333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIz9N53jm73
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He looked to be around my age. His dark hair was slicked to the side, as if he'd just washed up. Perhaps he had. He whistled softly, leaning back on his hands with his face turned up to the sky. It definitely wasn't his cutting cheekbones or hazel eyes that made me decide not to punish him because my dad had abandoned me here.333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtXij1uEIAn
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"How long have you been here?" I asked.333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCtFA9qgjgG
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"A year," he said, his gaze still on the darkening sky. So he was a Year Ten student, then.333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ31n03OfriO
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"I'm Cami," I said.333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv7AekiJY58
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"That's an odd name."333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFHCqmqtjZe
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I fought the urge to scowl. "It's short for Camellia."333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEsTRT1kmxH
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I cringed, thinking about the name my mum gave me as a baby before abandoning me to Dad and The Stepmother.333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAvQ4O12BC8
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"I'm William," he said.333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf2Pr2Pd2yo
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"William," I repeated. "That sounds so stiff and formal. How about just Will?"333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIB8e6Jl1PS
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He smiled. "All right. Just Will."333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF7KqmkAg8e
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