M I L K

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"When I drink milk, I like to think that I'm five years old again and I want my bones to grow, rather than hoping they don't crumble."
The girl looked up at him. He looked back at her and then at the empty carton of milk on the table.
Then the boy and the girl sat,  in silence, each with a tall, frosty glass of milk, imagining that they were growing up rather than aging.
The girl and her riddles, though complicated they were, was what the boy loved. It took a special person to silence him with mere words.

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