"I wish I could take your place," she said.
"Why?" I ask.
"Because you're too young and too kind to know that much pain, and be so alone."
I looked at her, and realized she was serious. "Don't worry," I said, "I've gotten pretty good at fake smiles. And anyways I'm used to it."
She looked ready to cry, "You shouldn't have to be though."
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Author's Note:
Thank you for reading I'll keep this short. I just finished all of my midterms and am now on winter break!!!!!!
I'll be back Monday!
-Mary
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Excerpts From A Book I'll Never Write
Short StoryExcerpts From A Book I'll Never Write I'm not really good at this, but basically I write these excerpts and I never grow off of them and make them real stories so I decided to share them anyways :) I hope you like them!!!!!
