Moments

J--: "Look, I can make U-- laugh! (Points pencil at U--) Pow, pow! Pow, pow, pow! (U-- dissolves in giggles.) It works on M--, too... Pow, pow! Pow!"

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E--, crying on my stomach while I tried to type in grades: "My tummy hurts, Mi'Hay'... My tummy huuuurrrrtssss...." She didn't want to go home, which is fine, since her phone is disconnected anyhow. But she couldn't stop sobbing and she's so small and pitiful...

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The pseudonymic Kivianna: "J-- said he'd go with me, Mi'Hay'!" (Get your head on your work, girl! And, go where?)

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The pseudonymic Jerome: "Guess who still likes me? I'll give you a hint. She starts with --." (Yay decoding clues!)