“Burn those who burned me!”

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bira’s /i/bbiPOV/i/bb: /b

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Two weeks had passed since ra moved to Springsten. Gloria’s father purchased a condo for the girls to live in while attending Osha for the next three years and today was the day they would move in.

As Gloria finished packing she let out a loud yelp as she stretched.

i“/iiUghh/ii! /iI’m so id /iiI’m /iifinished /iipacking/i. iI /iiknew /iiI /iishould /iihave /iihired /iia /iipacking /iservicebi./i/bb” /b

ra let out a light chuckle.

“iThat’s /iijust /iizy/i.i” /i

“iHey/i! iThat’s /iinot /iizy/ii! /iiThat’s /iismart/ii!/i”

The girls shared augh as they closed up the remaining boxes in Gloria’s room.

ra did a look around therge room to make sure nothing else was left. Satisfied, she also stretched.

i“/iiGloria/ii, /iidon’t /iitake /iithis /iithe /iiwrong /iiway /iibut /iiman /iiyou /iihave /iia /iilot /iiof /iishit/i!”

iHahahaha/ii!!! /i

Gloria let out a loudugh as she looked around her room, slight embarrassment on her

bface/bb. /b

“I knowi! /iiWhen /imy dad moved us to iGlendale /iiso /ithat he icould /iiplete /iihis /itenure at LexUI iswear /iiI /iididn’t /ihave ithis /iimuch/i!i” /i

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raughed at her friend. bThe /bpast few weeks had been bso /bpeaceful. Gloria’s bparents /bweed her bto /btheir home with open

treating her like bone /bbof /bbtheir /bbown/b. bIt /bbwas /bthe bfirst /bbtime /bbsince /bher mother passed away that bshe /bfelt the bjoy of /bbparental /bblove/bb. /bbIt /bbsadden /ba little that her bown /bfather bcouldn’t /bbshow /bthat same emotion. After bcing /bbthe /bremaining bboxes /bbin /bthe foyer for the movers, Gloria’s phone rang.

b9:40 /bbFri/bb, /bbSep /bb5 /b

Joy instantly popped on her face; it was Casey. Before he could say hello, Gloria squealed.

i“/iiCasey/ii!! /iI imiss /iiyou/ii!! Are /iiyou /iihere /iiyet/ii?/i”

ra could hear Caseyughing on the other end, she couldn’t help butugh too. Casey went on a summer vacation with his family, so they hadn’t seen each other in a few weeks. Gloria spent the entire time pouting but today he was arriving in Springsten.

i“/iiI /iimissed /iiyou /iitoo/ii, /iiand /iiyeah I /iinded/i.i” /i

“iWhy /iididn’t /iiyou /iitell me/ii! /iiI /iiwould /iihave /iie /iiand /iigot /iiyou/ii!/ii” /i

i“/iiIt’s /iiokay/ii. /iiI /iiknow /iiyou /iiguys /iiwere /iimoving /iitoday/i. iI’m /iiheaded /ito imy /iihotel /iinow /iiand /iithen /iI’ll imeet /iiyou /iiguys/ii./i”

iPouting/ibi. /i/b

i“/iiOkay/ii. /iI’ll text iyou /iithe /iiaddress/i!”

“Cooli. /iiI /iilove /iiyou/ii./ii” /i

Blushing. “iI /iilove /iiyou /iitoo/ii./ii” /i

ra smiled, she was happy her friends found each other and even more happy they found her.

Gloria’s parents walked into the foyer with boxes of donuts. Mrs. Rhinehorne had slight tears in her eyes.

“I can’t ibelieve /iiyou /iitwo /iare imoving /iiinto /iiyour /iiown /iapartment. Oh Gloria, I feel like it was only yesterday iyou /iwere learning ihow /iito /iwalk.

Gloria blushed and hugged her mother.

b“/bAwe, bimom/i/b, don’t icry/ii! /iI’m still your ilittle /igirl!”

bWiping /bbthe /btears bfrom /bher eyes, Mrs. Rhinehorne walked over to ra.

b9:40 /bbFri/bb, /bbSep /bb5 /b

…

:

i“/iiAnd /iira/ii, /iithese /iipast /iitwo /iiyears /iiyou’ve /iibeen /iilike a /iidaughter /ito us. iI’m /iiso /iproud bof /bbyou/bbi!/i/b”

ra hugged Mrs. Rhinehorne tightly, tears welding up in her eyes. She felt as if her mother’s love was seeping through Mrs. Rhinehorne.

“iOh/i, imomma /iiWhitney/ii, /iithank /iiyou /iso imuch/ii. /iiYou /iihave /iino /iiidea /iiwhat /iithat /iimeans /ifor me to hear iyou /iisay /iithat/ii./ii” /i

Gloria and her dad began to tear up. Suddenly, there was loudughter running towards them. Gloria’s twin brothers Luke and Liam came running into the foyer.

“iWaaiiiitttt/i!!!!i” /i

Both boys screamed as they ran with boxes in their hands.

i“/iiThis /iiis /iifor /iiyou/ii!/ii” /i

Both boys said in unison to Gloria and ra. Opening the boxes, the girls eyes began to water. The boys made small picture frames, and each frame had pictures taken during Thanksgiving and Christmas.

ra and Gloria hugged both of the boys.

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