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You know, you can always pick the lit students, he continued, grinning. Is that so? How? They're the ones who walk around wearing berets and that I-know-something-you-don't expression.
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Alexandra Adornetto
Age: 32
Born: 1992
Born: April 18
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Melbourne
Australia
Alexandra Emily Adornetto
Alexandra Grace
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Can you at least tell us what these Sevens look like? He said could we pick one out in a crowd? A long time ago, they used to appear wearing robes and golden girtles, Ivy explained. They sound like losers, Xavier muttered.
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Xavier: They, whoever they are, shouldn't have control over our lives. I'm not about to lose you. I've been through that before, and I'll do whatever it takes to make sure it doesn't happen again.
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(Beth) I don't care anymore. I turned my face up toward Heaven. That's not my home anymore. You are.
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I thought you were gone forever, I thought you’d walked away from everything, because I failed, because I destroyed the only thing that ever mattered to me. I waited for you to come, but you didn’t.
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Some say we can't choose who we fall in love with love chooses us. Sometimes people fall for the complete antithesis of everything they believe they're looking for.
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In him I saw my furture In him I saw my friend In him I saw my destiny Both my beginning and end
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One of the most frustrating words in the human language, as far as I could tell, was love - Bethany
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I was so worried that you wouldn’t want to know me once you found out.” I signed, relief flooding through me. “Are you kidding me?” Xavier reached out and curled a lock of my hair around his finger. “Surely I’ve got to be the luckiest guy in the world.” “How do you figure that?” “Isn’t it obvious? I’ve got my own little piece of Heaven right here.
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I'm a girl of course I have a built-in miss-o-meter.
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Sometimes it's the little things that count most.
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Oh, man, Xavier groaned. See what you've done-now I'm stressed. You can't! You're the stable one!
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Be grateful for small mercies.
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Be quiet or I'll be forced to flick you. Ooh, he mocked. The ultimate threat. I don't think I've ever been flicked before. Are you suggesting I can't hurt you? On the contrary, I think you have the power to do great damage.
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It's easy to forget people are blood and bone. They're not indestructible.
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Nic's going to be an old maid, Michael said, giggling. What? she snapped. How do you even know what that means? You're like, four years old. Mommy said it, Michael answered. Bernie coughed, nearly choking on her food as Peter and Xavier laughed into their napkins.
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If you're worried about safety, you might like to follow my example and put on that seat belt. The what? Xavier shook his head in disbelief. You worry me, he muttered.
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I'm afraid that's inappropriate behavior for the schoolyard, Xavier teased. I know my charm is hard to resist, but please tray and control yourself.
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I hope the two of you will descend from your love bubble long enough to learn something today, he sniped cuttingly and the other kids snickered. Embarrassed, I ducked my head to avoid eye contact with them. It's all right, sir, Xavier replied. The bubble's been engineered to allow us to learn from within it.
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Some people really need to be taught some manners, he said disdainfully. I stared up at him. Would you really have gotten in a fight for me? Of course. He didn't hesitate. But there were four of them. Beth, I'd take on Megatron's army to protect you. Who?
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To anyone else, Xavier's use of the word angel would have sounded like nothing more than a lovesick teenager professing his admiration. Only the two of us knew differently and now we both shared a secret- that brought us closer than ever. It was as if we had just sealed the bond between us, closed the gap, and made it final.
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