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Music is my drug, the one thing that makes me numb.

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Simone Elkeles
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: April 24
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Love. Is it just a word that boys use to manipulate girls?
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If you could wish on a star right now, what would you wish for?I ask him. For time to stop. Why? He shrugs. Cause I could live forever at this moment.
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Can I request another peer guide, One who isn't so happy to be at school at 7:30 a.m.?
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I cry a lot.' 'Yeah? Well I'm gonna change that.
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Okay, seriously, I dont know if this is true or not, but I heard people who use profanity are trying to compensate for their lack of you know... size -Tuck
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Mildred waves Carlos over. 'Let me look at you.' She eyes him up and down. 'I saw you when you walked in. What's with all those tattoos? Makes you look like a hooligan.' 'I suspect I am a hooligan,' he says to her. 'Whatever that means.
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You’re dangerous,” he says. “Why?” “Because you make me believe in the impossible
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I realise it’s going to happen. This girl of my dreams, this girl who is more like me than anyone I’ve ever met, wants to kiss me.
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I gave you my heart, but it wasn't enough.
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(Kiara sees Carlos' bleeding face)Carlos! Oh my God, what happened? You still recognize me with a busted-up face. That's a good sign, right?
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We deserve each other, Luis … and I need you just as much as you need me. Hold me.” He steps closer, but hesitates. “If I do, mi chava, I can’t promise I’ll be able to let you go.
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And my piece of advice is...don't flirt with any of the female instructors. They all have access to weapons bigger than yours.
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Brittany and I don't date other people. Why not? It's called being boyfriend and girlfriend.
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It's as if I'm taking away his pain and he's taking away mine.
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Do I make you nervous? His gaze travels from my eyes to my breasts and down to where my dress meets my thighs. In that dress you do.
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We kiss all the time. I clear my throat, then add, We just...do it in private.
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Want to get in trouble with me, Carlos?
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Gary, who's wearing a coral shirt and white pants, growls to look tough. It doesn't work.
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Luis is right there.” I point to the corner of the yard, where my little brother is the centre of attention doing imitations of barnyard animals. I have yet to inform him that talent isn’t as much of a chick magnet when you get into junior high.
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