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I want to hold you, Nikki. Will you let me?

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Simone Elkeles
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: April 24
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Before i was jumped in i remember Lucky telling us how being in a gang was like having a second family... a family who would be there when your own family wasn't. They would offer protection and security. It sounded perfect to a kid who'd lost his father.
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Sometimes I wish there were do over years or fast forward days
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What is this?' 'A Smart Car' It looked like an SUV took a dump and out came the Smart Car
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I feel so selfish, because I want the best of both worlds. I want to keep the image I've worked so hard to create.
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I don't deserve you. You know that, querida, don't you? (Alex)
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Guys are control freaks and hate when other people know what's best for them
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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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Maggie squeezes my hand. It’s a silent message that everything will be okay. Somehow I believe her. In the end everything will be okay. But hurdles have to be jumped through first.
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You are the one girl that made me risk eveything for a future worth having.
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Oh, God. I'm in big trouble. Because I'm staring. I can't keep my eyes from ogling his chiseled triceps and biceps and every other eps ' he has. The butterflies in my stomach have just multiplied tenfold as my wandering gaze meets his.
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Carlos, are we in complete understanding with each other?” “Yeah,” I say. “As long as it’s not in your house and you don’t know about it, you’re okay with us messin’ around.” “I know you’re joking with me. You are joking with me, aren’t you?” “Maybe.
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Isn't that why we're put on this earth to begin with, to make it a better place? It's not a religious quest it's a humanitarian one.
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One of the things that makes me who I am is the loyalty I have to people I hold close to my heart.
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I don't belong here. It doesn't matter, because even if I don't belong in this place, she's here and I want to be where she is.
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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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I flip open my phone to text Jessica: Me: Guess who's pregnant? Jess: u? Me: Get real. Jess: ur mom? Me: yep Jess: Mazel tov!? Me: Don't congratulate me, plz Jess: Could b worse Me: How? Jess: Could be u? Me: I'm a virgin. Jess: Nobody's perfect.
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Please, amigo. We need you, Kimosabe, O Mighty Powerful One. We need you more than the earth rises in the west. The sun rises in the east, dickhead. Only if you're standing on the earth. If you're on the moon, the earth rises in the west.
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I understand the reasons behind his keeping a distance from a girl he cares about. Because the truth is, sometimes getting close to the fire does actually burn you.
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Is anyone human actually normal? I'm beginning to think being normal is actually abnormal.
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Alex, Add it up. No matter how much you want her in your life, she doesn’t belong. A triangle can’t fit into a square. Just pointing out the facts” “Gracias” I don’t point out that if it’s a big enough square, a small triangle can fit inside perfectly. All you have to do is make a few adjustments.
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