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"I'd really miss you if you moved schools, but if it's safer I understand. Hell, I'll go with you, but I have the privilege of using the bathroom with women. Some of them are mean but I don't fear for my safety."
     "I don't wanna leave this school but at the same time I don't want to deal with it anymore. I'm not sure what I'm going to do. I don't think I'll leave unless I feel forced."
     "Whatever happens Cooper, I love you, more than anything in the world."

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     Cooper didn't tell anyone besides Adelaide and his mother, and of course Mrs. Albert, what happened. It wasn't worth reliving again and again.

     "Are results in for the advanced round?" Rory asked.
     "Not yet. They should be any day now."

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     "Any day now"

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    "Any day now"

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     "It seems results for the advanced round have been delayed," Mrs. Anderson said, "the judges are having a hard time with this one, but they should come, any day now."

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    "You must have broken the contest," Susan joked, "leave it to my kid."
     "I don't think so"
     "You're a special guy Cooper."
    

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APOLOGIES FOR THE DELAY

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS OF THE ALLEN COUNTY LITERATURE COMPETITION

PLACEMENT WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT THE AWARDS CEREMONY ON SATURDAY NOVEMBER 3RD AT 3PM AT THE ALLEN COUNTY CONVENTION CENTER

CONTENDERS INCLUDE: MACKENZIE O'DONNELL, COOPER COLLINS, AIDEN JACKSON

ALL PARTICIPANTS OF EACH ROUND ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND

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