Natalie's doll

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In May,  only days after Natalie had been given the porcelain doll,  she became even more reserved at school.  She didn't study,  but she also didn't see Marie and Clara..  she just sat alone and thought about how much she missed the doll..  she waited and waited for each school bell to ring,  and at that very moment,  she would quickly move on to the next part of the day.  When it was time to go home,  she ran back.  She would quickly burst through the door and slam it quickly,  which always alerted her mother and made her mad.  Natalie would always run straight to her room and grab her doll..  she hugged it and told it how much she missed it  "I ran all the way back..  I didn't stop or walk..  I ran..  I couldn't waste a single second..  you have no idea how important you are to me."  She said.  After she would talk to it,  she would then put it on her desk and decorate where it was sitting with flowers.  She snuck into her parents room while they were busy,  and stole tea lights from their drawers..  she then creeped back to her room and surrounded her doll with them.  Then,  she took her long lighter from her own desk drawers,  and lit the candles.. 

"Again,  you are so important to me.  I would do anything for you.  You're the only one I can really talk to..  I love and appreciate you like a sister.  You mean everything to me"  she said.  She would never blow the candles out,  she only waited for the flame to go out when it reached the bottom of the candle..  the doll did nothing,  of course.  It just sat there in silence with it's eyes wide open.  Natalie smiled and put the empty candles in her bin.  She then took the doll from where it was sitting and put it in the drawer with a small blanket over it.  She really did love that doll.