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WILL

"Brad, Brad!" I rush as I run into his room.

"Will! Will!" He mocks me.

"She sent in her video. I have to look for it. Help me, please."

"Whoa whoa, slow down." He pats my shoulders. "What are you talking about."

"The contest. Mira sent in her video and I have to make sure she wins so that we can meet." I say out of breath. The elevator was being too slow so I ran up the stairs.

"Okay." Brad says and turns away from me to open his laptop. I get mine out too. "What does this girl look like?"

"Her picture is my lock screen." I hand over my phone and watch as he presses the home button.

"How did you score yourself a girl like this?" He asks, bewildered. "Damn."

"I know." I sigh. "Now look through the emails." I playfully demand as I log into mine.

"How long ago did she send it?"

"About twenty minutes."

"Okay, so look at the minutes it was sent, that way you won't have to go through ones during the time she didn't even send." I nod and do as he says.

".. I think I got her." Brad shoves his computer towards me.

"That's her." I breathe. "That is definitely her." I almost laugh, until I see what she is doing in the video.

"This was the first one. I tried to kill myself. I wanted it so bad. I just wanted to get out. I needed to get out." Tears roll down her face but she doesn't wipe them away. I wonder if she knows she's crying or if she's too numb to feel it.

"Shit..." Brad says. "This girl has gone through some painful shit."

"I would love to be invited to this premier because William Rivers didn't only save my life. He saved my family from the pain they would have went through if I actually would have killed myself that day."

"Email her back." I demand. "She has to come to this."

"William, I know she's pretty and all but she's damaged. Broken."

"What makes you think I can't fix her?"

"You have been ting to her about who you are. Don't you think that might crush her just a little bit more?"

"I have to try, Brad. I love her."

I love her.

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