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Lollie Parker

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Lollie Parker


Mr. Matthews walked into his classroom with a smile on his face, "Happy Halloween, everybody!"

"No." Maya said.

"What do you mean, no?" He asked.

"We outgrew it, Mr. Matthews." Lollie answered.

"No Halloween no more?" Mr. Matthews asked.

Riley sighed, "We decided. We had a meeting."

"There was no meeting." Maya said.

"That was just me?" Riley asked.

"We're in high school now, Mr. Matthews." Lucas said.

"We grew up."

"Time to outgrow weird masks and costumes."

"We're not trick or treating anymore." Riley said.

"Small potatoes, Matthews. Not important. Move on." Maya said.

"Not important?" He asked, "Well...You've brought us to today's lesson!" Mr. Matthews said

Maya sighed, "I didn't mean to!"

"But you did." Lollie said.

"There are no small decisions in life. Every decision that you make affects who you are, and every action you take or don't take has consequences, and it affects the people around you." Mr. Matthews explained.

"We get it, Dad. People change people."

"What if they never got the chance?" He asked.

"What?"

"So, you've made a decision about Halloween. "Small potatoes," you say. "Not important," you say. Are we important?" He asked.

"Yes." Maya said.

She looked back and pointed at Lollie and Riley.

"No. No. You think so, but no. No! No. No. No. Save me, Farkle."

"He's talking chaos theory." Farkle said.

"A mathematical hypothesis postulating that within our universal complexity any small alterations can have vast repercussions." Smackle said.

"You brainiac." Farkle said as he tapped her nose.

Smackle copied his actions, "You brainiac."

"I'm not sure anyone understands what you said. Explain it for the common person." Mr. Matthews said.

Lollie answered instead, "You do something over here, it can affect what happens over there."

"Demonstrate."

Farkle got up and walked over towards Lucas, "Over here."

Farkle smacked the back of Lucas's head, "Hey!"

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