One can dream
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A messed up friendship, a "forbidden" crush, and a old, crushing, hatred for PE? Oh yeah, definitely, that's Brooke for you. Brooke lost one of the people she thought she would be friends with forever. When the one thing that shouldn't have happened happens, she finds herself stuck in a situation she never wanted to be stuck in. Can new friends, and a new sense of maturity bail her out?
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