Tattered Notebook
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"Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over." ~ Octavia Butler
Alaska Rae has never been the most popular person, only ever having a handful of acquaintances but, halfway through her junior year Xena Roth moves into the neighborhood turning Alaska quiet existence into something the introvert never expected out of that year.
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