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staring at. It was a photo of Sandy’s Aunt Penny with a woman she had never seen before. They both looked quite young; early twenties or so.
          “It’s my Aunt Melissa.” April was somewhat taken aback. “Boy, she looks young.”
          “I didn’t know that my Aunt knew yours,” Sandy said. “Small world . . . huh.” The girls looked at each other but there was nothing to say. Outside of Sandy’s barely opened door could be heard the muted sounds of a sitcom’s laugh track.
          “What were you reading?” April asked. Sandy slid back to her other scrapbook. She picked it up and handed it to April. “It’s my Aunt’s book of poetry. I think she wrote most of it herself, but there is someone else’s handwriting here and there.” Sandy briefly twirled her blonde hair. Both girls were blondes. Sandy’s hair lived up to her name, and April was a dirty blonde. April hated that term and preferred to think of herself as a mix between blonde and light brown.
          Suddenly, for reasons April couldn’t quite put her fingers on, Sandy’s hair twirling reminded April of her run-in with Courtney and her gang this morning.
          “What are you thinking about?” Sandy asked.
          “I had a run-in with Courtney and her oaf of a boyfriend today.”
          “Yea, I heard. Thanks for sticking up for Mandy. I don’t know what Courtney has against her.”
          “Well, sticking up for her nearly got me flattened.” April opened the poetry book. The first page automatically fell opened. She stared in astonishment.
          “It’s the poem we recited yesterday,” Sandy offered. “Although, I don’t understand why it worked, especially since we didn’t have anyone named Maeve.”
          April looked at Sandy and turned beet red. She looked away, trying to hide her blush.
          “What?” Sandy asked. Her friend’s scarlet color caught her off guard.
          “It’s my middle name.” April felt very foolish. April’s middle name was something that she didn’t like and felt embarrassed sharing this with her friend.

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