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Be a good listener. Be in their shoes. Be understanding. 

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Don’t forget the times you were sad, and the times you were really angry, and all the times you were so happy you were almost scared.

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I don’t know what the future holds for me, but my past is clearer than it’s ever been.

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This agreement, this vow of secrecy Maddie made me take with her, it had ghastly undertones, though the specifics of what we were hiding eluded me. I suppose I had my guesses, but I dared not articulate them.

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I recognized it immediately. The House. Our House.

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I remember those butterflies.

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When I believed in you and thought you believed in me and I didn’t think more of what else could be.

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I’d rather not tell you that before I met you, I was the happiest I’d ever been.

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I remember how small I felt, when you pulled me into you.

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Slowly I feel them creeping up, lapping at my toes.