Melanie Hopkins: A Short Story

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Her name was Melanie Hopkins, a young girl with high hopes and dreams. She had every reason to be a joyful young lady. Good and understanding parents, stable home, good friends, high intelligence, great personality, beauty, and so much more. On the otherhand, she didnt see herself as... what is a good word for it...great. She saw every flaw imaginable in the mirror. Flaws that only she can see. Boys at school always said hi and hello, but she never paid attention to the little adolecents in need for blowjobs behind the bleachers. Except she only had time for a limited amount of things. School, family, friends, and boyfriend. But she was yet to have a boyfriend. Not just yet. Once she finally turned seventeen, she can date on her own terms,

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