Sleepover

weekend, but this time was an exception, and everyone was stressed out and hurried home to finish their essays. It was Saturday and I was all but done, and I was very proud. On Saturday night, my friend would come over and we was going to have a sleepover. One important thing to this story is that I always write my assignments and essays on my typewriter, and my teacher have of course noticed it. When my friend and I had eaten our pizza, seen our movie, eaten some more and talked for hours, we…

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