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…showed last 75 words of 331 total…I broke up with him. Around this time I met a girl, my best friend to be, who was accepted and rejected by several groups right alongside myself. Thanks to our close bond, the both of us grew into strong, independent young women by the middle of eighth grade. I cannot explain how, but it was as though the steel pipe that had been banging against our heads finally flipped on the lightbulbs for us.