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Sophie Evans: A Short Story

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Sophie Evans was a small fifteen year old, who most in her class would call a loner. She had little friends and was the type to pass up social interactions to focus on her studies. She had been bullied and even fought with off and on since year one of elementary. Several times she ran home from school crying and dirtied from being pushed down by her peers. Plans of escaping her home town for Lychville, about two hours away, filled her head ever since she saw a pamphlet for the town a few years back. The small town atmosphere portrayed in the pamphlets pictures quickly drew her in. Since then she planned her escapes to Lychville and dreamed of running away as soon as she could. Her only savings grace in that rotten town was her crush, Kevin. Kevin is a tall, dark haired, tanned teen, who spent hours a day exercising and boxing with his father. She has been enrolled in the same school as Kevin and his sister, Rachel, since day one but felt like he barely noticed her except for small conversations and waves in passing. Sophie would spend endless amounts of effort on her appearance, including using silly spells like Spongify in between classes she knew she would see him, to soften her hair and skin in case she would bump into him. …show more content…

Slamming her locker shut she started up the hallway, as she heard an argument suddenly stir from the happy couple. A smiled sneaked its way onto Sohpies lips as she turned the

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