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From Lil' Baggy:

Cat-fight

What happened: I started hangin out with a guy named Willy down the street from me. He was two years older and it was the week of graduation. He had been hangin out with me all week after school and on the actual day of graduation I wanted to hang with him again. So I called and I was sittin on the back of his truck tellin him to come outside. And when he didnt I called again and his girlfriend answered the phone and came outside herself and went off on me about talking to Will. She said 'He's not allowed to talk to girls so I think you should erase his number from your phone and memory and get the f**k off of his truck before i step off this porch and give you a reason to!' Then she confronted me in the hall at school about it the next Monday and said all the same stuff about me not talking to him.

What I said: 'Ok' and walked away

What I SHOULD have said: 'Why do you tell HIM not to talk to me because last time I checked, YOU didnt tell me who I could and could NOT talk to. I always thought he was a big boy with his own mind and what went through his mind to go out with YOU is a mystery to me. By the way, he talks to a LOT of other girls. DEAL WITH IT because he is my neighbor and YOU CANT CHANGE THAT!' God I shoulda smacked her!

on the stairs

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