SYDD

Suddenly, I felt a hand grab my hair! I bit my lips to keep from crying out.

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"It's a KID!" the voice was shocked. The hands rolled my head over, face up. I fought my impulses and tried to look dead.  

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"It's a little girl!" the voice sounded like it was breaking, sobbing. I cracked open my eyelashes just a peek.

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I recognized him! He was one of the older kids who used to go to our school but had graduated to high school soon after I entered middle school.

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His name...I struggled to remember but my head was so fuzzy from all the bashes from Steve's shovel.

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SYDD! HIS NAME IS SYDD! I opened my eyes,

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"I have a huge crush on you!" I whispered past the damage Steve had done to my throat. Sydd stumbled backward, his eyes as wide as billiard balls.

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Sydd sat down at the edge of the latrine hole and helped me climb out. He rolled Steve's body to the edge and pushed him the rest of the way. I heard air gush out of his lungs from the impact when he hit bottom. I stuck out my tongue at Steve, his dead eyes open in a death gaze.