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Twenty
~Jade's POV~
'Baby, how're you?'
I stared mouth wide open at Zee, wondering what she's doing in my school. Today is the day we vacate school and our PTA. Mom is supposed to be here, not Zee. And besides, when I left home this morning, Zee was still in School. She was putting on a podka dot short Bubu that I've never seen on her before and I know I'm so stealing the gown. That what younger sisters are for anyways, stealing their elder sister's clothes.
'What are you doing here?'
'What can't I do here?' she shrugged 'I'm here for your PTA'
'So Zee, you're here as my guardian. Mad oo. Who's guarding who?'
I came to the hall where the meeting was holding and I was on my way out when I stumbled upon Zee.
'Wo, baby. I don't hav
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