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Shift 6: Squatter

I been hanging out with Yuki. I like her style.

She told me she likes my style. I’m not surprised. I was wearing one of my new vests and the scarf I got from the free box. Like I said: Swanky.

When I talk with Yuki, I forget everything. She gets me laughing so hard, and next thing I know, I feel like I’m a regular kid and we’re out after curfew on a school night.

She always says something goofy…

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Shift 5: Tapas

I picked up stuff from the Free box at Deon’s spa–some vests, a scarf, some shirts. I feel pretty swanky.

Deon wanted to take me to this tapas bar across from his spa. They serve free tapas every Tuesday, from 7 pm until closing. Deon says I gotta know where all the free food is if I’m gonna live this way. It’s one of the insurance policies.

I met him out front. He told me I looked good.

I felt…

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Shift 4: Not a Boy

Shift 4: Not a Boy

If I were a boy, this would be so much easier. Nobody would look at me twice. I could sleep without checking I hadn’t been followed. I could go anywhere.

And I wouldn’t wake up with cramps.

It took a while for my period to come. I guess all the stress of everything. But when it came, it came heavy and felt like it was ripping me in two.

When I had bad periods before, Gran would always bring me a…

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Shift 2: Haven

Around noon, I realized I’d better figure out where I was going to sleep that night. The whole time on the train, I hadn’t had to worry about that. I had to worry about if anybody would be in the car I was riding in, and if so, would they leave me alone, but I always knew I’d be sleeping somewhere on that train.

But I realized I didn’t know where I’d sleep tonight.

I wanted someplace where…

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Shift 1: Far Away

Shift 1: Far Away

I could hear the train whistle blowing, even though it was miles away. I knew how far it was, for I’d walked there by foot after hopping off the freight.

My tablet still worked, and the state park had free wi-fi.

Out of habit, I googled myself to see if there were any reports yet of me having gone missing.

I was glad that nothing came up except my record in the 880 in the middle school track…

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