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Show Inside Out, 28 Chapter 6: Terra Martina and Lindsey were standing by the back door smoking when Terra got to school. "Hey, Terra!" Martina called. Terra walked over, feeling a little tense. She had never tried a cigarette. "Wanna smoke?" Terra looked at the cigarette. She wanted to hang with these people. But it smelled disgusting. "Urn, no thanks." Martina threw her cigarette on the ground. "Actually, I wish I didn't smoke," she said. "I'm totally addicted now, and they're not cheap." "Where do you get them?" "Oh, around. There's always someone who'll sell them." Leah blew a long trail of smoke over her shoulder. Terra realized Leah was turning away for her benefit. It surprised her how nice they were being. And then she felt guilty about being surprised. Why wouldn't they be nice? "So anyway," Leah said, turning to Martina, "She keeps going back to him. I can't figure it out. Like last night, he calls, as if nothing has happened, and just like that she puts on her perfume and takes off with him." "She's talking about her mom," Martina said to Terra. "She's so stupid!" Leah wailed. "Is this your dad she keeps going back to?" asked Terra. "Hell, no! That guy hasn't been around for ten years." |