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All
I've
ever
wanted
is
for
Juli
Baker
to
leave
me
alone.
For
her
to
back
off
—
you
know,
just
give
me
some
spac
e.
It
all
started
the
summer
before
second
grade
when
our
movi
ng
van
pulled
into
her
neighborhood.
And
since
we're
now
ab
out
done
with
the
eighth
grade,
that,
my
friend,
makes
more
than
half
a
decade
of
strategic
avoidance
and
social
disco
mfort.
She
didn't
just
barge
into
my
life.
She
barged
and
shoved
and
wedged
her
way
into
my
life.
Did
we
invite
her
to
get
into
our
moving
van
and
start
cl
imbing
all
over
boxes?
No!
But
that's
exactly
what
she
did,
taking
over
and
showing
off
like
only
Juli
Baker
can.
My
dad
tried
to
stop
her.
“Hey!”
he
says
as
she's
catapu
lting
herself
on
board.
“What
are
you
doing?
You're
getting
mud
everywhere!”
So
true,
too.
Her
shoes
were,
like,
cake
d
with
the
stuff.
She
didn't
hop
out,
though.
Instead,
she
planted
her
rear
e
nd
on
the
floor
and
started
pushing
a
big
box
with
her
fe
et.
“Don't
you
want
some
help?”She
glanced
my
way.
“It
s
ure
looks
like
you
need
it.”
I
didn't
like
the
implication.
And
even
though
my
dad
had
been
tossing
me
the
same
sort
of
look
all
week,
I
could
t
ell
—
he
didn't
like
this
girl
either.
“Hey!
Don't
do
th
at,”
he
warned
her.
“There
are
some
really
valuable
things
in
that
box.”
“Oh.
Well,
how
about
this
one?”
She
scoots
over
to
a
box
labeled
LENOX
and
looks
my
way
again.
“We
should
push
it
together!”
“No,
no,
no!”
my
dad
says,
then
pulls
her
up
by
the
arm
.
“Why
don't
you
run
along
home?
Your
mother's
probably
wo
ndering
where
you
are.”
This
was
the
beginning
of
my
soon-to-become-acute
awareness
t
hat
the
girl
cannot
take
a
hint.
Of
any
kind.
Does
she
zi
p
on
home
like
a
kid
should
when
they've
been
invited
to
leave?
No.
She
says,
“Oh,
my
mom
knows
where
I
am.
She
s
aid
it
was
fine.”
Then
she
points
across
the
street
and
says,
“We
just
live
right
over
there.”
My
father
looks
to
where
she's
pointin
g
and
mutters,
“Oh
boy.”
Then
he
looks
at
me
and
winks
as
he
says,
“Bryce,
isn't
it
time
for
you
to
go
inside
a
nd
help
your
mother?”
I
knew
right
off
that
this
was
a
ditch
play.
And
I
didn't
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