Part 1
Spring of '94'

I ran down stairs with my basketball in one hand and my money in the other. "Vanesa?" My mother called from in the kitchen. She and her friends were in the kitchen for their daily gossip. They always talking bout folks, I thought to myself as I pushed through the kitchen door. "Yes?" I asked eager to get outside. She looked at me and smiled, her cigarette in-between her two fingers. I looked into her eyes. She looked so stressed, she ought to be after the divorce she'd just been through with my dad. They tried to say they were growing apart, but I aint dumb, I know my mother was keeping something from my dad and I. The strange phone calls, the out of the blue meetings with a certain someone. My dad didn't say anything until last month. The arguments were becoming too much, they'd fight all night about how my dad thought my mom was cheating. He soon resolved everything by leaving one night, and sending divorce papers two weeks later. I go to visit him every chance I can, since he is in the army. She was hurt that her own husband couldn't trust her. Every since then she'd been moping around the house either smoking or gossiping, sometimes both. "You go out and play like a nice young lady...I don't want Ms. Frederick's calling me again with complaints about you beating up on Dreux, you hear me?" I sighed rolling my eyes. "Yes momma." I turned around running out the front door. The sun was out and everyone was outside as I bounced my ball down the street. "What's up Nesa!" a voice called from across the street. I squinted and put my hand over my eyes so I could see better. "O what's up De'mario!" I called back running across the street. De'mario is one of my very good friends, not to mention Dreux and Jarell. I live across the street from him while Jarell and Druex lived next door. We all grew up together in Inglewood, California on a block which we called 'the block'. "Where you going?" he asked sitting on a step. "Bout to go over here and mess with Dreux." I admitted bouncing the ball off the porch. He shook his head and laughed outloud. "What's funny?" I asked curiously. "You really didn't have to punch that boy like you did yesterday." I laughed with him remembering how he cried out for his mother instead of fighting back. "He was asking for it D, you saw how he kept crossing over me like he was Magic Johnson!" I replied imitating him. De'mario fell back across the porch laughing his lungs out. He sat up and sighed holding his stomach. "So where yo boy at?" I asked referring to Jarell. Jarell was normally my punch bag buddy, but I hadn't seen him outside lately. "He over in Ohio with his cousin for spring break."
"Who his cousin?" I asked being nosy as always. I'm not the type to gossip unlike my mom but I can get very nosy...like my mom. "His name Omari, he supposed to be coming back to live with Jarell from what I hear. " he answered picking up a stick trying to poke me with it. "You trying to start something?" I asked dropping the ball and stepping up towards him. "Naw, you think I'm gone mess with you after seeing how you handled Druex?" he said laughing again. I stepped down from the porch and picked up the ball. "I'm going to see if this punk wanna ball, you coming?"
"Yea I'll be round there in a minute." he said standing up and walking in the house, slamming the door behind him. "De'mario what I say about slamming my damn door boy?" I heard his mom yell from the living room. I laughed to myself walking across the lawn to Druex's house. I rung the door bell twice and waited for an answer. His mom came to door with a 'you got some nerve' look on her face. I tried to keep myself from laughing and smiled innocently. "Hi Ms. Fredericks, can Dreux come out and play?" She looked me up and down and called for Dreux to come outside. He appeared a few minutes later and closed the door behind him. "What you want?" he asked still upset from yesterday. "I came to beat yo face-" I started but then stopped myself once I saw his mother in the window. " I came to play basketball." I said and smiled to him. He looked at me funny and then waved at De'mario who was on his way over towards us. "No hitting?"
"No hitting." I vowed putting my hand to my chest, which was now starting to grow breast. The guys would pick on me all the time about my little grapefruits...that's how I became so evil towards them, I'll hit anybody who stepped in my face with a wrong comment. "Hol on, let me change my shoes" he said. A few minutes later he returned with some busted black and white jordans on. "Let's play ball" I said stepping off the porch. We were at the court in less than fifteen minutes. "We uneven" De'mario pointed out seeing that it was just the three of us. I looked around the playground seeing nothing but lil prissy girls around me. "Mayne where we gone get a fourth player?" Dreux asked out loud. At the minute he said that Jarell came running towards them. "What's up yall?" he said slapping hands with De'mario and Dreux. I greeted him with a smile. "You playing?"
"Dang Nesa I just came from the airport, can I rest a little?"
"We playing for money." I added in knowing he was going to take my offer. "Who team I'm on?" Jarell said changing his mind quickly. I laughed and pulled him over to me. "Cough it up." I said throwing out a five dollar bill. De'mario threw in ten dollars while Dreux pitched in five. We all looked at Jarell waiting for him to do the same. He was always being stingy with his money. He sighed and pulled out a five dollar bill. "I gotta win this game if I'm putting in all my allowance" he complained taking the ball from me. This nigga done grew some balls since he been away, I thought to myself letting him take it. "Aight heads or tails?" I asked taking out a penny. "Heads" De'mario called. I flipped the penny up and it landed back on the back of my hand. "Tails...our ball." I smiled snatching the ball back from Jarell. He paid no mind and took his place in front of De'mario trying to block him. Druex stood infront of me his knees bent as he kept his eyes on the ball the whole time. I eyed him as the ball bounced between my legs then through his and into Jarell's hands. He shook De'mario and did a layup making it into the hoop. I screamed and slapped hands with Jarell. "One to none!" I taunted in Dreux face. He rolled his eyes passing the ball to De'mario. The game quickly ended ten to eight as Jarell and I sat on the swings counting the money. "Twenty-five dollars" I said handing Jarell twelve dollars and giving Dreux a dollar. "Yawl can split it fifty-fifty." I joked nudging Jarell in his side. He laughed and stuck his money in his back pocket. "Ha ha very funny!" Druex said handing the dollar to De'mario. He balled it in his hand and threw it at Jarell. "By the way, where yo cousin at?"
"He back at the house getting his stuff unpacked" Jarell replied sirens drowning out his voice. Our eyes followed the fire truck down the street towards our block. "Eh lets go check it out" Jarell said picking up the ball and leading us from the playground. We were there at the street light a couple of feet from my house when he stopped. "Um...Nesa you might want to come check this out." he called back to me. I looked up to see paramedics carrying my mother out on a stretcher. "Ma!" I called running up to the front lawn. I was stopped by a police officer. "That's my momma!" I cried as tears formed in the corner of my eyes. He let me by as I made my way to the stretcher. I began to cry harder seeing her struggle to breathe. All kinds of thoughts began to run through my head as I watched her shake intensely. "Mommy don't leave me, please don't go," I cried trying to keep up with the the paramedics. I jumped in the back of the van, still trying to keep her calm as blood poured out of her mouth. I could see that she was scared because tears ran down the sides of her face. "You've got to help her!" I screamed seeing the amount of pain she was in. My heart raced as doctors just continued to hook tubes in her arms and inject fluids in her. She reached out and took my hand into hers as her eyes rolled to the back of her head and she suddenly stopped breathing. It was silence, no more shaking, no more coughing, just pure dead silence. Her hand loosened in mines as I looked into the whites of my mother's eyes and laid my head upon her chest. At that very moment I had just watched my mom die.

Part 2
Nine years later
I pulled into the driveway of my childhood house and thought back to all the fun days my mother and I had. I walked up the walkway and opened the door stepping into a house full of memories. When my mom died I went to live with my aunt across town until I finished my first year in college. We decided that I'll buy my moms house and she'd pay the bills until I graduated. I went back up to my room and sat down reminiscing back to the days I used to sit and watch basketball with my friends. Man I sure do miss them. I sat there caught up in my thoughts when a rock came flying against my window. I jumped up and looked out the window seeing a tall medium sized figure outside. I squinted to see better and immediately noticed who it was. "Druex!" I screamed running downstairs and out the front door. He met me half way as I jumped in his arms. "I'm so glad to see you!" I cried as he sat me down. He stepped back to examine me shaking his head. "Damn girl, you changed a lot!" He said eyeing me from head to toe. "Is that a good or bad thing?" I asked studying his illegible face expression. "That's a good thing" he replied shyly. He has changed so much, I thought to myself as I eyed him up and down. "Look at you trying to grow a lil mustache, and these muscles." I said pinching his arm. He was wearing a white Sean john T-shirt with the sleeves cut off, over a pair of blue denim Sean John jeans. He smiled popping his collar. I laughed as I hugged him again. "Man, you really look good." I told him again as we sat down on the front porch. "Well without you here to beat up on me, I've had time to grow into my looks." he said pushing her lightly. "You know, I always wondered why you would never hit me back?" I asked looking into his brown eyes I've never noticed before. He really has grown into a man, I thought as I studied him closely. He still had that crazy southern accent. Which was now a sexy southern ascent. His small tight curls were now long and pulled back into a pony tail. His smile was still the same, very shy but still able to say 'Hi' every time he opened his mouth. "You know my mother never approved of me hitting girls, even when they hit me first." I smiled at the comment he made. He really was a good friend to me, I don't know why I so mean to him. I guess because of all the stress I was under at the time had me tripping on everybody. "So what brings you back to the block?" he asked curiously. "Well, I decided to buy this place." I answered looking back at the house. "Really?" I nodded yes as he smiled widely. "What you thinking about?" I asked seeing the face he always made when he was up to something. "We could be like old times again..except for the punching and stuff, cause I'll hit you back now!" he assured me. I laughed throwing my head back at what he'd just said. "Yea, just like old times."

'Later that week'
After unpacking the last box I fell to the couch exhausted from all the work I had done this past three days. I still had more work to do. I went to the kitchen and pulled out a bottled water. Just as I returned someone knocked on the front door. I opened it to see Dreux there with a bag of Chinese food. "Ooh my favorite," I said grabbing the bag away from him. "Well, you're welcome" he sarcastically replied walking in. He took a seat beside me and proceeded to join me in eating. "I meant to ask you, where Jarell and De'mario run off to?" I asked spreading soy sauce on my fried rice. Dreux stopped to swallow, "They moved over there by crenshaw, they said it was too many memories here." I looked over at him and laughed. "What's funny?" he said his eyes getting big. I always thought he looked so cute when he did that. "You still eat like a pig, look at all this." I said pointing to his chin which had chicken grease all over it. He looked away feeling embarrassed and wiped it with a napkin. "So you still talk to them?" I asked continuing the conversation. "Of course, we boys till the end." he replied smiling. I agreed and continued to eat. A couple of hours later we were sitting remembering back to the days we all would gamble with basketball. "Yall would always win the money, and then I would have to go home and explain to my mom why I didn't have lunch money!" Dreux laughed taking a sip of his soda. I fell back holding my stomach. "Stop it you're killing me!" I cried barely being able to breathe. "Matter of fact, how about someone on one?" He suggested standing up. I looked at him, a surprised expression on my face. "You know I haven't played in like a century, you gone win anyway." He gave me a sad pout, looking like a little child begging for candy. I couldn't help but laugh, he looked pitiful. "All right one game." I said finally. I went into one box and pulled out my basketball. "I see you still kept the ball." he said doing one of Jarell's numbers and taking it from me. I let him slide by me and stole it back running out the front door.

Druex POV
I glanced over at her seeing how she was admiring the court I put in the back of my yard. "I got tired of walking back and forth to the playground, besides them damn kids were getting too smart for their own good." I said seeing how she attempted to shoot but the ball just bounced off the rim. "Damn you won't lying were you?" She looked at me and rolled her eyes. "Just for that we going to twenty" she said retrieving the ball and sitting it between her legs. I couldn't help but stare as she held the ball still between the two thick caramel brown legs of hers. I let my eyes slowly slide up and around her hips as she took the ball from in between her legs. Damn, I thought to myself. She aint the lil tomboy that used to beat up on me, she more of a woman. I let my eyes work they way up to her chest, which were nicely showing themselves. "Druex!" she yelled pushing me. "I aint no hoe to be looking at like that!" she said pulling her T-shirt up. I smiled nervously and looked down at my feet. "My bad" There was a small silence until she finally spoke. "You still a virgin?" she asked catching me off guard. I looked up quickly, I could feel my face growing hot. "Mayne what kind of question is that?" She laughed and pushed me playfully. "You aint never did the business did you?" I turn around and picked up the ball to shoot it. "I'm your friend and you looking at me like you want to fuck, you got to be a virgin, now answer the question!" she demanded her voice growing stern. "So what damn, is it a crime?" I admitted feeling more embarrassed. That was my deepest secret and she sitting here picking on me about it. She laughed outloud falling to the concrete. "Promise you won't tell nobody," I said standing over her. She continued laughing not answering me. "Promise!" I said nudging her with my foot. She looked up at me an 'I know you aint just kick me' look on her face. She jumped up and wiped off her shorts which were highly cut above her thighs. " I'm sorry, I promise" she said pulling her arm around me. I gave her a pleased smile and dodged passed her dunking the ball into the rim. "Zero to none"

Part 3
Now that I moved back which was three months from today, Dreux and I have been hanging out since. He's really shown me a different side of him since I've been back. We've been going to parties, clubs, and theme parks together (note to self: He scream like a bitch). He's also helped me decorate my house, even though he aint got no kind of sense of style. And as I speak now he over here eating up my damn Co Co puffs. "Buy yo own cereal!" I said snatching the box away from him. "Eh, I was reading that!" he cried his eyes following the box. He got up pouring a bowl of milk in the sink. I ignored the fact that he had just wasted my milk and walked into the den. I turned on the t.v. as he came in to join me. "What you watching?" he asked sliding down in the sofa. "You might want to cover your eyes, this can get depressing." I joked giving him a hint on what was about to happen next. He looked on seeing that the woman began to kiss the guy on his neck. "You real funny." he replied looking over to me. I laughed to myself and began to play with his ears. He jerked his head away and pushed me playfully. I climbed on top of him pulling his hair. "Ooh Druex!" He played along resting his hands on my hips, as I began to grind against his body. "Faster Nesa!" he screamed laughing. I laughed outloud. "You is stupid." I said finding my place back on the couch.

Druex POV
I put the pillow over my lap to cover the erection in my pants. Damn why now, I thought to myself looking out the corner of my eye at Vanesa. She sat there watching the white man get some not even suspecting that I'm over here horny as hell! I felt myself loosen a little, and sat up straight. "You iight?" she asked me seeing how nervous I was. "Yea, I'm cool." She turned and placed her hand over mines. "You don't look cool." she said facing me. I looked at her then back at the floor. "Are you a virgin?" I asked. I was surprised that those words escaped from my mouth. She sighed and looked away. "Naw I lost mines at sixteen, and till this day I regret every minute of it," she paused and looked back at me, "what made you ask that anyway?"
"I mean you were laughing at me about being a virgin I just wanted to know if you were" I said not being able to look her in her face. She took my face into her hands and looked me directly in the eyes. "There's nothing to be embarrassed about, actually it's a good thing, it tells me that sex isn't the only thing on your mind." I smiled at what she said. She kissed me softly on the cheek. The touch of her lips against my skin sent chills down my spine. I felt the sense of lust run through her stare as she proceeded to kiss me again. Her lips ran across mines as her fingers tangled their way through my hair. The temptation was too strong to resist, but I had to let go. I jumped up and headed towards the front door. "Druex!" I heard her call from the porch but I was already across the street. I entered the house and slammed the door shut. "Damn, what the fuck just happened?" I asked myself turning on the hall light. I found myself sweating hard as I took out a soda from the fridge. As soon as I put the can up to my mouth a hand crossed my throat and a gun took place at my head. "Oh shit!"
"Shut the fuck up!" the voice behind me shouted. Another guy came from behind and stood infront of me. He was wearing a black ski mask and stood a few inches taller than me. "Cough up the fuckin money!" he said checking my pockets. The other guy echoed with a southern accent. I laughed outloud and pulled away from who I knew was De'mario. Jarell took the mask off laughing and greeted me with a hug. "Don't ever do that shit again, I almost pissed in my pants!" I said pushing him. De'mario smiled and shook his head. "What's happening young?" I sat down still shook up about the joke they pulled over on me. "I'm straight kid, what about you?"
"Not a damn thing, still with this cat." he said pointing to Jarell who was now digging for something in the refrigerator. "How yall get in anyway?" I asked forgetting all about what happened with Vanesa and I. "Yo stupid ass left the side door open." Jarell said taking a seat across from me. He let out a laugh and took a bite off the fudge bar he had taken from my fridge. "Guess who back in town?" I said deciding to bring up the subject. "Who?" they asked in unison. "Vanesa."
"Fo real?" De'mario said his eyebrows raised. I nodded my head yes as Jarell spoke. "Where she staying?"
"Across the street." I replied. I could still taste the strawberry flavored lip gloss as I ran my tongue across my lips. "She home now?" Jarell asked licking ice cream off the back of his hand. "Yea"
I had a feeling what he was going to say next, Lets go see her, I mocked him in my head.
"Lets go see her" he said as if hearing my thoughts. I sucked my teeth and got up from the table. "Yall go ahead, I just came from over there" I said heading up stairs. "Aight we'll catch up with you later stub!" De'mario called leaving the house.

Vanesa POV
I sat there in my bedroom thinking about what just happened. I kissed Dreux. One of my very good friends, the boy I used to beat up when I was ten. What was I thinking? My thoughts were interrupted by the doorbell. Maybe it's him, maybe he came back to...I dunno but he came back. I ran down stairs turning the corner sharply and opened the door. I gasped to see that it wasn't Druex but my two favorite childhood friends. I screamed and hugged both at the same time inviting them in. "What are yall doing here?" I asked surprised to see them after nine years. "We came to see you!" De'mario answered. We all took seats on the sofa not knowing what to say next, until Jarell spoke up. "Gurl stand up and let me take a look at you," he said taking my hand. I stood up and did a little model for them. "Damn gurl you got some weight on you" De'mario said admiring my shape. Jarell just shook his head in disbelief. "I remember you as the skinny flat chested tomboy who used to beat our asses, how you get so thick?" I smiled and laughed. "Well I stopped beating up lil boys like you and started something new, I call it being a girl." I joked taking my seat again. "But look at you Jarell, got facial hair all around here." I said touching his face. "I remember when you were trying to grow chest hairs." De'mario apparently thought that was so funny."What brings you back?" Jarell asked ignoring the comment I made. "I missed my nigga's, I wasn't gone just up and leave like that."
"Yea you did kind of leave us here without saying goodbye" De'mario agreed trying to sound upset. I suddenly remembered how Dreux ran out of here without saying a word. "Where's Dreux?" I asked praying that what happened wouldn't change things between us. They both pointed to his house across the street. "Did he say..." I began but my voice trailed off into my thoughts. "Whats wrong?" Jarell asked seeing that something was obviously on my mind. "Nothing" I responded behind his words. He stood up queing De'mario that they were to take their leave. "What are you doing tomorrow?" he asked opening the door. I gave him a disappointed, look answering his queston. "We going to play some ball at the Y, we'll pick you up at three." He answered leaving. I gave them both hugs and closed the door behind them.

Part 4
I got dressed around one and pulled my hair into a back pony tail so that it fell shoulder length. I checked myself once more before leaving. I hope this aint too revealing, I thought to myself studying the blue and white adida outfit I was sporting. Maybe the shorts too short? I ran to my closet searching for some jeans to put on. The phone rang causing me to stop. "Hello?"
"Hey," Druex responded on the other end. "What's up?"
"Nothing, I'm getting ready to go ball with Jarell and D," There was a slight silence on the other end. "Um..you wanna come over?" He asked suddenly. "You sure?"
"Yea man." he assured. "Aight I'll be there in a couple of minutes." I hung up the phone smiling. A couple of minutes later I was walking across the front lawn. Before I could reach the front door he was already there to greet me.

Dress POE
Every time I see her she gets more beautiful, I thought to myself inviting her in. She took a seat on the couch my mother had designed for the room. "So whets up?" She asked resting her hands on the arms of the chair. I took a seat across from her. "About last night." I started. She looked at me with those big light brown eyes and blinked. I turned to keep myself from blushing. Why am I feeling this way towards her? She like a sister to me. "I know what you're about to say" she said uncrossing her legs. I glanced up so that I was making complete eye contact with her. "You didn't mean for it to happen," she paused between her sentence and looked down at the floor. "Me neither, but these past three months, you've showed a whole new side of you...and I like it." I was surprised that she had felt any attraction towards Mme. mean she never liked me before. But I had to agree, I did feel something towards her, I always have, I think. So caught up in my thoughts I didn't even notice she had came and sat beside me, her hands sliding up and down my chest. I leaned in towards her softly placing my lips against hers. She held back at first and then gave in, slowly letting her tongue works its way on mine. As time passed by with our kiss I found myself leading her to my room, our lips still making contact. This was definitely a sexual attraction I was feeling. I wanted to do it but I wasn't sure if I should. She placed herself horizontally on my bed as she slipped out of her shoes. Wait Man.'s bout to lose my virginity to my childhood friend. I suddenly pushed myself from off top of her. "Whets wrong now?" she asked. "This don't feel right," I said sitting beside her. Apparently she took me wrong by what I said. "It's okay I'll lead you through it," she responded. I looked over to her. "I can't lose my virginity to you" She cringed back as if offended. "No, I mean you're my friend I don't know whether the feelings I feel are because you're a friend or more than that."

Vanessa POE
I looked at him, a confused look on my face. "I thought you felt the same?" I knew this wasn't love I was experiencing but it was a strong feeling between he and I. I looked away embarrassed at how I had acted towards him. "I don't know what I'm feeling right now, I just don't wanna lead you on and come to find out later it was more of a physical attraction," he replied. He makes a point, I thought to myself. He's smarter than I thought he was. I smiled, glad to know he cared for my feelings. "Thanx for caring," I said kissing his cheek. "You're welcome."
I got up ready to head for the door when I remembered my plans for today. "Reel, D, and I are balling later, you coming?" I asked one foot out the door. "I got to be to work in twenty," he said glancing at his watch. "Height I'll see you around." He escorted me to the door leaving me with a hug. I said one last good-bye before heading across the street. I looked to my right to see a silver BMW head straight towards me. Are you gone stop? I asked to myself. I stepped back as the car stopped infonet of me, rolling down the tented window. "Excuse me...but can you tell me how to get to samisen avenue?" a brownskin guy asked from inside the car. I had to admitt he was fine as hell. I had a lil thing for guys with cornrows, especially with the lineup he had around them. "Umm..you take a right at the next light and keep straight," I answered smiling. He looked me up and down and smiled. "You're cute, thanx" he responded driving off. My eyes followed him all the way down the street until he turned the corner. "Damn!" I said outloud attempting to cross the street once more. I entered in to have two messages on my answering machine. "Yo'Nesa this Jarell, just calling to let you know I'm gone be round there in a few, so if you sleep wake yo ass up, holla at yo boy!" I laughed to hear that he was actually coming. "Hi Vanesa, it's your auntie Carol calling just to check up-" I stopped before she could say anything else that would get on my nerves. A car horn beeped causing me to look out the window. Jarell was sitting in the passengers seat of a silver convertable Lexus waving for me to come on. I grabbed my house keys and headed for the door. "Those your balling clothes?" he asked getting out the car to let me in. "Yea what you expected?" He looked back. "A g-string." he joked. I had to hit in the head for that one. I glanced around in the ride I was sitting in. "Damn D, this whip is nice," I complimented running my hand across the leather seats. "Yea I know!" he said pulling out the driveway. "It cost me some good cents too"
Jarell turned around so that he was facing me. "So whats up with you and Dreux?" he asked bringing up a subject I didn't even suspected he knew of. "What you mean?" I responded pretending like I had no clue to what he was referring to. "Don't act dumb Nesa, I know what went down." he climbed in the back so he could face me directly. "Well, I told him I was feeling him and he wasn't feeling me like that so aint nothing popping." I answered summarizing what really happened. In that amount of time we had already reached the Y. I got out the car disappointed in myself that I had just told Jarell that. "Oh by the way, I really didn't have a clue to what happened, thanx for the 411." he said sliding past me. I wanted to run after his bony ass but that nigga was too quick. "Don't pay no attention to him." De'mario replied pulling off his jeans. I took a second look to make sure he wasn't stripping in public and headed to the court. "Do yall realize it's the three of us?" I asked shooting the ball and making it. "To correct you, my cousin coming to ball with us," Jarell answered standing up from the bench. "Who?" I asked bouncing the ball behind my legs. "You haven't met him yet, his name Omari..and no he don't look better than me!" I looked up at him and rolled my eyes. "Yo conceited ass!" He laughed walking off towards the back of the gym. A few minutes he returned in some black shorts. "Eh Jarell, we going back to old times" I called pulling out a fifty dollar bill. "Cough it up!" De'mario joined us throwing in a fifty. Jarell sucked his teeth. "Lets make this more interesting." he said throwing out two hundreds. De'mario sighed and laughed. "That's steep dog." This nigga done lost his mind, I thought. Just then Jarell ran to the double doors greeting someone I couldn't see at the time. "Eh Nesa, this my cousin Omari," he called walking towards me. I turned around and my mouth dropped as I shook hands with the familiar face.

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