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121. Never Normal.

Author: AlphaKelly
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Alex's Pov

I tossed and turned all through the night, not being able to find sleep. There was too much going on in my head to fall asleep. Try as hard as I could, I couldn't stop the memories from pouring in.

They came in waves. Not just about Matthew but everything else. Everything about my home. My family.

There were memories of random days and things. Like James first Catapult, Dad sitting on the porch complaining about the heat, Mum laughing at some daytime show on the TV…

There were the funny memories, like Sydney's irritated face at her dance recital right before she folded her hands and refused to participate any longer right there on stage in front of the whole school, James cracking a mean joke about chickens barely five minutes before being chased by one, Mum opening a bag of flour wrong and getting the white powder all over her face and hair….

But beneath all of those were the painful ones. The ones I was desperately trying not to think about. The ones with
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