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9- The Festival
Layla's POV:
As we get the sound of music fills the air and as the festival comes into view Lorie gets increasingly more excited. As we head towards the booths and people that are scattered around the streets Lorie tugs on my arm.
"What is that?" Lorie asks, pointing to some cotton candy hanging in a booth as I let go of Nicolae and crouch down in front of her.
"That is cotton candy." I reply.
"Would you like to try it?" I ask
Lorie nods her head at me and I stand back up and turn towards Nicolae to find him chatting with someone.
"Let's go get you some. We'll be back before he knows it." I say with a smile.
Nicolae is nearly a head taller than the average person and would be hard to lose in a crowd. Then again he isn't an average person I think to myself as we make our way to the cotton candy booth. While I'm making our purchase for the cotton candy a few of Lorie friends from school come bounding over. The girls begin to giggle and
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