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All Chapters of Youth in the Subconscious: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

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Chapter 1

The peach finally rotted on a Monday.First period hadn’t started yet when a boy in the back suddenly pinched his nose.“What the hell smells rotten?”Everyone immediately started looking around.I searched too.It took me a while before Nina Walker, the girl who sat beside me, gently poked me with

Chapter 2

“Mia, where’s mine?”I opened the empty snack bag and showed him.“There’s nothing left.”“Everyone else got something.”“No, they didn’t.”I started counting on my fingers.“There are forty-seven people in our class, and I only brought six snacks. That means forty-one people didn’t get anything.”L

Chapter 3

“In fourth grade, I ruined your strawberry eraser. You said you were never speaking to me again. By the end of the next class, you were asking if I wanted to walk home with you.“In seventh grade, I forgot to wait for you. You said you’d never follow me around again.“The very next morning, you stoo

Chapter 4

“What’s there to bet on?”Lucas twirled the pen between his fingers, completely confident.“Julian’s definitely going to come looking for her first.”The girl collecting homework immediately asked,“How many days are you giving him?”“Before the weekend.”He circled his name.“If I win, Mia gets rew

Chapter 5

For the city, he put Boston.I leaned over, took one look at his paper, and immediately wrote down the exact same thing.Julian was working on a math problem.He didn’t even look up.“What are you going to Boston for?”“To go to college with you.”Worried my grades might not be good enough to get in

Chapter 6

“Don’t tell me you’re actually going away for that art program.“You made all that up just to get me to come talk to you first?”“I didn’t make it up.”His expression barely changed.“What about Boston?“Aren’t you going anymore?”“No.”The smile disappeared from his face.I waved at him.“My art te

Chapter 7

“Madeline, you literally post pictures every time you go to Mia Market.“You tried to make fun of her and found out she’s the owner’s daughter.”I set down my sharpened pencil.“But whether my family owns Mia Market now has nothing to do with what you said.“Even if my parents still ran that little

Chapter 8

I still heard Julian’s voice.“She told you to call me?“Lucas, tell her it doesn’t matter who she uses to try to make me jealous.“She’s really leaving today.“She’s been saying that for two weeks.”The call ended.Lucas’s expression darkened.“Want me to call him back and knock some sense into him

Chapter 9

I put my phone away and didn’t answer.Ten minutes later, the screen lit up again.'Mia, this joke isn’t funny.'I turned my phone off again.Not everyone had to believe me.My art teacher believed me.Mom and Dad believed me.I believed myself.That was enough.Summer break before senior year was s

Chapter 10

“It wasn’t just the peaches.”He went silent.Maybe he had finally realized it too.There were too many things to apologize for.So many that by the time my instructor called my name a third time, he still hadn’t figured out what to say next.Finally, he said quietly,“I’m sorry.“Can you come back?

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