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Mollie Conrad's Life

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It was at Lucas Graham's Christmas party that Tom Yilmaz first saw Mollie Conrad. Not for the first time in his life- they had attended the same school for nearly seven years and had been in the same class more than once- but it was the first time he really saw her. As soon as she walked in the room, everyone's head turned to look at her, because she looked so... different. Normally, she wore her dark hair in a messy ponytail, with her demeanour unassuming and her voice rarely heard, but now... now her hair cascaded over her creamy shoulders, her eyes were bright and she looked stunning in her burgundy dress. And he saw her. Oh God, did he see her, and he wished he'd seen her sooner because underneath all that awkwardness, she was beautiful. That's not to say he wasn't awkward too, with his thick-framed glasses and love of maths and science, but he could talk to people, and he could make them laugh, and that was something he'd never seen her do. Even then, as she stood with her shaking hands and darting eyes, he found it hard to believe that the girl with the pretty dress and immaculate makeup was the same girl that he had sat next to in English for a year and had barely spoken a word to. …show more content…

“I think so...” he replied, his brow furrowing. “I would bang that in an instant,” Dakota Roberts, Max's girlfriend and the third member of their friendship trio exclaimed, “Not gonna lie or anything.” “Alright then babe,” Max replied, still staring at Mollie, “Tom, go say

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