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Short Story Of Cecelia

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It all started in third grade. Cecelia would answer every question the teacher asked. One day she made a sassy comment. “That’s easy. Everyone knows that,” Cecelia commented. “Really, Cecelia. What is 57 multiplied by 42?” Mrs. White asked. Cecelia was silent for a short moment. “Ummm. 2,394,” Cecelia replied. Mrs. White quickly grabbed her calculator and typed in the numbers. It was 2,394 just like Cecelia had said. At the end of the day, Mrs. White started talking to Cecelia’s brother, William Jones. Cecelia and William’s mother, Grace Jones, died in a fire shortly after Cecelia was born. Their father, Charles Jones, left their mother two years after William was born. William is 16 years older than Cecelia. “Your daughter is quite …show more content…

She was top in her class. She had all A’s, and never missed an assignment. No one ever liked hanging out with Cecelia because everyone thought she was a snob. She hated being called that. Cecelia was actually just like any other kid, but no one could understand. That happened in 3rd grade, but now Cecelia is in high school. She just started her sophomore year at Bioluminescence High School. She moved to Bioluminescence Elementary School for the fourth grade and has stayed in the Bioluminescence school system all the way until she graduates. Cecelia hates it. All she wanted was to have a normal life with normal people, but that is exactly the opposite here. Her classes contain around 10 to 15 students. They are much more than just students. There people all the way from Germany here. There is also a “student” here that’s not a human. It’s a hummingbird! The hummingbirds name was Helen, and she has been there since Cecelia was there. They bonded immediately. Everyone still called Cecelia a snob, but now they were called her a freak for hanging out with Helen. The one reason she actually liked this high school was because of Helen. Hellen has been kinda like her own personal guard dog. She came the same day Cecelia did. They did everything together, but then something weird

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