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Highwood Middle School: A Short Story
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EXT. highwood middle school - DAY

Three BOYS, all 12 years old, burst out of their middle schools' doors, breathing deeply the fresh air, arms extending to the heavens.

DARREL, is a scrawny kid with Shaggy light brown hair, oversized jeans, and boots.

Darrel

Can you smell it? Freedom!

NICK, a little taller than his friend, analyzes his surroundings, under a jet black hair bowl cut.

Nick

I smell explosions!

CARL, a little taller than Darrel but shorter than Nick, pulls a candy cane from his jacket and excitedly opens it.

Carl

Well I smell cookies, candy canes... Wait, explosions?

Nick jumps ahead of his friends, and points his fingers at them like guns. He makes pew-pew noises. The boys
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