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Calvin tapped his foot against the concrete curb outside the school, clicking his teeth together as he let out an annoyed groan. Everyone else from his class had already been picked up and here he was, still waiting for a ride. "I should have known," he grumbled when he saw his sister Lily's car pull up. She rolled down her passenger side window and grinned sarcastically. "Were you supposed to get here at noon? I thought it was 1," Lily laughed as Calvin threw his bag into her back seat and got in next to her. "So technically, I'm early." "Ha ha," Calvin said, enunciating each part. "Do you always have to screw around with me like this?"

When I was young, I knew a girl. She was so warm and bright, so I asked her that question that all children must answer. 'What do you want to be when you grow up?' Her eyes lit up with joy and she jumped with excitement. 'A dancer! No, an astronaut! Wait, President! A scientist! I'll be famous and in movies! My name will be everywhere!' She listed so many more until she finally just smiled and looked at me with eyes filled with child-like wonder. 'I could be anything I wanted.' Years and years later, I saw the same girl again but her eyes no longer lit up with wonder. I asked her, 'What did you end up being?' She