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stared. “That is quite literally the most ludicrous thing I have ever heard.”
“Thank you. I’m not really that ludicrous, but thanks anyway for saying so. See? That’s how it works.” Mary Lou gave a shy smile. “Um, that was a joke, by the way. I do know what ludicrous means.”
“Thank God.”
Out in the ocean, waves crashed over broken fists of treacherous-looking black rock.
Mary Lou played nonstop with a silver ring on her left ring finger.
“Pretty,” Adina said. “Special?”
“This? Yeah. It’s, um, a purity ring?”
“Oh. The old patriarchal chastity belt. Now in convenient ring form,” Adina snarled.
“It’s not like that,” Mary Lou said, blushing. “It’s a symbol. It shows that you’ve made a pledge to bring your purity into the marriage. It’s the ultimate gift to your husband.”
“Really? Like you can’t just give him a gift card to GameStop or something?”
Mary Lou stopped smiling. “You don’t have to make fun of me.”
“I’m sorry,” Adina said.
“Some girls need protection,” Mary Lou mumbled.
“What?” Adina asked.
“Nothing. Jeez, I hope that thing isn’t active,” Mary Lou said, pointing to the volcano.
“No kidding. That’s all we need. Think we’ve got enough to make a fire?”
“Worth a shot,” Mary Lou answered.
Back on the beach, the girls built a signal fire from sticks, palm leaves, and paper from their morals clause contracts, rescued from their official “Welcome, Miss Teen Dream” folders. Taylor lit it with a book of matches that had survived the crash. Night crouched around them, a hungry, patient animal. The girls lay in the sand, exhausted. Some cried themselves to sleep.
“You’re on first watch, Miss New Hampshire. Don’t let us down,” Taylor said. She performed a few high kicks, stretched her long limbs, then settled under a tree to get her beauty sleep.
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Name: Adina Greenberg
State: New Hampshire
Age:17
Height: I resent this question.
Weight: I really resent this question.
Hair: Brown. Obviously.
Eyes: Also brown. Also obviously.
Best Feature: My intellect
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