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"1 minute 53 seconds!" Grace told a puffed out Eliza. "Nice job!" Eliza was bent over, trying to catch her breath. Grace handed her a bottle of water, which she downed in seconds. Eliza caught her breath and said "Thanks" still breathing heavily. She had sprinted around the park she lived across the road from in her training for the athletics carnival. Eliza was 16 years old, tall, skinny and extremely athletic. If you asked any boy at her high school, they would say she was one of the hottest girls in the school. If you asked any girls, they'd say she was most popular, despite the fact she claimed to be the best teenage runner in the world.

 On that day, nine year old Emily and her family had gone to Toys r Us. Just like all the other times they had gone there, she knew what would happen: her older brother, David would go check out the video games while her younger brother, Hugo would go to the boy aisle and check out toys like Transformers, Minecraft, and Star Wars. And of course, she would go to her favorite aisle: the one with the ponies. Emily was the middle of three children. Her older brother, David was eighteen years old and her younger brother Hugo was six. She always thought it was hard being the only girl. For most of her life, she really didn’t share too much i