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”For seventeen years. Do you think they dreamed underground for seventeen years?” I clarifi ed.
”Do any bugs dream?” Caleb asked.
”It's so sad. To wake up and die so soon after,” Becca said.
”I bet it's really f.u.c.king awesome for those couple of weeks when they're awake, though,” Leo noted.
”Maybe they spend seventeen years dreaming about what they want to do during their minuscule lives.” I smiled at the thought of bug dreams. Then something came to me. ”Hey, Becca. I wonder if they have bucket lists.”
”A bug- it list!” She laughed.
”That was so not funny,” I said. ”Okay. Maybe a little.”
I shook my arm, and the three bugs lazily fl ew away, on their way to accomplish great things in a short amount of time. Really, how we all should try to live our lives. No matter how long we've got.
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Becca's Bucket List f.u.c.k-IT.
1. Have a Kool-Aid stand with every Kool-Aid flavor invented.
2. Stick my tongue to a frozen pole.
3. Chew 10 pieces of gum at once and blow a quadruple bubble.
4. Write Rupert Grint a love letter.
5. Wear two different shoes.
6. Send my bra to Zac Efron.
7. Eat a hot pepper.
8. Crank call Adam Levitz.
9. Bake cookies for the janitor.
10. Hop a train like a hobo.
11. m.a.s.t.u.r.b.a.t.e.
12. Kiss a boy who smokes.
13. Sleep on a beach and watch the sunrise.
14. Tell off Lottie McDaniels 15. FLASH THE HOMESCHOOL BOY NEXT DOOR.
16. Smoke pot with a burnout behind the school.
17. Make out with a burnout behind the school.
18. Have s.e.x with a football stud, and dump him the next day.
19. Star in one of Alex's movies, and have it seen by actual people instead of just me and Alex.
20. Go to school dressed like a prost.i.tute.
21. Touch Jamie Bamber's b.u.t.t.
-1- 22. Take a bath in someone else's house.
0- 23. Have s.e.x with someone I'm in love with
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and who's in love with me.
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