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The Sleepover That Wouldn't End
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"Stay awake through it," Theo read again. "Maybe one of us has to stay awake and hold the loop open while the others slip out." The room went quiet. Then Mara stood up. "It's my birthday. My house. I'll be the one who stays awake."
"No," Pip said, pulling Mara back. "Nobody stays behind. We all go or none of us go." They grabbed hands in a tight chain and ran for the door together as the clock screamed toward 7:02. They burst out into real grass, real sun, real birds. Behind them the gray house folded up like paper and blew away.
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