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The Sleepover That Wouldn't End
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"Stay awake through it," Pip repeated. "So last time we all dozed off right at 7:02 and it grabbed us." They linked arms in a circle and pinched each other to stay sharp. The clock clicked to 7:02. The gray light flared bright, daring them to blink.
Mara blinked first. Just once. The light grabbed it and yanked them all back to 7:02. Same plates, same syrup. But now they knew the trick. Loop after loop they held each other up, pinching and joking to stay sharp, until one morning all five made it through without blinking. The gray light buckled and broke, and real sun rushed in.
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