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Back around 11th grade, I had the biggest crush on a girl a class ahead of me. On paper, it never should have worked. I was a bit of a nerd by choice and somewhat of a loner by no choice of mine. She was the star of the basketball team and was the homecoming queen and all that. But we had a class together and really got along great and there was a lot of chemistry there. We hung out constantly for a whole semester and had a great time. Right before Christmas break things finally went great one night and I think we both realized how we felt about each other. Except that didn't last long. A lot of the other popular girls started making fun of her and giving her a hard time for liking the class weirdo, and she pretty much ghosted me and didn't talk to me anymore. That hurt bad. It was my first real crush on someone that actually liked me back, so to have that happen at a tender age like that was an absolute dagger to the heart. Around three or four months later, I went on a school trip with just a few other kids. Another girl in the same class ahead of me seemed super cool and I was really impressed when she was looking through a vintage store and was interested in some old band stuff and bought an old Aerosmith concert poster. I remember her shouting at me on the bus and thinking I really should talk to her and that she seemed super cool. Well, flash forward about twenty years and that same Aerosmith poster is hanging in our garage. Since then, we've traveled the world, been to a lot of music festivals, and have had a ton of adventures together. If that homecoming queen hadn't dumped me after leading me on for so many months, I'd have not met my wife of over fifteen years now. 11th grade me had no way of knowing that at the time. My old crush is doing well, we still keep in touch on Facebook and have run into each other a few times at class reunions and stuff like that. I don't think there's any animosity at all, maybe just some natural well meaning awkwardness. She's married and has two kids and has done great in her career and I am really happy for her and don't have any hard feelings about it, especially considering how things turned out.

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11年生の頃、クラスの女の子に一番夢中になっていた。紙の上では、それは決してうまくいくべきではありませんでした。私はちょっとオタクで、どちらかといえば孤独な人でした。彼女はバスケットボールチームのスターであり、ホームカミングクイーンだった。でも一緒に授業をして本当に仲良くしてくれて

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When I was in 11th grade, I was the most obsessed with girls in my class. On paper, it should never have worked. I was a little nerdy, somewhat lonely. She was a star in the basketball team and a homecoming queen.

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11年生の時クラスで一番女の子に夢中になっていた紙の上では、それは決してうまくいくべきではありませんでした。ちょっとオタクで寂しかった彼女はバスケットボールチームのスターであり、ホームカミングクイーンでした。

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It should never have worked on the paper that was most obsessed with girls in class when I was in eleventh grade. A little nerdy and lonely, she was the star of the basketball team and a homecoming queen.

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私が小学11年生の時に授業で最も女の子に夢中になっていた紙には決して手を出すべきではありませんでした少しオタクで孤独な彼女は、バスケットボールチームのスターであり、ホームカミングクイーンでした。

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When I was in 11th grade, I should never have put my hand on the paper that was most obsessed with girls in class. A little nerdy and lonely, she was the star of the basketball team and a homecoming queen.

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小学11年生の時クラスの女の子に一番夢中だった紙に手を出すべきではありませんでした少しオタクで孤独な彼女は、バスケットボールチームのスターであり、ホームカミングクイーンでした。

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When I was in 11th grade, I shouldn't have put my hands on the paper that I was most obsessed with in my class, but a little nerdy and lonely, she was a star of the basketball team and a homecoming queen.

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11年生の時クラスで一番夢中になっていた紙に手を出すべきではありませんでしたが少しオタクで孤独な彼女はバスケットボールチームのスターでホームカミングクイーンでした

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When I was in 11th grade, I shouldn't have put my hands on the most obsessed paper in my class, but she was a little nerdy and lonely, and she was the star of the basketball team, and she was a homecoming queen.

INTO JAPANESE

11年生の時クラスで一番夢中になっていた紙に手を出すべきではありませんでしたが少しオタクで孤独でした彼女はバスケットボールチームのスターでホームカミングクイーンでした

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When I was in 11th grade, I shouldn't have put my hands on the most obsessed paper in my class, but I was a little nerdy and lonely, and she was the star of the basketball team, and she was a homecoming queen.

INTO JAPANESE

11年生の時クラスで一番夢中になっていた紙に手を出すべきではありませんでしたが少しオタクで孤独でした彼女はバスケットボールチームのスターでホームカミングクイーンでした

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When I was in 11th grade, I shouldn't have put my hands on the most obsessed paper in my class, but I was a little nerdy and lonely, and she was the star of the basketball team, and she was a homecoming queen.