At playtime, Scarlett noticed something.
Everyone else was playing together.
She stood for a moment, unsure.
Pudding wasn’t there.
Lenny was tucked under her arm.
“I don’t think I belong right now,” she whispered.
Her chest felt tight.
Then she sat quietly for a moment.
The feeling didn’t disappear.
But it didn’t grow either.
After a while, someone smiled at her.
Scarlett smiled back.
She hadn’t needed to change.
She had just needed to stay.
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