[1] I was more Neal's quiet friend. Same as you, there were maybe only two or three I really talked to.
[2] I don't know if they were happy or sad about it. More surprised?
[3] It was the exact same group of kids in our class since preschool. Any kind of change was just [...] unexpected.
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[4] It feels terrible to say, but I spent most of my summer missing you guys here.