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Archie Smith Boy Wonder
Archie Smith also well known as R Smith or sometimes Oranges is an odd person. He is your school genius, yet somehow he’s managed to get a girlfriend that is extremely dumb and popular. R was known as the “Boy Wonder,” he was every guy’s inspiration. He makes friends with EVERYONE. I guess that’s why he is a “Wonder.”
One morning R awoke with the idea that someone or something had questioned, “Is he the one?” Unsure if R had dreamt it or if it was actually said he got out of bed and moved on with his daily routine getting ready for school. Once at school he started to hear the voice again and louder this time. He assumed he was going insane. He went to the nurse and asked to call his mom. His mom came and picked him.
Once he was home
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