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Emily, on the other hand, was a bit more reserved and had always felt like she lived in Rachel's shadow. She was a bit shorter and less athletic, but she had a passion for art and music that she expressed through her creativity.

“You’ll fall,” I said, crawling out my bedroom window after her. “Probably,” she said. “But I’ll fall farther than you.” tall younger sister story full

It started slowly, then all at once. It was the classic growth spurt, fueled by puberty and a sudden, terrifying appetite that cleared our refrigerator in record time. By fourteen, she was eye-level with my chin. By fifteen, she was looking me in the eye. And on the morning of her sixteenth birthday, the fortress fell. Emily, on the other hand, was a bit

The tension broke on the night of the winter formal. Lily stood in the living room, clad in a floor-length emerald dress that seemed to go on forever. She looked striking, but she was blinking back tears, refusing to put on her shoes. “Probably,” she said

Then came "The Summer." Lily was going into eighth grade. I was a junior in high school. Over spring break, she was still looking up at me. But by the Fourth of July, something strange happened.