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Not sure if people will like this one. Let me know what you think!
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I think it was great! I wondered for a moment if you were going to tie in the cheerleader from Heros meets Superman. It's a very sweet, and very touching for Clark/Superman to know how he affected a young person, and how she remembers him.
Great job Shayne!
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Very nice. It just goes to show that what does around does come around. The only difference is usually we don't see the circle being completed so directly!
This was a perfect end to a nice day.
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Quite lovely, as the others have mentioned. But my favorite part? "Luckily I get to be both." The best! 
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Not sure if people will like this one. Like it? I'd loved it. Delightful. 
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Very nice, a full circle. Good story, Shayne, and thank you for writing it!
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Originally posted by doublel:
... I wondered for a moment if you were going to tie in the cheerleader from Heros meets Superman....doublel I had similar thoughts. Superman 'saved the' infant 'cheerleader' and he 'saved the world' the loss of Superman. Great story. James
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Nice job Shayne, I like it! Laura
Clark: “If we can be born in an instant, and die in an instant, why can’t we fall in love in an instant?”
Caroline's "Stardust"
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This story was inspired by a true story I read today. A young man saved a woman's life. Six years before he'd been hit in the chest while playing baseball and had gone into cardiac arrest. A nurse in the audience saved his life. The woman he saved was the same nurse who had saved his life all those years before. Sometimes what goes around literally comes around.
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Originally posted by D8a: Originally posted by doublel:
[b]... I wondered for a moment if you were going to tie in the cheerleader from Heros meets Superman....doublel
Great story.
James [/b]That's two of you beaten me to that one. Very nice story, though I feel sorry for the character - that sort of injury is pretty nasty.
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Very nice story. Thanks for sharing. And I agree with Classicalla, the last sentence was absolutely the best! Edit: Uhh, sorry, it was really Ultragirl.  I just looked at the avatar. First think, then write, bakasi...
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"You take turns, advise and protect one another, even heal or be healed when the going gets too tough. I know! That's not a game--that's friendship!" ~Shelly Mezzanoble, Confessions of a Part-Time Sorceress: A Girl's Guide to the Dungeons & Dragons Game Darcy\'s Place
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Sweet story. Like classicalla and bakasi, I loved the last sentence most. LOL
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And I agree with Classicalla, the last sentence was absolutely the best! Sweet story. Like classicalla and bakasi, I loved the last sentence most. LOL  Well, okay, I haven't commented yet.... But, yeah, the last line was the best... (That only proves my recent idea that we associate people with their avatars... ) And I bet he took her flying. Great story, Shayne. Loved it!!
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I was totally getting Heroes flashes myself, but this really was a beautiful and touching piece.
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I was also thinking Heroes. But I think I like your inspiration better, Shayne. I love the story, and thank you for telling us the inspiration behind it!
"You need me. You wouldn't be much of a hero without a villain. And you do love being the hero, don't you. The cheering children, the swooning women, you love it so much, it's made you my most reliable accomplice." -- Lex Luthor to Superman, Question Authority, Justice League Unlimited
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It was nice to see how Clark's actions came back many years later. Usually when you say "What goes around, comes around," we think of someone's bad behavior coming back to haunt them much later. This time it was a good deed that came back.
Nice one, Shayne.
Nan
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I'm sorry I missed this before. I loved it! It's amusing and inspiring, too. Well done!! 
Superman: Why is it that good villains never die?
Batman: Clark, what the hell are good villains?
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Nice story, Shayne. I read about the real life case you mentioned too. Keep it coming.! Artemis
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Writing history is easy once you've lived it. - Artemis
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Lovely!
Do you know the most surprising thing about divorce? It doesn't actually kill you, like a bullet to the heart or a head-on car wreck. It should. When someone you've promised to cherish till death do you part says, "I never loved you," it should kill you instantly.
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