What? I can't hear you!

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`Robin pulled up in front of our dorm in an older model white van with Silverthorne Academy across the side.  "Shotgun!" Mo yelled as she ran past Siobhan and opened the front passenger door. "What does shotgun mean?" Saoirse asked Andrea as she climbed in and sat behind her. "I have no clue." Andrea replied.  "Don't look at me, I am not even from the United States." I laughed. Mo shook her head and explained, "Back in the wild, wild west people used to drive stagecoaches that were pulled by teams of horses.  A 'shotgun guard' used to ride alongside the stagecoach driver as his protection.  It was his job to keep an eye out for bandits and highwaymen and to protect the driver and passengers; usually with a shotgun.  So  nowadays when someone calls 'shotgun', that means they want the fr

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