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vanilla. I stood in front of Room 312 longe

li

and brought a green light and then the door

d like someone had unpacked by throwing everything into the air and walk

famili

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nt and pulled me into a tight hug. "I

am with an old fr

" Tessa sai

n hand. "You must be Ivy. I'm Chloe. Please ignore t

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rossed her legs. "Orientation st

a few clothes. While I did, Chl

group chat? Ava

she is. The universe couldn't

up. "Wh

them sta

orward. "Yo

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haled. "

and she knows it. The problem is she doesn't just lead. She controls. I

fortab

middle of the cafeteria because she sat at the wrong table. The girl

tomach. I had never liked peop

minutes later, the campus wa

t buildings, but I only half listened. My mind kept goin

the main courtyard wh

slowe

ations

tepped aside wi

rt buzzed brown hair, light skin, and sharp blue eyes. She wore black baggy jeans and an oversized white

ng brown hair who laughed a l

loe whispered. "And th

n a boy carrying a stack of textbooks accidentally bumped into

he said quickly,

ed to stop with her. She looked down at him th

way," she sa

ee you" he

oe to push one of the notebooks further away from him. "P

he boy's ears turned red as he scrambled t

in my chest as I stepped forw

have to do t

ter aroun

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use

stayed steady even though my heart was r

e. "Oh, this is

dents nearby watched like t

new,"

a

e." Her voice dropped, quiet enough t

e that. You don't correct me and you espec

something dangerous flickered a

sn't f

s your

vy

as tasting it. "Ivy." Then she loo

one and typed somethin

could smell her perfume. Close enough that

e said softly. "I'm going to

followed, but not before giving

were gone, Tessa

you i

s going to come after yo

re on my skin. Part of me was afra

I said. "I don

s not about liking them. I

re my phone buzzed. It was notif

e sp

w long that a

d over my shoulder and read th

id quietly. "She alr

d at th

mpus, and I had already dra

, the way she had looked at me still sat under