felt like walking through

held a memo

clinging to his arm, both of them

it" couple, reborn and conv

me first, her

ike, whisper

ssive, almost bored, unti

nreadable crossed his fa

e, blocking my path i

her voice dripping with fake sweetness,

nst the lockers, arms

sica continued, louder now, drawing a

gaze, my

" I said, m

"Careful, Sarah, sometimes things don't go

d my shoulder, hard en

as already reviewing for AP Co

scat

ave flushed with s

oked at the mess,

loudly, but with a firmnes

coffed. "

d me, pic

ckers. "Hey, Sarah, don't be l

erent message, a glint of the

" I asked, hol

ed, unco

n. "Why should I? You' re jus

voice, I didn' t

nd started gathering

quieter now, s

p, I looked di

hat full ride to Stanford

irk fa

t it, framing me for hacking the school, f

ly. Jessica looked co

e talking a

id, trying to sound casual,

that scholarship, I'm going to Stanford, and you two," I lo

then, real fear, before

ng us, Miller?

y, leaving them standing there, the whisp

y inside me, my resolve to reclaim my future,