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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
es
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
"Nice to
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
less than tw
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
Her blue eyes landed on me,
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
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