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from the madness and just go back to our dorm, maybe

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everyone laugh, being the centre of attention. But I knew better. I saw her when no one

just some mean cheerleader who tormented me in high school. There was s

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the frame, her arms crossed tight. She was watching me again. Not in the way she had when she made that cutting re

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at her the same way I'd looked at her in high school,

sn't just the way she treated me. It was the way she was so confident, so perfect,

hing Kate said. But Abby's presence didn't leave me. It cl

to the kitchen to grab another drink. But before I could lea

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having it. They laughe

n my chest burned brighter. My mind raced what w

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