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(Playlist: "Bad Ideas" by Dove Cameron)

~DENVER POV~

I saw it happen from across the quad.

Valerie walked up to Kade by the practice field, standing tall with a big smile. From where he was, she looked just like a princess, confident and unbothered, dressed nicely with her hair done perfectly, which likely took a long time to style.

But her hands were shaking.

I noticed because I had been watching her for three years, cataloging details I had no right to notice. The way she twisted
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