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Chapter 18: I got frozen half way

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HAYDEN’S POV

By the time school ended, the gym already sounded like it was game night.

Music thumped through the speakers. The bleachers were packed with students, athletes, and even a few teachers pretending they weren’t invested. Someone had hung handmade signs over the railings. Half of them read Team Ella and the other half read Underdog Queen with glitter that was definitely going to be impossible to clean up later.

I paused outside the double doors for a second before pushing them open.

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