Missy's point of View The bus wheezed to a stop at the edge of Bellwick University, and Missy Rivera sat still for a moment, staring out the window.It was finally here. Her first day. A new chapter.She clutched the handle of her duffel bag, heart rattling with nerves and hope and a pinch of fear.The other students poured out before her, all confidence and laughter. She stepped off last, sneakers hitting the sidewalk with a soft thud.The campus stretched before her like a scene from a movie tall ivy-covered buildings, trees with gold-dipped leaves rustling in the breeze, and students who looked like they'd already found their place in the world.Missy hadn't.She walked slowly toward the dorms, her suitcase rattling on the cracked pavement, eyes darting left and right. Everyone seemed to know where they were going. She didn't. But she held her head high, as her mother had told her: Fake brave until you feel brave.Inside the dorm building, the air smelled faintly of dust, floor p
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