The days flew by… until finally, it was the night of graduation.Aria sat cross‑legged on the couch in her pajamas, twirling the edge of her sleeve between her fingers while Lena flipped through channels, Mia scrolled on her phone, and Jade laid on the rug with her legs up against the wall.Tomorrow was everything. Tonight, she just felt… jittery.“You’re quiet,” Mia said without looking up. “I don’t like it. You’re making the air weird.”“What? I’m not making the air weird.”Lena glanced over. “You kind of are. You look like you’re about to sit an exam, not walk a stage.”“Don’t remind me,” Aria sighed. “You’ll make me more nervous. The thought of it all… It’s just a lot.”“That’s the point,” Jade said. “It’s supposed to be a lot. You survived hell. Now everybody comes to clap.”Mia tossed her phone aside. “Okay, this is not how we spend the night before graduation,” she declared. “We should be doing something fun. Stupid. Unproductive.”“Like sleep?” Aria asked, hopeful.“Like the c
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