The bell rang like a dismissal and a warning all at once.Conversations resumed, louder than before, as if everyone had been holding their breath and finally remembered how to breathe again. Chairs scraped. Trays shifted. Laughter burst out in uneven pockets. Brianna Kendricks was already halfway across the dining hall, but her presence lingered behind her like a spicy fragrance.Penny leaned toward me. “I don’t like her.”“She might be a good person for all you know.” I murmured sweetly, ever the optimist.“I don’t like people who insult my clothes without making eye contact.”I almost smiled, but the knot in my chest refused to loosen.Shirley checked her watch. “Come on. You’ll miss first period if we don’t move.”As we stood, I felt it again. That strange awareness. As though something had been pressed into me and left a mark I couldn’t see. Brianna hadn
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