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When Brielle heard that, she raised an eyebrow at David in pure provocation. "Feli just adores me. What are you gonna do about it?"The two of them were like a powder keg waiting to blow, on the verge of starting another argument.Instead of stepping in to make peace like I used to, I just glanced down at my watch. "It's time. I'm heading in first."David and Brielle traded a look and stopped bickering right away.It turned out that they could get along just fine without me doing anything.When the SAT was over, I finally let out a long breath. My frayed nerves could relax at last.Right on cue, the class rep, Kian Walker, suggested in the group chat that we all go out for dinner to celebrate.After all, everyone would be going their separate ways after graduation, making it tough to gather like this again.Halfway through the meal, the biggest party animal in our class suddenly ordered a case of beer."We're all adults now. Having a little drink to celebrate isn't asking for

David and I had planned this graduation trip ages ago.He flashed the travel itinerary in his hand at me. "I promise you won't have to worry about a single thing."I originally intended to talk things out with him after we got back from the trip, giving our past a proper closure.Yet when we arrived at the station, I saw Brielle standing there with her own suitcase."I'm just tagging along on your trip. Feli, you don't mind, right?"I stayed silent.David glanced at my face, then reprimanded her playfully, "Of course you'd leech off us. Feli and I are on a trip for two, and there's no room for a third wheel like you. Besides, I didn't buy a ticket for you."Those were his words, yet at the train station, I was the only one turned away because I didn't have a ticket.Brielle glared hard at David. "What's wrong with you? How could you forget to buy Feli's ticket?"David was dumbfounded too. "I thought Feli already bought hers herself.""You thought? What good is what you though

I heard David had already gone to the testing center to review his exam papers.They confirmed his score was completely accurate and that no one had swapped his papers.David was preparing to repeat the year and didn't even bother submitting his application choices.I wanted to say hello to his parents, but I held back, worried they'd think I was rubbing it in.Yet as I brushed past David, he suddenly reached out and grabbed my wrist. "Feli, I need to talk to you."With both our parents present, I gave him some courtesy and didn't embarrass him.He pulled me over beneath the fig tree outside our building.Standing a short distance away, my parents waved at me. "Feli, we'll wait for you right here."David looked at me with a complex expression. "Brielle only got a little over 600 on her SAT too.""Really? Sounds like your scores are quite the match. Repeating the year together or going to trade school together, and eventually getting married and having kids would make quite a r

"Feli, one of your high school classmates is here to see you," Mrs. Brown said.Crythoria University started the semester the latest, so aside from a few students repeating the year, almost everyone else in class had already headed off to start college.Who would suddenly come looking for me at a time like this?I opened the door in confusion, only to be faced with Brielle's pitiful, tear-filled eyes.She reached out to grab my sleeve and dropped straight to her knees in front of me. "Feli, please save me! I messed up on the SAT, and my parents refuse to fund me to repeat the year."Please lend me some money! You know what my real level is! If you just let me take it one more time, I can definitely make it into college."It seemed like she still didn't know she'd used disappearing ink pens. She was fully convinced she'd simply flopped her SAT.I took two steps back and looked at her indifferently. "I'm just a student too. I don't have that kind of money, and I certainly can't he

Fortunately, David was pulled back from the brink of death in the ICU.Unfortunately, the cutoff score for Crythoria University spiked that year. He missed the mark by just ten points. In the end, he settled for a top-tier university down south instead.During my junior year, when I brought my boyfriend, Javier Bishop, home, David happened to be moving out.His eyes lingered on my hand intertwined with Javier's for a few seconds before he asked naturally, "Your boyfriend?"I nodded, lacking any desire for small talk.While showing Javier around my bedroom and the photo wall of my childhood, he suddenly noticed a small dangling basket outside the window."Do you guys upstairs and downstairs usually communicate with this? That's pretty interesting."Opening the window, I found 17 photos resting inside the basket.There had been two copies of every photo. My set had already been shredded, so this was David's set.Ever since David and I fell out, this basket had never been lowered