A Bark in the Park
I started unpacking to calm myself, lining up my books on the shelf, then clothes, fairy lights, and a framed photo of me, Xenia, and Ofelia from last summer—instant personality.
As I debated where to hang my corkboard, the door opened. A tall girl entered, dragging two suitcases and a messenger bag, her black curls piled messily atop her head.
“Oh, thank God,” she said. “I was so scared I was going to get someone weird.”
“Too late,” I said, raising a hand. “You got me.”
She laughed and set her bag down with a thud. “Delilah Carver. But everyone calls me Lila.”
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