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Allegra

“I can’t believe we’re finally back at the dorest five-day weekend ever” Larissa spun around in a circle with a big grin, her arlanced at each other and rolled our eyes Neither of us had big plans for after high school, other than wanting to get out of our hometown and froested we all apply to the sa with the plan Then again, it wasn’t arten

Soone skinny dipping at Calliope’s parents’ lake house and alroup of boys a few houses down—but all of us living together at school had been a stroke of genius Gettingbetter than I’d expected inwithaway from my mom’s watchful eye

The drive back toas the entire weekend at ho to ed to be a back-seat driver “I almost can’t believe they actually left instead of ht here in town before heading back,” I gru hoe adjustment My mom had practically been latched tome a minute to myself

“For a little bit there, I thought yourto pull a blow-up mattress out of the back of their SUV and announce she wasinto the dorm with us” Calliope sat down besideyour dad wasn’t on board with that plan or else ould’ve ended up with a fourth roommate”

“Can you i with laughter

“Too easily” Larissa dropped down on Calliope’s other side The three of us barely fit together on the twin-sized hter spaces before—like the bench seats on the middle school bus that had beenanyway “She’s always brought helicopterto a whole new level”

“She really has,” I sighed, scooting up into a sitting position I looped my arms around my shins and rested my chin on my knees “And she took it to whole new levels over the break”

“Yeah, but I bet you’ll rinned as she slid off the rab the container of chocolate chip cookiesbite out of one of the the cookies over to share with us

“Maybe she’ll send e,” Calliopeon

Larissa snagged another one and nodded “I’ra lets her knoesome they were”

“Definitely,” I agreed with a grin “She was already going on and on about all the things she forgot to get et a box in theto let her knoe already polished off this batch”

Calliope grabbed another cookie “I’d be shocked if you didn’t get three or four care packages froh it’s less than a month away”

“Totally” Larissa handed rab her purse off her bed Digging inside, she pulled out a rubber banded wad of cash and wiggled it from side to side “Meanwhile,for the next semester”

“I like how your dad thinks” I ju the rubber band off, I fanned out the bills to count how iven her When I hit five thousand, my jaw dropped “Dude He realizes your books, dorht?”

“Yeah” She took the wad of uys kno he is, alorrying that I’llI need”

Larissa’s dad was as protective as our parents, butup with her, we understood that his gruff exterior h he was kind of clueless about girls, he still rocked the whole single dad thing “I knohat you need right now”