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Then he was gone, and I was -- wait for it -- alone in ry I went into the bathroom and tapped on Lianne’s door

"Yeah?"

I opened it, finding Lianne seated in front of hera pizza?"

She blinked atfor me to make a friendly overture "Does it have to be pizza?" she asked finally "That’s too carby for me"

I sat down on her bed "What, then? Salads?"

She swiveled around to face s I can eat"

"Okay Let et the next one I already have ain "You do?"

"Yup" She turned to her keyboard, and I saw her pull up the restaurant’s website "It’s funny My er ht actually meet First Years He said it was a security risk But now every deliveryreater Harkness area knows exactly where I live"

I laughed, even though that was too sad to be funny "You don’t like the dining hall food?"

Lianne only shrugged, whichfor my order

"I’ll have the chicken pad Thai, extra peanuts"

Lianne typed furiously for aover the keyboard "All set They say it will be twenty-five minutes But they’re usually slower than they say" She turned around to faceconversation with Lianne "Did I interrupt anything ienius, I just assu into the Federal Reserve Bank or so her tiny feet up onto the bed beside overnoff the desk and thrust it out for my inspection "Have you tried this? It’s tinted in a war"

"Can’t say that I have Sorry" Over the years, I’d heard people whisper about the fact that I never had female friends People have told irls Not true The real reason I lacked feloss