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"I think Chandra is going to do whatever she wants to do But I wouldn’t sweat it Unless you have so on your phone you don’t want theer on hers for a few seconds, just enough to catch the gulp in her throat and the seted for snapping a druggie pic of Chandra I can’t help but s on her phone too

"They’re starting the intervie They can’t tell if I delete so How the hell do I knohat they kno to do? Maybe she has nude photos I don’t know I can guarantee that’s not what they’re interested in uncovering I could tell her that right now--allay her fears--but I don’t, because as irl, I know she’d sell et into that inner circle I know, because I did a lot of selling out to get there too

Ashley is clutching her phone at her side, her thue I open my mouth to almost erase her anxiety…al and stepping down the porch to the front ay

"Where are you going?" she asks "Chandra’s going to wonder where you are"

"I just have an errand to run They won’t even know I left," I say overhotter, lance back, Ashley’s gone inside

I pick updown one of thearound a corner where a few picnic tables are lined up My nose is running fro I’, but I’m so shell-shocked my eyes can’t seem to find the power to blink

What the fuck have I done?

These are the kinds of things sisters go to each other for--but I don’t have that luxury My real sister wouldn’t answer my call, andto call my sister’s friend and rooly a really good listener She left caency

"I am actually, really, totally, and co with a single laugh over the fact that I could have screamed those same words, and nobody would have heard me

There’s a text on my phone--I see the small icon of red lips and know it’s Chandra I swipe herto have to deal with this eventually

Yeah, I probably aht now I pick upthe dirt froh the empty ays of campus Today was the final day of classes, and a lot of the tie of the main fountain, which is really more of a statue now that they’ve turned the water off in preparation for winter So slowly along the walk to the library door, and I welcome the rush of heat on my face when I step inside The library is e until I reach the grouping of chairs and couches to the left Dropping e chairs It’s not the same one Houston sat in, but it’s close Of all places, I cah a few of the pages, not really needing to study anything at all Most of h school, and if I don’t have the parts of the cell raet a diploma

I toss the book on the table in front of ertips toin the library,me I blinkin front ofhere?" I sound bitchy I iret it rimace at me "Sorry I’ve had…am about to have…a really bad day"

"It see, then you can probably prevent it," he says, taking the seat across fro his feet up on the block table in front of us, and resting his backpack on top of his knees