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Chapter 1

Mia

It was Monday h I was a Computer Sciencefrom the world I liked to turn offthat could interrupt because unlike everyone else

Still, it has its uses, particularly for ra on Snapchat, or ever uploaded a single photo of raned from scratch If asked, anyone would be hard pressed to find an actual photo of me anywhere on the web

Because I hate getting ht either My imperfections stood out painfully, ith the curviness of my body My breasts were double D’s and I had full wide hips that swung like a pendulum when I walked In photos, these so-called assets looked einormous

As forWere celebrities actually paying e pucker did was make me self-conscious Honestly, I never wanted anyone to look atanyway My preference was to blend into the background, like the wallflower I was meant to be

I guess other people ht think I had low self-esteem, but I just wasn’t so self-absorbed that I wanted to plaster myself all over the internet all the time

Jill, ave me a chance to shut myself off from the rest of the world and not have to talk or interact with anyone for an entire two days Both Saturday and Sunday were spent alone inthe latest in the Unwired science fiction series, and playing the video gaalactic S all the way to the 17th level in just two days

I’d ordered delivery and didn’t leave my dorm suite once Lazy weekends of Me Ti alone ti with my mom didn’t happen a lot Mom worked a ton of overtime

Don’t getMy rooram a month before school started and clicked instantly We both majored in Computer Science and came from small towns in Southern California that no one had ever heard of

I was from Carpinteria, a seaside tohose only clai fun, by the way I planned to visit o Avocado Fest had the world’s largest vat of guacamole that I wouldn’t miss for the world

Jill was fro, an entire town loyal to its Danish roots and ether in our dorht with her Danish treats like aebleskiver, yules, pretzel pastries, and authentic spandauers, which is an authentic Scandinavian pastry We spent oodies Her mom made sure to send us a new supply every feeeks

I could bea dorest worry was that I’d get one of those psychotic girls that would spout off how h school with someone like that We’re not friends, obviously

Jill and I usually walked to our Data Science class together, but her flightShe wasn’t in her room when I left our dorm suite for breakfast

Against dining hall rules, I snuck out Lucky Char hall had a stupid rule that no one could take any food out, but if you were on a ot was from the cafeteria Did the school seriously expect us to not ever be hungry for snacks?

Munching on my stolen cereal, I walked our usual route to campus down Bancroft Avenue to Wheeler Hall I’d taken the sa h school Class lectures and the syllabus were available to the public The college had a ton of free courses online if you were h school boring, so I took additional classes online for fun

In theory, going to class was unnecessary since I basically already knew the infore lecture hall with other students made me feel like I was a part of the Berkeley ca too social like that