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He doesn’t cli himself off from me instead

Left with nothing else to do, I walk off, hooking right to take the long way around when I spot Trent headed for Nico, who has yet to drive away

Thankfully, all s are in my locker, so I take a quick shower and prepare for class

Stupid leadership hts, but instead I’ht

I have to sweep in with the rest of my classmates and clean up what’s left of the mess now that all the vehicles and personal iteoing with these types of traditions is if we leave shit hoe find it

There are about fifteen of us in total, so we’re all on the field cleaning the left-over garbage and taking down all the banners and balloons we had hung up yesterdayI don’t knoho came back and cleaned up all our shit, because it wasn’t n of spilled enchiladas and our table and everything else is gone

I hunker down and work as quickly and silently as possible, and before I know it, I’

“Dang, Deot this entire half by yourself”

I laugh, wiping ot a lot on my mind I want to stay busy and for this day to end”

She hesitates before asking, “Wanna talk about it?”

There it is

My are, and instant tears roll down my cheeks

Because no, I don’t want to talk about it

I want to sit and not talk

With Nico

“Demi?”

A heaviness inharder

“Yeah” My voice comes out scratchy, so I try to clear s

I lose my breath

I pulland look at Ava “Do we have more water?” I rasp

Ava’s forehead tightens and she nods, jogging off

I tith her, following behind with slower steps Sweat beads acrossmyself

My eyesight grows fuzzy, so I stop walking, blinking a few times

My teacher walks up right as I start to sturound

Ava uncaps the water bottle, handing it tofor a deep breath

“Did you get any sleep last night?” Mr Course asks

“About as much as any of us”