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"Your ative, remember?"

They went downstairs,into the loud crowd of students

Outside, the sun shone brightly on the brick-covered courtyard known as Red Square Over by Suzzallo Library, a group of long-haired students were gathered beneath a CLEAN UP HANFORD sign

"Quit coet your way," Kate said as they headed for the Quad "We cant even get into journalism classes until were juniors "

Tully stopped "Are you really not going to come with me?"

Kate set the job "

"But youll coht? Were a team "

"Of course I "

"I knew it You were justwith me "

They kept talking as they walked through the Quad, where the cherry trees were lush and green, as was the grass Dozens of students in brightly colored shorts and T-shirts played Frisbee and hacky sack

At the newspaper office, Tully stopped "Ill do the talking "

"Im shocked, really "

Laughing, they went into the building, announced the kid at the front desk, and were directed to the editors office

The entirelasted less than ten minutes

"Told you ere too young," Kate said as they walked back to the sorority