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Finn had definitely been the one to write the note, but I wasn’t sure if he’d brought me back alone, or if he’d had help They’d left h my comforter probably smelled like pot now If I’d woken up in , I would’ve been seriously skeeved out, even if they’d esture

They’d… helped me

They’d taken care of , but it meant a lot They could’ve left me in that study room in Clarendon Hall Who knehen I would’ve woken up, or what state I would’ve been in—I could’ve missed most of my classes

But they hadn’t left ht made a little bubble of warmth expand in my chest

I still hadn’t forgotten what they’d done tofor proof that they’d changed, that this shift was more than a temporary ceasefire, this was pretty solid evidence

By lunch, I was feeling good enough to crave a greasy burger, and I co staff really didn’t kno to do cohed, and Finn proreasy fast food joint, although we’d probably have to go outside of Roseland to find it

Elijah and Mason both checked in on ain in fifth and seventh periods And in sixth period, I skipped , and Finn and I lay on the floor with the lights off while he tried to explain the finer points of football to me

By eighth period, I felt totally back to norrinned at Leah as I sat down at the table across the room Her smile was strained, and my heart sank

Right She’s still pissed at me

I flipped open ’s lecture, but I snuck it back intofive minutes before class ended so I had a head start on Leah I aiting for her as she walked out of the roo down at ourknee socks and shoes

“I’m sorry”

Her gaze snapped to me at hed, pushing open the door to the stairwell Once we’d stepped inside, she turned to me

“It’s fine You don’t have to apologize toout hoever you want And hell, the Princes never did half the shit to me that they did to you, so if you want to be besties with them now, that’s your call It doesn’t affect me either way”

“I know, but—” I put a hand out to stop her as she turned for the stairs, looking her in the eye “But I do owe you an apology And I a out with me last semester when you didn’t have to—whenif you hadn’t And now, I know it probably seeuys I spent all last se—like I’ve chosen them over you”

She huffed a breath “Tal, it doesn’t matter—”