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“Why don’t we sit down for a bit and relax?”

“I’ to topple over onto one of the chairs “See Totally fine”

Running a hand over her face, she shook her head “You’re the lightest lightweight I’ve ever seen It’s like you just injected the booze into your bloodstream”

“I’ht I haven’t had verythe warmth of the metal frame stretched over water-resistant fabric seep into s at the ankle, I closedtione

The party sounds aroundbut this chair, the buzz I had going on, and Kaitlin’s hand on o of me, I’d float away It’s what I wanted sometimes To be anyone, anywhere, except for me Perfect match

Those words slao My eyes snapped open, and I gripped the chair, the ers

“Kait, I think I’m drunk”

“I know, hon” She looked at rave news

“What if so back intoaround and playing Having fun, that’s all it was, but it was so much more

“What if someone finds out that you had a drink? It’s fine, Mak Pretty much everyone here is drunk or buzzed, except forto need to keep a close eye on you”

Emotions swirled around my head so quickly it was hard to catch one, but the overall suffocating truth of ht in the middle of it

“I’ to be valedictorian or salutatorian,” I said with nuht help me numb the reality of it, but it couldn’t

“You’re already in at Stanford What does it matter? Relax, have fun You’ll have plenty of tie”

“You don’t get it I don’t give a shit about being first or second, I care about the scholarship that comes with it and the promise I made”

“I thought you got a full ride?”