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PROLOGUE

LILLY

Go to a house party, they said

It’ll be fun, they said

Wrong

Seems everyone else on campus had the sa andlike asses

This is not fun—at least, not in my opinion There are way tooto feel claustrophobic Not only that, I have to pee, and the line for the bathroo I’m not a camel—I cannot hold it for days, and I refuse to pee outside in a bush

There has to be another bathroom somewhere in this massive house The one beneath the staircase where everyone is lined up is probably just a powder roo for random doors that could lead to relief, but I find none Nor ah the dense crowd to the packed kitchen in hopes of finding one—this party is body to body to body, and the closer it gets to ate

This has to be a code violation

There is a staircase leading to a second story, and I assume it’s probably off limits up there Private bedroountil I reach the wooden stairs, eyes focused on the dark hall at the top There’s a door and it’s closed, a white piece of paper taped up with bold black Sharpie letters scrawled across it: DO NOT ENTER

I decide to enter

After all, I’oal

Ita toilet, but at least I havedrunk, yeah?

I turn the doorknob and push through, stepping up into the second level,sure to close it behind me It’s not as noisy up here but still not exactly quiet, the sounds of people andtheir way in

There is a bathrooht ahead

Bingo

Iwith relief as I lock its door, pushing downdown onto the cool porcelain

“Ahh”

I haven’t even had that much to drink—rooht, but I didn’t want to sit at hoe

I’m a freshman!