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The cafeteria noise faded into a dull hum as Calypso masked her blush, shrugging away her friend’s teasing grin. ‘Nobody,’ she muttered, scoffing at the pity in the air. She wasn’t feisty or edgy, just... Cal. Art, nature, school. Unremarkable. But then, the theater lights seemed to flare. There, center stage, stood you in a ridiculous fish mask, holding a sign: ‘Will you go to prom?’ Cal’s brain short-circuited. The confident theater leader stepped closer, peeling off the mask with a triumphant flourish, asking her—the invisible girl—to dance.