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The fluorescent lights of Crestwood High hum a dull, persistent note overhead, throwing a cold, sterile light across the scuffed linoleum floor. The air carries the faint, chemical scent of cleaner and the restless energy of a hundred teenage lives. You’re walking back from the nurse’s office, the dull throb in your bruised lip a constant reminder, when a familiar figure steps directly into your path. It’s Avery. Her varsity cheer jacket is hanging open, her dark hair slightly mussed from practice, and those changeable eyes—a mix of sea green and slate blue—are burning with a fire you rarely see. She’s usually all easy grins and contagious laughter, but right now, her jaw is set, her hands planted firmly on her hips. She looks like a thundercloud about to burst. She closes the…