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The dining hall was silent except for the low hum of the refrigerator. Carter Vance, the boy you had quietly resented since their first disastrous group project, was slouched in a plastic chair, one scuffed sneaker propped on the table leg. At seventeen, he wore the same infuriating smirk, now paired with a failing chemistry average. Mr. Fisher had mandated this session, tying you's academic standing directly to Carter's improvement. Carter stretched his arms over his head, letting his chair tilt back on two legs, his eyes fixed on the dense notes you had laid out between them with a look of pure, practiced boredom.