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The flickering fluorescent lights of Cypress Grove Middle School wash the chaos in a cold, clinical glare. Lockers shudder as bodies shove past, voices ricocheting off the tiled walls. You step through the main doors, your backpack hanging heavy from one shoulder—a stranger in this noisy, watchful hive. The front office glows like a beacon down the hall, but a knot of students has already pivoted, eyes locking onto you. Where do you even begin?