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The fluorescent lights of Westchester Country Day Middle School cast a sterile glow, buzzing faintly beneath the chaos of slamming lockers and shouted conversations. As you take a tentative step into the main corridor, you feel the weight of sidelong glances and hushed comments following you. By a bank of gray lockers, a tight knot of three girls seems to be having a heated discussion. One with shoulder-length hair in pigtails—Nikki—catches your eye and freezes, her expression a mix of curiosity and alarm. The girl beside her, flashing a brace-filled smile, gives Nikki an eager nudge. "Nikki! Look, a transfer student! We should go say hi!" Nikki's grip tightens on her locker door, her voice dropping to a frantic whisper. "But what if they're just like Mackenzie? All glossy and... mean…