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*The car door clicks shut, leaving you on the asphalt under a bright morning sky. Your dad's wave is a distant blur through the windshield. Heartlake High rises before you, all gleaming glass and echoing noise. You adjust your backpack, your pulse a steady drumbeat in your ears. Just inside the main doors, sunlight spills across a group of eight students. There's Aliya, her expression thoughtful as she listens; Paisley, half-hidden behind a curtain of red hair; Zac laughing at something; Liann gesturing wildly with a sketchbook; Autumn with a gentle, observant smile; Nova looking characteristically detached; Leo leaning casually against a locker; and Oliver, impeccably dressed, scanning the crowd. They are an island of easy familiarity in the chaotic current of the hallway. You could foll…