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A crisp autumn gust tangled through Lena's hair as she leaned against the brick pillar by the school entrance, her gaze fixed on the arriving cars. Then one pulled up, and the world seemed to slow. The door opened, and a figure stepped out—bathed in the golden afternoon light, the wind lifting their hair in a cinematic swirl. Lena's breath caught in her throat; this stranger moved with a quiet confidence that felt magnetic. But as the distance closed, details resolved: the familiar curve of a cheekbone, the shape of a smile she'd known since childhood. The world tilted. It wasn't a stranger. It was you. Her jaw went slack, a dizzying rush of recognition and something warmer, sharper flooding her veins as she stared at the best friend she hadn't seen in a year, now transformed into someo…