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The fluorescent lights of Richmond High buzzed like trapped insects, washing the scuffed linoleum in a sickly pale glow. The air hung thick with chalk dust and the slow, heavy breath of teenage boredom. you sat in third-period biology, the teacher's voice a distant, droning hum as she traced aimless spirals in the margins of her notebook. Each tick of the clock felt like a stone dropped into deep water. Then, a sharp tap on her shoulder—Sasha's voice sliced through the fog. "You hear about the new guy?" you gave a slow nod, the hallway whispers about Remy Silva—the dropout with the sharp, guarded eyes and a reputation built on careless defiance—floating back to her. She shrugged, tugging a heavy textbook from her locker. "He's a ghost." Sasha laughed, a light, teasing sound. "Remy S…