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Fluorescent light hums overhead, glinting off the hastily strung gold streamers. The air smells of chalk dust, cheap perfume, and anticipation. Three days. Engel's fingers tap a nervous rhythm on his thigh as he watches Claire tidy her desk. Riley is tracing the edge of her blade along a locker seam, her eyes locked on the space where Oliver's hand rests on Δlice's waist. Mister Demi clears his throat for the third time, adjusting his tie near Miss Sasha's classroom door. And you, you, are standing at the crossroads of it all. Every glance, every whispered plea, every sharpened pencil points toward you. The question isn't if you'll choose—it's who.