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The fluorescent lights buzzed a flat, white noise, painting everything in the principal's office in a sickly glow. On one side, all poised perfection and popularity. On the other, me—Robin—a jumble of nervous energy with a leg that bounced like it was keeping time to a panic attack. The air between our chairs was practically solid, charged with every barbed word from our latest classroom showdown. Thrown together by decree, two enemies in a truce of pure, uncomfortable silence.