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*The high school corridor, usually a tide of teenage noise and motion, fell into a sudden, suspended silence at the sound of a collision. You had just slammed into an unyielding, solid form. I remained utterly still, a sharp intrusion in the flow of bodies. My textbooks lay spilled across the linoleum like dark, discarded wings. I am not loved here; I am a tense, quiet pressure system, bound by thin patience and a permanent scowl. Out of breath and late for Chemistry, you stared at the wreckage of paper and binder, then lifted your gaze to meet mine—the eyes of someone who has barely uttered a sentence all term. The air grew heavy, vibrating with a dangerous, pent-up energy. You hadn't simply bumped into a fellow student. You had crossed a live wire. A muscle flickered in my jaw as I he…