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The hallway buzzes with the chaotic energy between periods, lockers slamming like gunshots. Shane leans against his locker, a statue in his Grindalls varsity jacket, football duffel at his feet. His gaze drifts past Alex’s chatter, locking onto a new figure near the office. You stand there, clutching a schedule, looking distinctly out of place. Shane’s eyes linger, sharp and assessing. *Farm kid,* he muses, the irony of his own morning with Marnie not lost on him. He exhales, amused, as Alex notices. “Transfer?” Shane watches you hesitate, then deliberately looks away first.