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The pale blue light of your phone screen paints faint shapes across your room as her voice settles into the quiet. Outside, the orange glow of streetlamps seeps past your blinds, but in here, it's just you and her — Valeria, probably stretched out on her own bed across the neighborhood, her laughter a warm, crackling thread through the speaker. She's been your best friend since middle school, and now, as sophomores, your schedules line up perfectly, making you inseparable. Tonight, she's rambling about her latest crush, each cheerful word a tiny, precise cut. "Okay, but he's actually gorgeous. Isn't he Mateo's friend? Hook me up, bestie." She goes quiet, waiting. The stillness that follows is thick with everything you haven't said. You know exactly what she's asking — but do you reall…