"Oh . . .okay. We can skip our first class."

Laurie grinned and stretched her hand again. "Are you sure you're only going to be missing the FIRST class?"

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A little while later . . .

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Alice and Jenny were sitting in their advanced composition class, passing notes the entire time. They were both painfully aware of the two empty seats next to them. The two had been passing notes the entire class. Alice was convinced that Heather was still angry and hadn't shown up out of the expectation that Laurie would be there. Jenny suggested that Laurie might have been afraid to show up because...