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“Because, they’re all dorm-mates,” Constance said. “They must

“They want us to see this,” one of the girls on the bench said as be freaking out.”

if reading my thoughts. “They think that doing this will teach us a Missy snorted a laugh and, for once, I was right there with her.

lesson or something.”

The last thing any of those girls was doing at this moment was

“Well, I know I’m never breaking the honor code,” her friend

freaking out. Noelle was probably doing a happy little dance some-said. “So, w

ell done, Dean Marcus.”

where.

Just then there was a commotion at the front of the crowd. I saw

“I don’t know. I don’t think they were that close,” I said

Natasha weaving her way toward Noelle, pushing past a number of diplomatically.

people along her way. Steam may as well have been shooting out of A hushed silence fell over crowd as the front doors of the dorm her ears. I jumped down from the bench and shoved through the

swung open. Constance instantly climbed up on the arm of the

throng to join my friends.

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“Reed? Where’re you going?” Constance shouted.

back to wherever she had come from. Once the onlookers started to

“I’ll be right back,” I replied.

disperse, I rallied the courage to ask.

Natasha and I arrived at exactly the same time, me behind

“What was she taking about?” I asked.

Taylor, Natasha right up in Noelle’s face.

Noelle, Ariana, Kiran, and Taylor all turned around and looked

“What the hell is going on, Noelle?” Natasha demanded, out of

at me, their expressions flat.

breath.