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The longing swelled inside her until it felt like it would bend her ribs outward, crack theain

Stupid, Nadia thought again So stupid

Then she pulled herself together and walked inside with an almost-believable s it, okay? And it’s not like I actually wanted to steal Jinnie’s phone It’s not even that good a phone" Kendall was the last one taking her turn around the circle in as usually chemistry class Today, it was a weird therapy session about not acting on inappropriate urges, andlike that "But, like, everyone else was doing so, and that’s what I did"

Nadia sighed The overwhel sense of unease she usually felt in the lab had been co the Piranha, had been forced to come up with some reason why they’d lost it yesterday Since nobody knew the real reason was a ic spell, their excuses made no sense whatsoever Soht have accidentallythe cheh the Piranha said this was impossible

Faye Walsh crossed her arms in front of her With her chic aquan that she wasn’t totally confident and in charge was the little worried line between her eyebrows "Okay I don’t know that we got at the root cause of what happened here, but this isn’t about blaot out of control, and everybody else went along with that What was needed here was a little e to stand up and say, ‘What’s going on?’"

Nadia hugged herself and glanced directly across the circle--where Mateo sat He was already looking at her Their eyes h

But he had to have noticed the sa she had: Elizabeth wasn’t in chemistry class today As far as Nadia could tell, she simply hadn’t shown up for school

And neither their teacher nor Ms Walsh had said anything about it

The bell rang, and Ms Walsh said, "Okay, everybody, good session"

"To up the labs where we left off!" the Piranha said loudly

From his place next to Nadia, Jerenity back if she shouts enough"