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Hattie glowers at Kurt "At least I don’t have to hide from my roommates"

"Don’t be an assrabbit," he says

Last year – when I was in this dorm, and he was still in Grivois – he slept inwith his roo beds since before we could talk And Kurt and I are strictly friends There’s none of that he’s-my-best-friend-but-we’re-secretly-in-love bullshit A relationship with him would feel incestuous

Hattie narrows her eyes "Everyone’s waiting in the lobby for dinner" She’s referring to both his parents and ours "Hurry up" She slaone

I haul myself off the bed "I wish ium They speak French there, too"

Kurt sits up "That’s a joke, right?"

It is It’s important to my parents that my sisters and I receive a portion of our education in France We’re dual citizens We all received our early schooling in Ah school It’s our choice where to go next Gen chose Se in Massachusetts I’ to both la Sorbonne here in Paris and Columbia back in New York

Kurt pulls up the hood of his favourite charcoal-grey sweatshirt, even though it’s warrab my room key, and we leave It takes both of his hands to yank my door closed "You really do need to talk to Nate about that" He nods to our Résidence Director’s apartment, only two doors down

Okay So Josh’s old rooround floor so it’s loud Extra loud, actually, because it’s also located beside the stairwell

"There he is," Kurt says

I assurind to a halt

Hi for the elevator in the lobby In less than a second, an entire su explodes into nothingness I close my eyes to steady myself I’m dizzy It physically hurts to look at him "I can’t breathe"

"Of course you can breathe," Kurt says "You’re breathing right now"

Josh looks alone

I rocery bag and staring at the elevator, cos s, the door opens, and Josh pushes back its old-fashioned gate Students and parents bustle in behind him – way too many people for such a s shoved into a corner But the flinch is just that, one quick moment, before his expression slides back into indifference

The crowd jostles and sate shut, but that’s when an odd thing happens Josh looks out over the sea of passengers and through theThey see me