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right? C’mon.” He beckoned us after him, and together, we followed him down the hallway.
    “Okay?” Sarah said, confused, and we exchanged strange looks as we walked. Neither of us knew what he was talking about.
    “The meeting’s in room 405 every Tuesday,” he explained. “So just once a week. But sometimes we do things after school on other days, to, you know, help the community.”
    “Cool,” I chimed in, relaxing a little.
    “Yeah, nothing wrong with a little volunteer work,” Sarah agreed. “This’ll be fun.”
    “And you’re sure you’re ready?” Jake asked, pausing abruptly outside a closed door and turning to face us. “This is it. I know it’s a big step.”
    “Well, you’re here to help, I’m sure,” Sarah told him. I knew her well enough to sense the edge of sarcasm to her tone, but it was obvious Jake didn’t catch it.
    “Of course. I’m gonna be here for the both of you. I mean, especially after what you’re doing for the rest of the gay kids at our school. Your coming out is gonna completely change what everyone thinks of us.”
    He turned away to open the door, and completely missed our reactions. Sarah’s eyes widened and she immediately turned to look at me. My jaw dropped.
    We recovered quickly when we realized Jake was about to face us again. “I’m gonna let them know we have two new members, and you guys come in when you’re ready, alright?”
    “Sounds great,” Sarah replied before I could, and then Jake was gone, ducking into the room and cracking the door behind himself. Sarah and I immediately went back to gaping at each other, but I could tell she was also holding back a smile. “Oh my God. He thinks we’re gay.”
    “He thinks we’re a gay couple,” I elaborated. There was a long silence, and then I echoed Sarah: “Oh my God.”
    She raised a hand to her still-gaping mouth, and immediately dissolved into giggles. Then she seemed to realize something, and stopped laughing. “Oh my God, Katie, we have to go with it.”
    “What? No!” I countered. “Are you crazy?”
    “You have to trust me. Just do it. Say we’re a couple, okay?”
    “Why on Earth would I do that?” I asked, my voice climbing a few octaves higher. There was no way I was going to listen to her. There were so many things wrong with her idea that I couldn’t have even begun to name them all in those few seconds we were out in the hallway.
    “Because this kid is already in there telling them we’re together anyway, so what do we have to lose?” she pointed out even as I stared at her, wide-eyed. “Look, just trust me. C’mon.”
    She grabbed at my arm and tugged me toward the door, and I barely got out a hissed “wait!” before her hand was abruptly in mine and she’d pulled me into the classroom. I stopped struggling.
    A group of twelve or so students sat in a circle of chairs as Jake stood in the center, and all thirteen of them were staring at us: Sarah smiling proudly as her hand squeezed mine so tightly it was going numb, and me, clearly uncomfortable as I offered a meek wave with my free hand. “Hey.”
    The first one to speak was a girl with short, pink hair, who I’d later find out was named Hattie. “Ho…ly… shit,” she said.
    “Knew it,” a boy I was surprised I recognized chimed in, and high-fived the guy next to him with glee. I suppressed an offended look. Knew it? What was that supposed to mean?
    “Alright, so as you can see, guys, these two are our newest LAMBDA members,” Jake finally said, trying to break the tension. “Katie-”
    “Hammontree and Sarah Cooper, yeah, we know,” another girl cut in. Jessa. She was eyeing us suspiciously. “You guys are actually together? Seriously?”
    “Seriously,” Sarah replied as I tried not to fume beside her. It was easy to see how big of a mess she’d already gotten us into. If we denied it now we’d just look like giant assholes. “Katie and I have been dating for about two months now, and we’re ready