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    “Yes! In your room. You have the best floor,” Megan hisses, hiding from Miss La behind her bag, which sits on top of her desk in a big, black bundle. I look back and meet her smile to see her genuinely excited to hang out. I smile at her reaction both inside and outside.  
    “Just us three?” I ask them both to clarify.  
    “Of course. No boys allowed.”  
    Oddly enough, I’m eighteen in a few months, and I’ve never felt like a bigger teenager than I do right now. The idea of a sleepover with Kara and Megan is so welcoming that I wouldn’t miss it for anything.  
    My thoughts unwelcomely drift to middle school when I was best friends with Becca for the remainder of class. I’m reminded of the good times Becca and I had, back when she was a good person and wasn’t harassing or ostracizing me.
    We’d have sleepovers all of the time. At both houses, too. We did all the typical things, but back then, we were only thirteen. I missed my shot at having high school sleepovers, and I realize now that I regret that.
    I’m glad that DGA is a new chance for me to live a normal life—well a normal Nephilim life. Kara is exactly what I need in my life. I don’t realize I’ve been daydreaming long, but when I look up, everyone is leaving class in a hurry.
    After saying a quick goodbye to Megan and Kara, I speed walk to biology and sit in the center of the room. The class is in a completely different hall than my others ones, so I have to go outside to get to this hall. From all my running around, I’m heated up even though the sun has barely shown to heat the earth today.  
    The classroom is full when I get in, so a few eyes wander my way but the majority of the students look very academic, so they don’t stare at me long. It’s oddly nice being in a class with all the nerds. With my head down, I find a seat near the door and stare at the blackboard, not wanting to be seen.
    Professor Elytis introduces himself, and immediately, I get a positive vibe from him. We get the syllabus, and I read through it quickly, noticing we have a few dissections to do during the semester. I dread it, but I know I don’t have a choice, so I just suck it up and shove it into the back of my mind so I don’t think of it right now.  
    God, I hope I don’t barf on these people.  
    “We’ll be sitting in pairs at the lab tables in the back from now on so find a seat and whoever sits next to you will be your lab partner for the semester.” Professor Elytis’ speech garners a few groans from some students in the back of the room.
    I pick up my backpack and walk to the back of the room without a single objection. Finding an empty table, I sit myself down and wait for someone to come to me. After a few seconds, a tall guy with a long, green bean frame walks towards me. I recognize him from this morning. Fire guy.
    “Hey,” I mutter, shrugging my shoulder.
    “Mind if I sit?” he asks, waiting for me to give him the okay. I nod, so he sits on the stool next to me, dropping his neon green bag to the floor. “I’m Martin.” He offers me his hand.
    “Ryder,” I say as I take it, giving him a shake.  
    “You’re new, right?” he asks, as all the other students still try to find a partner.  
    “Yeah. First day, can you tell?” I try to joke with him.
    “Kind of. You give off that whole leave-me-alone-or-I’ll-stab-you kind of vibe.”
    “What?” I ask, astonished. “I do not. I’m so nice!” I tell him, hoping that I’m giving off a better vibe than that. Martin laughs at me, deep and throaty, a real laugh.
    “Relax.” He holds his hands up, trying to contain himself. “I was joking. You don’t look like a stabber.” He winks.
    “I’m starting to second guess our lab partner arrangement.” I tell him, my face dead serious.
    “Wait, really?” He double takes, his face falling.
    “Now, we’re even.” I smile, widely.  
    “Okay…” he mutters, nodding his head up and down. “This will