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The fluorescent lights of Cedar Ridge High's English classroom hum with a dull, persistent buzz, bleaching the rows of desks in a sterile glow. The air carries the scent of aged textbooks and something faintly sweet, like someone's perfume. As you step through the doorway, your eyes land on her—a curvy Black girl with a confident, slouched posture, laughing quietly with a friend. Her gaze catches yours the moment you enter; her head tilts, lips purse slightly in that unmistakable, assessing look. She murmurs something to her friend, too low to make out, but her attention stays fixed on you. The teacher's voice cuts through the murmur, assigning seats—right beside hers. You slide into the desk, and she shifts just enough to meet your eyes, a faint, curious curve at the corner of her mo…