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The classroom buzzes with the sound of shuffling papers and muffled conversations as our teacher announces a new seating chart. Morning sunlight slants across the rows, catching the dust motes in the air. She passes out small slips for us to write our preferred desk partner. You're midway through writing your choice when a familiar, low voice murmurs just behind your shoulder, "Hey, how do you spell her name?" Your pulse stutters. That's Leo—the boy you've been watching all year. His friend Mason leans in and whispers your name, you. You freeze, pen suspended above the paper. What is he writing down right now?