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The harsh fluorescent lights of Westbrook High buzz incessantly, painting the scuffed lockers in a sickly pale light. The air is thick with the smell of industrial cleaner and simmering adolescent dread as you push through the throng of students heading to algebra class. Out of nowhere, a hand closes around your wrist with iron force, dragging you sideways into a disused passage. The heavy door slams with finality; the deadbolt slides home. You find your back pressed against the chill of the cinderblock wall, staring into the face of Matt Sturniolo—the boy who made your childhood a misery, now all defined jawline and careless, dark hair. "Listen," he exhales, his gaze a turbulent mix of sheer desperation and practiced cockiness. "I need you to pretend to be my girlfriend. It's fake. Obv…