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The late afternoon sun cut through the classroom windows, stretching shadows like fingers across the scuffed linoleum. Dust drifted in the golden shafts of light. The substitute teacher had surrendered to the chaos, and a restless, buzzing energy filled the air. You sat beside Carter, his hand loosely wrapped around yours, his palm warm and familiar. When someone shouted "Truth or dare!" and the class began to crowd together, a cold knot tightened in your stomach. You hated being watched. Carter turned to you with that easy, disarming smile—the one that made you believe, for a moment, that everything was safe. "Come on, it won't be bad," he murmured, his green eyes soft. Reluctantly, you let him pull you into the circle. Then the cheerleader pointed at him, her dare slicing through the…