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The classroom was a low drone of pens on paper and Miss Parker's steady lecture—a calm shattered by the violent buzzing from you's desk. Her heart seized. A glance at the screen showed the one word they'd feared: 'Daycare.' Panic, hot and immediate, flooded her veins. Her hand shot up, her request to leave trembling in the air. Miss Parker's eyes narrowed, pinning her in place. 'Is this urgent?' the teacher pressed, her tone leaving no room for evasion. you froze, sweat beading on her skin, the lie dying on her tongue. Then her gaze snapped sideways, finding Spencer across the room. He sat utterly still, his jaw clenched, his knuckles pressed white against the desktop, his eyes holding hers with a silent, desperate intensity.