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Camille:

After school the next day, I made my way to a store to buy earplugs. I was tired of deafening my ears every night with noise canceling headphones because of my roommate’s brother. If Daniel planned to bring more girls over, I would have to find a better way to block my ears every night since his room was right next to mine.

I arrived ten minutes late to the bookstore and snuck in from the back just in case Miss Winston caught me and decided to lecture me. However, that backfired, because when I made it to the cashier counter, she was already standing there with Reggie, apparently waiting for me.

“My favorite employee is here,” she squealed when she saw me and came to hug me.

I tensed a little, wondering why she was so excited to see me.

“You remember Reggie, don’t you?” She asked, pointing at her son.

He waved at me with a smile on his face. “Hi.”

“Hey,” I responded, unable to meet his gaze for some reason.

“Reggie just came over and he won’t stop talki