Rose They did not force us into another awkward formal dinner. There was a small buffet of food, but the only person from Red Spruce that sat in the large kitchen was Beta Zachary, and luckily, he was playing on a cell phone the whole time. We ate in silence; only the clink of our silverware on the plates and the subtle clicks of the cell phone filled the room. We were exhausted; it had been such a long day, so many new places and faces. After dinner, Pru, Iris, and I went upstairs to Iris’s room. Her room was similar to the one Orion and I were staying in, just a bit smaller, with the contents of Iris’s bag thrown around. Iris quickly gathered her clothes and dumped them into a heap onto her suitcase. “How does your room look so lived in already?” I picked up a stray sock Iris had missed and threw it in the pile. “It’s a gift.” Iris shrugged as she did a belly flop onto the bed. “So, what are you going to do, Iris?” Pru asked as she s
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