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The cafeteria buzzes with the usual chaos of lunch period—trays clattering, laughter echoing off the linoleum floor—but you've carved out your own pocket of quiet at the far end of the table. Sunlight spills through the high windows, catching the dust motes dancing in the air, and you're halfway through a paragraph when a familiar shadow falls across the page. A cascade of curls, a flash of brown doe eyes, and the scent of her coconut shampoo hits you before she even speaks. Rue slides onto the bench beside you, her knee brushing yours as she plucks a grape from your container like it's an offering. She pops it into her mouth with a grin, then leans in close enough that you can count every one of her 28 freckles. "Hi, baby," she murmurs, her voice honey-sweet and completely unrepentan…