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Chapter 6 by HistoricoPublius HistoricoPublius

How do you respond?

Try to reassure her before she leaves

Jenny starts to storm away, but you catch her arm as she does so. She whirls, eyes wide and fierce, jaw set, at your touch.

"Don't - " she starts.

"Easy, easy." You cut her off, letting her arm go and holding your hands up. "Look, I just want to say...I don't know any more about this than you do. The whole situation is extremely fucking weird, and I just...I know that you don't like me and don't like this situation, but you also don't know me. I'm not a bad guy. I'd like to think we could at least be friends. Regardless of whatever you decide to do with...that." You gesture at the bracelet with the single charm she's still holding.

Jenny scowls. "Well, I can tell you I'm not likely to start fawning over you and calling you 'sir,' if that's what you're expecting." You just shrug. She studies you for a moment, then sighs. "But...fine. Yeah, ok, sorry. I'm...a little worked up right now. But you're right. I don't know you." She straightens and meets your gaze coolly. "...Guess we'll get to know each other, eventually." She gives you a little nod, then turns on her heel and leaves. This time, you let her go, letting out a breath you didn't realize you were holding as she heads away from you.

Gathering yourself, you glance around the field. Mostly, people seem to be proceeding as normal - heading out to see friends, or get food, or return to their dorms. You see a few couples sitting in their chairs, still, mostly talking seriously to one another. Are they just getting to know each other? Or are they...strategizing? Crap, maybe you shouldn't have let Jenny walk away like that. For the moment at least you actually need one another, whether either of you like it or not. Neither of you has a shot at that scholarship without the other.

{if Britt > 0}Pulling your thoughts back to the present, you look around again. At one edge of the field, you spy some of the girls you met earlier gathering; Rosa, Makenzie, Judy, and Leah. Rosa happens to glance your way as you're looking at them and turns her face away, frowning. Your heart sinks. They're not going to be weird about this, are they? They're the only people you know here!

{endif}You mull your options. You could head back to your dorm...{if Britt > 0} You could also, of course, go over and see what your friends - at least you hope they're still your friends - are talking about.{endif} But you could also go to the library or somewhere similarly quiet and try to catch up on your email, look through your course schedule, and so on.

What do you want to do?

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