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And now she believes Bear ran his mouth, even though that wasn’t the case at all. He wouldn’t do that. There’d been no reason for me to explain that I hadn’t actually known, even if Ihadhinted at that fact. She’d been too flustered to notice.

Pressing my lips together, I notice I’ve missed a portion of the conversation with Bear and Duke. I take a quick second to read it in its entirety.

Duke:

Lennon took off.

I need help.

The plan was to take her home and come back to campus.

I don’t have time to go looking for her.

I have a lab in 15.

And she’s pissed at me.

Bear:

WTH?

Coach will shit if I miss class.

I sigh. Well, looks like this has just become my problem.

I’ll give a look for her.

I just have studio art.

Prof hardly knows who attends.

Any clue where she’d be?

Duke:

Fucked if I know.

I’ll explain everything later.

Well, I’ll try.

I don’t know WTH happened.

She got locked in a bathroom.

Bear:

Uh, what?

Duke:

Had a panic attack.

Long, weird story.

Then I pissed her off (again).

Turned around, and she was gone.