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Either coincidentally or planned, Bristel, Delly, and Thom also had their respective qualifying exams today. “I’m so nervous,” Delly whimpers, burying her face into Thom’s arm as they all make their way to their separate destinations. “What if I don’t have what it takes to be a botanist?” “Don’t say that babe,” Thom assures her, putting his arm around her shoulders and pulling her in close. “I bet you’ll make the scariest plant there is!” “That’s not what botanists do, but ok,” Bristel replies for Delly, rolling her eyes. Out of the four of them, Bristel was probably the most nervous, what with her constant hand wringing, and the dark circles under her eyes, though she didn’t vocalize her fears. “Whatever,” Thom retorts. “While …show more content…

“That’s all I’ll be thinking of during my exam, how impatient you are.” “I prefer ‘action-ready’,” Gale rolls his eyes. “Good luck.” “You too,” Madge says instinctively, and then cringes. He doesn’t have an exam to take-no, Gale Hawthorne was just naturally so fit and skilled, he was considered a non-civilian the moment he was registered. “Wow,” the girl besides Bella comments. “Your boyfriend is like, really hot.” Madge leans over Bella, only to look at a second Bella. “Wait, what?” Madge asks confusedly, looking between the two girls. They were identical. Heather, she easily recognized, since she was the one who was directly threatening Madge, but the other two, she hadn’t had a close look at. “Your boyfriend,” Bella’s clone repeats. “He’s hot.” “No, are you two twins?” Madge asks, as she looks closely at the two. Bella arches an eyebrow at this. “Did you not notice that before?” she asks, almost incredulously. Then, some understanding dawns on her expression. “That’s why you were able to correctly recognize me,” she says with a laugh, shaking her head. “You didn’t remember what Leah looked like.” “Guilty,” Madge says in embarrassment. “Though in my defense, I was a bit caught up in the moment, when we first met.” Both Leah and Bella look over to glare at Heather, who is pointedly looking away. “Anyways,” Madge says, to cut through the sudden awkward tension. “Gale isn’t my boyfriend,

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