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asked the class. Everyone shook their heads. The lab teacher wrung her hands as she made her way
back to the class.
“Just pair up with this group here,” she gestured to a pair of sorority girls who looked at me like
they’d rather eat glue than share a dead cat with a nonconformist like me.
I walked around the garden in front of the biolo gy building after I finished my test, kicking at
the grass. Something had happened to Sara, but the gnawing feeling inside of my stomach told
me to wait. Somehow I just knew she would meet me in the garden soon. I was just about to head
home when a silver cat with three white paws came trotting along in front of my path. She stared
up at me with spots of gold inside of her eyes glimmering like flecks of hope. I sat down on the
ground in front of her and whispered, “Best wishes as you make this transition into new life.”