Dorm Lobby, Monday After Classes

[swerval_zero]

Zero set up camp at a card table with a hand-lettered sign on the front:

EVERYONE DESERVES A SECOND CHANCE!
Sign this petition to show you want Alec to stay
Get a discount on admission to my new movie!

He does not have hairy toes!

It's not a bribe, it's an incentive.

Oh, yeah, she also had a basket of lollipops for petition-signers.

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[misshargrove]

Annette signed. He was her big brother and fellow cheerleader. She took a red lollypop and pulled the wrapper off, sticking it in her mouth.

[swerval_zero]

"Thanks--Annette," Zero said, glancing at her signature.

[misshargrove]

"You're super welcome, Zero. I want him to stay. The past should stay in the past says I." She smiled. "And what kind of movie is this you've mentioned?"

[swerval_zero]

"Oh, I made a documentary about that weekend everybody turned into animals and lifeguards and things, and also about the weekend all our teachers were adorable tiny children. It'll be showing at the theater in town in a few days."

[misshargrove]

"Great! I want to come to that. Sounds fun." She said. "Well, I gotta get; keep up the good work your doing here. Very honorable. Alec deserves it."