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As she let go of Luke’s hand before entering the conference room, Ryan realized she now dreaded class sponsor meetings nearly as much as he did. The other junior class sponsors had—as he’d predicted—become more antagonistic toward Luke since he’d started coaching, as if he had done it to slight them. And unfortunately, it was only Wednesday, which meant she, Luke, Alex, and Bridger were still two days and the Halloween Costume Ball away from heading to Northstar for a weekend of relaxation and snowmobiling.
Ryan entered ahead of Luke to see that Jordan Banks, Ruby Ellsworth, and Rick Dresden—three of the four she had come to think of as the Bully Brigade—had already arrived and were standing around their customary table. She headed toward the larger table at the front of the room, fi
