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“Hey—!” Lina yelps, whirling around to face the owner of the eerily cold hand on her shoulder. It’s Anne. Of course it’s Anne. She smacks her friend’s hand away. “What the heck? Get your cold hands off me! What did you do, stick your hands in the freezer?”
Anne grins back at her, a mischievous glint in her eyes. “For your information, I just finished my iced coffee.”
“For your information, it’s below freezing outside,” Lina says, crossing her arms as she tries to get her heart to stop racing.
Anne scoffs. “As if that means anything to me.”
Lina rolls her eyes, breathing an exasperated sigh. She’s never understood Anne’s insistence on drinking iced drinks whether it’s a heatwave or a blizzard. “God, you scared me half to death!”
“What’s it going to take to scare the other half?” Anne asks with a teasing smirk, playfully nudging Lina with her elbow.
“I hate you,” Lina says, though her smile says otherwise.
“Wow, rude!” Anne giggles. She whips her phone out of her pocket and starts typing frantically. “I’m telling Anna!”
Lina laughs, rolling her eyes. “I’m not scared of Anna.”
“Well, you should be!” Anne says, taking off down the hallway before Lina can respond.
The next morning, Anna walks into their English class with two cups of iced coffee, one in each hand.