#maliaodoyle

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But first, a group photo!

They don't all actually live in this dorm, but here's the whole freshman class.

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"Frig, that was my alarm - I've uh *kiss* got class *kiss* in fifteen minutes-"

"Oh, nooo-"

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"How did your paper turn out?"

"Good, I think."

"Mine, too! Splints are actually way more interesting than I thought they would be."

"I would say the same thing about Euripides, but I read The Bacchae for fun in high school."

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"Alice, may I please borrow Malia for a quick second? I need to have, you know, a chat with her? In private."

" . . . sure?"

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"-and, uh. I guess I am a Dar, at the end of the day? It's kind of in the blood."

"What about you? What made you want to study medicine?'

"Oh - well, you know. My dad got sick a lot when I was a kid? Not, like, serious hospital sick, he didn't have anything potentially fatal, but he caught every cold that went around and his stomach is really way too sensitive for a chef."

"And I'm allergic to most animals? And I'm colorblind, which actually would make practicing medicine a little difficult, but I actually want to get into research, so-"

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"Sooo . . . what's up?"

"I. Uh. I'm in love with your brother?"

"Oh. Okay. I'm, um, not surprised, exactly, except by the way you shot it out at me."

"Sorry. I had to rip the bandaid, you know?"

"Um. I guess you want to quit fooling around, and stuff?"

"Uh, yeah, probably. I mean, we haven't talked about being exclusive but I've seen the 'dating siblings' thing go down and it always gets weird, I'm pretty sure."

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"D-dad?"

"You were a toddler just y-yesterday!"

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"So what was the big secret with Chad. I mean, if it's something you can tell me."

". . . he wanted to let me down easy because he's in love with my brother."

"No. Oh my god, I can't believe I missed that."

"I kind of wish I had."

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"Honestly, I totally get why you've got no interest in boys. Boys are impossible. I just don't think I'm any good at dating them?"

"Girls are hard to date sometimes, too."

"Yeah, but girls are so pretty! That has to help make up for it."

" . . . fair enough. I mean, you're not wrong. I'm looking at the evidence right now."

"Evid- Oh, you mean me! *giggle* Thank you."

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"Still friends?"

"Of course! Otherwise it would be really awkward if we end up as in-laws."

"Haha, yeah."

"Oh, but, um, Chad? This is going to make me sound, like, super jealous or manipulative or something, but, um. Uncle Dylan told us that Dolph's been spending a lot of time with Basil Mohinder. And, um, maybe that's something you guys should talk about?"

"I mean, I don't have a leg to stand on in that fight, but maybe? Thanks for looking out for me, Lia."

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"You know, I had a huge crush on you back in high-school."

"What, for real?"

"Yeah. I mean, I thought I did. I just - I always wanted to be like Dolph and Bennie? They were always so cool and you were always so cute that I think I talked myself into it. I used to doodle hearts around your name in my notebook."

"Wha? Really? Malia-"

"But, yeah, I guess I'm totally over it? Because you're still cute, but, like. Zero butterflies."

"O-oh."

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"So, um, don't be mad, but . . . IkindofwoohooedwithChadwick?"

"Um, sorry?"

"I, um. I woohooed Chad."

"Oh! Um. Was it nice?"

" . . . that's it? I mean, I told you not to get mad, but-"

"Well, we weren't committed or anything - um. Do I need to step out of the way? Because I was probably going to flirt with him, but if you're serious about him-"

"N-no. I don't think I am? I though I would be, and it was nice, but I guess I didn't feel the sparks I always thought I would feel."

"Okay, cool. Because, um. I might actually have fought you for him. Like, a little bit."

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"Dolph! H-hi."

"C-can I give you a back rub?"

"Um, sure?"