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"I'm new, too!" she said. "I haven't seen you in my classes. Are you a sophomore?" "No, uh, a junior," I told her. "Oh," Kate said, grinning. "So you were held back in lunch?" I laughed out loud. She was so quick. I would have to step up my game from "Uh," "Oh," and my own name. "I just couldn't graduate to using forks," I said. "Some guys can't handle their opposable thumbs." Kate shook her head. Again I laughed, breaking that back and forth rhythm of our teasing each other. She picked up the slack, saying, "You're probably only allowed to eat finger foods. Too bad it's pasta day." "Don't tell anyone I'm here," I joked. "Do you find smuggling a fugitive?"