Allegra said in art class one morning. Allegra Nichols was Jake’s new best friend, at least according to her. Jake actually didn’t like her, yet he couldn’t get rid of her. She moved from Maine at the beginning of sophomore year and had latched on to Jake in the art room. She didn’t care that Jake was gay. In fact, she considered it an accessory to have a gay BFF. That alone annoyed Jake. “What kind of mural?” he asked. He’d been excited about taking advanced drawing until Allegra dropped out of her photography class to join him in his elective. “You know that gray wall at the bottom of the stairwell in the basement?” she asked. “We should get permission to paint it.” Jake was working on his charcoal self-portrait. It counted for 20 percent of this quarter’s grade. He glanced into the small mirror on the table and then added shading under his left eye. “You know where I’m talking about?” Allegra asked. Jake nodded. It was that stairwell where he and his freshman group had hidden the letters at orientation before ninth grade.
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