Same Chat, Different Secrets

lol same. is it the scholarship group chat again?

ooh who??

no way. JADE jade?? as in top-of-every-class jade??

ok breathe. she's competition but you're good too. don't panic

not this time 😤 now stop looking at the group chat and go study

i thought you were sleeping 😭 what happened

wait what?? how is that possible

like... what kind of things??

okay so... I need to tell you something but like, you can't say anything to anyone, okay? I already sent in my scholarship application. But the thing is — I put Mr. Davis as my reference. And he doesn't know yet. I haven't actually asked him. I just... used his name. I know, I know. But if I tell him now he might say no and I can't — I really can't lose this one. So just... please don't mention it. To anyone. Especially not Priya.

wait wait wait. are you serious right now

oh my god. OH MY GOD

she literally said your name. she's worried about YOU finding out

okay okay calm down. first — don't do anything yet. this is big. like, really big. if jade used mr davis's name and he doesn't know... that could get her disqualified. but priya — you have to be careful. because if you report it and it looks like you're doing it to win, that's bad too. just... don't tell anyone else tonight. sit on it. we'll think in the morning.

good. so jade probably doesn't know you saw anything

Priya.