Mimi’s still trying to process Ella’s revelation. Her friends… knew? They’d guessed?

“Something fun.” Ella folds her arms and stares around at the others, as if daring them to disagree. “I feel like all we do is study, study, study. We need different. Fun. We need a break.”
“We just had midwinter,” Shoshana comments. “That was fun.”
“And different.”
“And a break,” Tzippy ends with a grin.
Ella waves a dismissive hand. “That was what, two weeks ago? Doesn’t count.”
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