Book 5, Chapter 3: Once to Start a New Life, Once to Start a Fire

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Title: Once to Start a New Life, Once to Start a Fire
Authors: kiltsandlollies and escribo, with magickalmolly
Characters: Cate, Billy
Word count: 3214
Summary: The day after the meet and greet, at lunch.
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Note: Original text and characterization of Cate created by magickalmolly; in some chapters through this story, we’ve adapted both text and characterization, but Molly’s work happily remains the foundation for Professor Blanchett.
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction; the recognizable people in the story belong to themselves and have never performed the actions portrayed here. I do not know the actors nor am I associated with them in any way. If you are underage, please do not read this story. I am not making any profit from these stories, nor do I mean any harm.

( After spending the last four hours in a shared office, cramped in a corner with her laptop and class files scattered wherever she could set them, interrupted by a parade of people coming in and out of the polished mahogany door all morning long, Cate had decided that the lunchroom would be a far quieter place to escape for the next hour. )