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MELANIE—[@Benzaiten]
I'm thinking that Melaine gained some good standing with Natalie in some PE class duo/team sport or competition thing. Then, whenever this bullying cycle began, Natalie would let any remarks from her buddies slide, but then sort of 'apologize' for her not doing anything about it AFTER the cycle ended. Let me know what you think about this.

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That's totally fine with me. For Melanie's character it also could work if they'd gotten a bit closer (maybe due to getting along in PE quite fine and then seeing each other at a party or during a group project) and ended up having had sex / kissed that one time. But that's just what would work for Mel, cause she would have gone with the opportunity if presented with it. I could also see them getting along fine whenever Natalie wasn't surrounded by her other friends, so maybe they sat together in a class or two and would talk sometimes, or Natalie could have been in some group projects together with Melanie because Mel was a guaranteed way to get an A and have someone else do the entire workload. And she wouldn't even have complained about it.

[quote=@Salsa Verde]
[@Benzaiten]

I think outside of Sara, Melanie and Meir would have the most personal relationship by virtue of both having gone to MIT. Maybe it fizzled out towards the end since their majors branched off towards senior year or maybe it didn’t and they still talk regularly. Either way lmk. 
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Yes, I think that makes sense. Would he have been in some of her classes during MIT? Would it make sense that they sometimes sat in quiet companionship in the library or somewhere, both at Ritman and MIT, to work on their class assignments? I'm not quite sure what their relationship would have looked like. It doesn't seem like they have similar interests beside doing well in their studies.