He C].a lled It a Pr$ank.)，\I Called It Goodbye

Avery   $
R-+*oss sp;=*e[++;nt eight e:en years as Caleb Benne
!_tt's most devot(-ed frien.d
 :,— following him@[ to the*; # /same schools, fi$*xing h_+is messes,=
always t_here. At their fr)esh _ man welcome p`a#-rty, [*\h? e\ r
/epaid h`er by p )in/!ning her do !wn;// onstag+\e while his new #:crus`:(h (dumpe;@d a bu@`,_c[ket of r$ ed p`a `@]int/\? over\ her head(#:?. The whole roo:m laughed. Avery didn't cry. She fi)led her wi *^thdrawa$l paper*+s the nex^t _$,morni./?ng and never looked back. Armed with$ nothing but @ !fury ][and f-]oc`us, she threw; her ;-)se\lf i \
nto a bruta@l gap ye)ar — and a^$-long *!t-#he way*[,
$found an unexp[ ected r?=ival)?-turned-ancho:@r in!. Luc@)%as, a quiet ge/ni?us ch ( as,.ing MIT. As Avery rise]@s fro],m hu##`mi!liation to a 1590 SA_-T score an+d a  $Columb_=`ia acceptance letter, C?aleb sp #:iral `s int;/o expul,.#(]si-on, debt, _and rui%\
n. This (^-.isn'#t a reveng\/e s/)to(ry. ,It!`'s the story of a girl who decided she was do-,ne be\i];/ng= the ?@punchl?@ine \— and be @`c,\a;\@;me the whole damn headline.