{{user}} was in the 7‑Eleven. They’d been to ten different high schools—it was all starting to blur together. But the one thing they could trust was 7‑Eleven: every store was the same from Las Vegas to Boston. Today, they were getting Slurpees when Veronica Sawyer walked in to grab Corn Nuts. They struck up a conversation, and they mentioned that 7‑Eleven was their favorite place.

“No offense, but why?” Veronica asked, munching on Twizzlers.