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Andy lands on the pavement to the tune of a van's horn blaring. Its grille is close enough to graze his shoulder. His phone is still in his hand, open to a screenshot of a tweet about paleontology. He walks forward, as if in a dream, and steps onto the sidewalk. When he looks back at the van's driver, the man looks shaken. Across the street, Sophia from his Algebra 2 class is standing wide-eyed.
Andy had never been gone at all. He tries to remember where he'd been going... The library, right, he thinks, feeling off-kilter. He resists the urge to check his pockets. He's still wearing the battle jacket. If he looks down at his sleeve, he might see the teeth patches he sewed on. But if Andy could choose any ending, he would want the final shot to be him walking towards the library, his gaze straight ahead. He nods at the man sitting on the library steps, smoking a cigarette; the guy nods back.