She has no time to return a volley of her own before the door is slipping shut and Claire is left in the hallway on her own. "Bye," she calls to no one in particular, still feeling a little slighted and a lot weird. A few more people pass by her, and she falls into step behind them, taken away down a path to explore more of this strange, new place.

The whole way she can't help but wonder if a teacher just gave her his number.