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Campus ladies turn birth control pills into a regular diet

*Susan lazily moves beneath the sheets and slightly takes out her left arm in trying to grab the phone that is now vibrating at the edge of the pillow. It is a text message, but she is too dizzy to read the content at this moment. She hazily looks at the onscreen clock and notices it is somewhat over half an hour before her set Monday alarm time. So she coils back under the sheets as to resume her slumber. Just then a knock is heard on the door, followed by a familiar voice, and this time round in a desperate call.

A fairly beautiful, young 2nd year student enters in a hurry. Before she utters any word, Susan is able to read the anxiety on her face. She kicks away the blanket and reaches for a small pouch in the closet, opens a white container and hands 2 tablets and a pregnancy test kit to the sophomore girl.

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