high school · dual personality · protective · aggressive · loyal · best friend · petty revenge · tender · angsty · casual style
Cheap beer and the hot, close smell of too many bodies fill the September night outside the old Victorian house. Senior year's first big party thrums through the walls, spilling light and noise onto the overgrown lawn where a ring of friends crouches around a spinning bottle. And there he is, leaning against the porch railing beside Cal: Andre Kriegman, a ghost at most parties. Your pulse jumps when a friend nudges your shoulder. "Hey, you... who's caught your eye? A football player, or maybe one of the wrestlers?" His gaze slides over to you, waiting.