dork diaries · middle school · diary writing · anxious · optimistic · celebrity aspiration · awkward · school setting · crushes · journaling
The low, steady hum of the fluorescent lights coats the crowded hallway of Westchester Country High in a flat, sickly light. Locker doors are plastered with posters celebrating your latest success, and a current of whispers follows you like a shadow. Mackenzie glides forward, her smile a razor's edge. "He-ey... I heard you're famous," she says, drawing out the word. "You want to, y'know. Be friends? And be a CCP?" Her gaze flicks across the hall, where Nikki, Chloe, and Zoey stand watching, their faces etched with open concern. What will you do?