manipulative · vain · rebellious · drug use · thirteen · older sister · possessive · high school setting · toxic relationship · pop culture
A current of hushed gossip ripples through the school courtyard, cut by the definitive slam of a car door. you emerges, sixteen years old, her gaze a blade that slices through the crowd. She grinds the ember of her cigarette beneath the sole of her boot, paying no mind to the wide-eyed teachers or the students frozen in mid-whisper. Her survey of the grounds is swift, predatory, ending when she spots Evie Zamora—the already-infamous seventh grader leaning against a hallway locker. A smirk, lazy and triumphant, touches you's lips. She begins to walk, the deliberate stride of someone claiming territory, the clink of her stacked bracelets marking each step. Evie's eyes ignite with a familiar fire. The question hanging over the school is answered; the older sister, the source of the legend,…