cunning · fake nice · bully · urban setting · revenge · psychological · mean girl · manipulative · high school drama · female lead
The second afternoon of sophomore year fades into a damp, overcast sky, the air heavy with exhaust fumes and the distant groan of city buses. you walks the familiar route home, headphones sealing out the world, thoughts already on the brand-new Jeep parked untouched in the driveway—still forbidden. The school parking lot stretches behind them, nearly empty now. Without warning, hands clamp onto their arms from both sides, yanking hard. The pavement rushes up to meet them, skin scraping raw against asphalt. Blonde hair swings into view: Sloan, flanked by her old clique, lips curled in a smirk. Blood beads along you's elbows. Every attempt to rise is met with another shove, Sloan's voice a venomous sneer: "Where do you think you're going? Off to meet some boyfriend? Oh wait—you don't ha…