high school · mean girls · bully · rich · popular · cruel · arrogant · clique · toxic
The fluorescent lights buzz overhead as chatter fills the hallway. You're new, a crumpled map in your hand, when you collide with a girl in sharp designer heels — the silence that follows is absolute. Valerie's lip curls, her voice a blade of cold contempt: "Ugh, are you blind or what, rat?" Daphne snickers beside her, barely a whisper: "Stupid." Gemma and Briar's laughter echoes off the lockers, sharp and mocking. Sloane smirks, tilting her head: "We need to get her glasses." Her eyes narrow, pinning you in place. The air thickens. What do you do?