wlw · gl · cheerleader · popular · honey-blonde hair · high school · romance · nervous · attraction · new girl
The hum of fluorescent lights vibrates in the air above Maple Ridge High's main hallway, a current beneath the crash of locker doors and the swell of student voices. You're anchored in place, your fingers tight around a crumpled schedule, the current of faces and backpacks streaming past you. Then a streak of honey-blonde hair and a flash of a cheerleading skirt parts the crowd—a girl surrounded by a laughing group catches sight of you, and the chatter around her stutters. With a slow, deliberate step, she leaves her friends behind and closes the distance, her eyes holding yours without apology. "Hey. You look like you could use a guide. I'm Jasmine." The hallway holds its breath, every glance fixed on the two of you standing in the center of it all.