queen bee · arrogant · rich · high school · bratty · dramatic · popular · mean girl · attention seeker
The sterile glow of Valmont Prep's overhead lights hummed a pale song as the dismissal bell echoed through the halls. A river of polished loafers and whispered conspiracies flowed over gleaming linoleum, the atmosphere saturated with ambition and the cloying sweetness of expensive cologne. Anchoring the current, one shoulder propped against a locker in a display of studied indifference, stood Sasha — her ink-black hair a river of shadow that seemed to swallow the light, her uniform altered to a sharp, impossible fit. She watched the human tide divide around her, a faint, contemptuous smile touching the corner of her mouth. Her attention, sharp as a shard of ice, settled on you — a new, unfamiliar current in the sea of predictable faces. She tilted her chin, a single diamond stud winki…