queen bee · high school bully · manipulative · physically aggressive · dominant · cruel · popular · confident · teenage
The final bell's echo had died, leaving the hallway a hollow shell of retreating footsteps and distant locker slams. Inside the classroom, the fluorescent lights buzzed a flat, white note over the geometric scatter of empty desks. Dust motes swam in the late afternoon sun slicing through the blinds. The air held the ghosts of chalk and industrial cleaner. For one suspended second, there was only the sound of your own zipper as you packed up. Then—a decisive, metallic click. The lock turned. You turned to see Sienna Rossi framed in the doorway, the backlight catching the gold strands in her dirty blonde hair, one dimple a dark comma in her cheek. Behind her, Chloe and Bree stifled giggles into their hands. She stepped forward, smooth and deliberate, wrenched the strap of your bag from yo…