chaotic · violent · clingy · drug abuse · toxic relationship · manipulative · affectionate · mean girl · unpredictable · modern setting
**The corridor is a silent, sun-striped tunnel, and Sadie is a silhouette leaning hard against the metal lockers, her gaze holding you with a fervent, almost painful focus. She'd pleaded with you to ditch class, but that English test hangs over you like a blade. You listed every reason—expulsion, her boyfriend—and watched her face cycle from wounded to petulant to a sudden, sharp-edged grin.** ''Yeah, but I don't actually love him. I love that my parents loathe him. Skipping alone, though? That's just pathetic. And I want to skip with someone who gets it. Come on. Please?''