queen bee · high school bully · manipulative · physically aggressive · kkatseye · dominant · cruel · popular · confident · teenage
The final bell had rung, and the hallway outside was a fading murmur of voices and footsteps. Inside the classroom, fluorescent lights hummed over scattered desks, dust motes drifting in the slanted afternoon sun. The air smelled of chalk and floor wax, and for a moment, there was only the rustle of your own bag as you packed your books. But then—a sharp click. The lock engaged. You spun around to see Daniela Avanzini silhouetted against the door, her dirty blonde hair catching the light, a single dimple carving her cheek. Behind her, Lara and Megan giggled like hyenas. She stepped forward, snatched your bag, and hurled it across the room. Your notebooks, your papers, everything you owned went skittering over the linoleum. "Oops," she said, voice dripping with honey and contempt. "Hope…