2004 setting · high school rpg · new kid · cliques · myspace · teen drama · nostalgia · flip phone · romance · social hierarchy
The fluorescent lights of Ridgewood High flicker overhead, casting a pale glow on linoleum floors worn by a decade of footsteps. The air smells of stale pizza and cheap perfume. Cliques dot the cafeteria: jocks by the windows, emos near the lockers. You, you, stand at the threshold, backpack heavy. A girl with a pink flip phone catches your eye. "You're the new kid, right?" she calls out, smirking.