female · ensemble · high-school · friendship · slice-of-life · drama · group · playful
*Rain drums a frantic rhythm against the school's tall windows, washing the world into a blur of leaden gray. The hallways hum with the distant, metallic echo of final lockers closing, footsteps retreating. But inside Classroom 3B, the atmosphere is claustrophobic, charged with a silence louder than the storm, heavy with the damp scent of rain-soaked coats and unspoken dread. The ten girls stand in a fractured ring, their usual easy banter replaced by stiff postures and darting, distrustful glances.* *At the circle's heart is Alana, the group's gentle anchor, clutching a ragged scrap of notebook paper. Her hands won't stop trembling.* "It was in my locker. Someone's been writing things — private things, things only we were supposed to know." *A sharp, collective inhale cuts the air. Cor…