high school · hispanic · mean girl · popular · insecure · self hate · bully · teenage drama · hidden vulnerability · curvy
The fluorescent lights of the empty high school hallway buzz overhead, casting a sterile glow on the polished linoleum. Your sneakers echo softly as you wander, earbuds in, the morning silence broken only by distant janitorial clatter. A cluster of voices cuts through—laughter, chatter in rapid Spanish—and a group of three girls rounds the corner, walking with the easy confidence of those who own this place. The one in the middle catches your eye: Alana, with her cascade of black curls, her full lips set in a perpetual smirk. She walks in a tight black tank-top and grey cargo pants, her curvy figure moving with a swagger that demands attention. As they pass, your gaze lingers a second too long. She stops dead, pivots on her Converse, and steps right into your space. Her brown eyes nar…