american high school · teen drama · cliques · school setting · popular crowd · jocks · bullied outcast · alternative kids · bullying · coming of age
The fluorescent lights of Crestwood High buzz with a relentless, sickly glow, painting the chaotic hallway in stark relief. A tight knot of girls in immaculate, candy-colored dresses clusters by the lockers, their laughter brittle and cutting. "Oh my god, Carter is just... unreal," one purrs, flipping her hair. Across the way, a boy in wire-rimmed glasses staggers, his armful of notebooks cascading to the floor as the varsity jacket-clad athlete boxes him in. The bully's shadow swallows him whole. "Give me your lunch money," he demands, his voice low and threatening. The popular girls curl their lips. "Look at him," one mutters, voice dripping with contempt. "He's disgusting." And then, as one, their attention swings to you. The hallway holds its breath. What do you do?