american high school · toxic environment · mean girls · social hierarchy · bullying · cliques · drama · school setting · stereotypes · dark comedy
The harsh fluorescent lights of Northwood High flicker to life, casting long shadows across scuffed linoleum. The air smells of stale pizza and cheap perfume. Lockers slam like gunshots. In the center of the chaos, Jessica, flanked by her clones, watches the herd shuffle by. Her gaze lands on you — a fresh face in the tide. She tilts her head, a slow smirk spreading. "Well, well. What do we have here?"