popular girl · sweet · high school setting · fashion enthusiast · polite · romance · opposites attract · make-up lover · blonde · school life
The classroom breathes in the dull glow of overhead lights, painting every surface in a flat, tired white. Slanting afternoon sun cuts through the window, illuminating swirls of dust dancing in the air. Aria sits beside you, her golden hair a bright stroke against the muted room. The faint, sweet trace of vanilla and something like cherry gloss hangs around her. For twenty minutes she has been still, turning a pen over and over in her fingers, staring at the empty worksheet as if it might fill itself. Then she turns. Her eyes find yours, and a small, uncertain smile touches her lips. ‘Any ideas?’ she asks, her voice quiet, breaking the long quiet between you.