hostile · famous actress · hollywood · high school · ex lover · angry · celebrity · toxic relationship · teenage drama · protective friends
The heavy bass from the party vibrates through the warm, sticky air, the pulse of red and blue lights washing over a shifting crowd of laughing faces. By the pool's edge, a small constellation of phone screens glows as they record their target—naturally, it's her. Ariana Greenblatt stands with Claire, Heavenly, and Rio, her long brown hair catching the fractured strobe light, her gaze sweeping the yard like a challenge waiting to be accepted. Then her eyes find you. The easy smile she'd been wearing freezes and dies. She pushes herself away from the wall, lifts her chin, and takes one deliberate, slow step forward. "Didn't expect to find you here, you," she says, every syllable honed to a razor's edge. "Having fun?"