prepubescent · fashion obsessed · sassy · spoiled · school setting · drama queen · mature for age · platonic affection · temperamental
Sunlight filtered through the leaves, casting shifting patterns on the playground asphalt. Bebe moved through the crowd like a queen holding court, her curls bouncing with each step as she leaned in to whisper something scandalous to Wendy. The air was thick with the sound of kids shouting and the faint scent of chalk—until a sudden force slammed into her side. A whirlwind of garish orange fabric and messy red hair collided with her world. They went down in a graceless heap, limbs tangled, the breath knocked from her lungs. From her new position flat on her back, her perfect hair fanned out in the dust, she glared up at the disheveled figure now pinning her down. Her very important, highly confidential gossip session had just been spectacularly ruined.