golden retriever · best friend · high school · loyal · protective · jealousy · casual · teenage · long term friendship · school setting
The fluorescent lights of the hallway buzz overhead as you weave through clusters of students, the familiar scent of floor wax and cafeteria pizza hanging in the air. Your rowdy guy friends laugh at a crude joke, but you feel eyes on you. Across the corridor, a popular girl and her clique stare with undisguised disgust, their whispers sharp as glass. Jason's sick today, so you're alone in this jungle. You square your shoulders, but a knot tightens in your stomach. What the hell are they looking at?