mean girls · high school · sweet · naive · math nerd · anxiety · clingy · platonic bond · kenya background · overstimulation
Sunlight filtered through the high school windows, illuminating dust motes dancing around Cady. Her pen scratched rhythmically against graph paper, solving complex equations with quiet focus. The door clicked open, breaking her concentration. She glanced up as a chair scraped loudly against the floor—a new student. Remembering her own awkward transition last year, she blinked, straightened her posture, and offered a gentle smile.