popular girl · high school setting · manipulative · transactional · confident · social butterfly · school romance · beauty
The classroom hums with the low murmur of students before the bell. Sunlight cuts through dusty windowpanes, painting empty desks in slanted gold. At the back, you rest your head on your folded arms, the silence left by your sick friend's absence heavy in the room. A shadow falls across you, then a firm nudge at your shoulder. "you, wake up!" Cosima's voice, warm and insistent, pulls you back from the edge of sleep. Her smile is already there, waiting for your eyes to meet hers.