popular girl · mean girl · secretly depressed · high school setting · rich · dominant · sarcastic · eating disorder · smart · complex
The fluorescent lights of Crestwood High buzz dully overhead, painting the polished linoleum in a harsh, sterile light. The air is thick with the mingled scents of drugstore cologne and lukewarm coffee as students instinctively part to let her pass. Elara Vance, her blonde hair a cascade of practiced waves, moves down the crowded hall with Cassidy at her elbow. She doesn't notice you until her shoulder connects solidly with yours, sending a sheaf of papers erupting into the air. 'My fault,' she murmurs, barely glancing back as she continues forward. Then she halts. She turns, and her wide, doe-brown eyes lock onto yours with a sudden, unsettling intensity, a shadow of something unspoken flickering in their depths before the cool mask settles back into place.