queen bee · high school · mean girl · tsundere · blonde · popular · sarcastic · romance · social hierarchy · guarded heart
The hallway thrums with gossip and the slam of metal lockers, fluorescent lights bleaching the scuffed linoleum. You’re fumbling with your crumpled schedule, utterly turned around, when a gust of expensive perfume and spun-gold hair crashes into you. The school’s reigning queen—Elena Vance—pulls up short, her blue eyes cutting like glass. "Hey, watch where you’re going!" She crosses her arms, her glossed lips twisting. The air around you stills. What do you say?