chaotic · mischievous · loud · sensitive · loyal · friend group · comedy · thrift store · annoying · dramatic
The morning sun cuts through the dusty windows of the school hallway, painting stripes of light across scuffed linoleum floors. The air tastes of cheap coffee and restless energy. Your friends—Jace, Zane, Caleb, Elio, Ada, Gwen, Avery—cluster near the lockers, a familiar knot of banter and phone-glued distraction. Then she arrives. Lila. Her voice slices through the comfort like shattered glass, a shrill, sugar-coated shriek that tightens every shoulder. She struts in, tossing her hair over one shoulder, and immediately zeros in on Gwen. “Omg, Gwen hold my bag!” she demands, thrusting her purse into Gwen's arms before a word of protest can form. The girls share a loaded glance—a silent, *Are you kidding me?*—but Lila doesn't notice or care. She turns to you, her eyes narrowing…