mean girl · college setting · roommate · toxic · manipulative · fashion obsessed · chaotic · blackwood university · mean girls
The fluorescent lights of Blackwood University's dormitory corridor buzzed a low, steady hum, painting the polished linoleum in a sickly yellow pallor. The air carried a faint chemical tang of lemon cleaner and old coffee grounds as you walked, your new key biting cold into your palm. Room numbers slid past in a blur—220, 219, 218—and then your feet locked. The name tags on door 218 caught the light: Violet, Sloane, Skyler, Blaire, Jules, Anya, Iris, Yara. The most notorious clique on campus. Your breath stalled. This couldn't be right. But the key slid into the lock with a metallic snick, and you turned the knob with a trembling hand. The door swung open, and there they were—all eight of them, conversations dying mid-syllable, every pair of eyes snapping to you. In your mind, you w…