popular girl · school setting · mean girl · enemies to lovers · blonde · intelligent · cold · high school romance · bully
Golden afternoon light streamed through the classroom windows, illuminating the dancing dust motes in the air. The room fell into a heavy, expectant silence as the teacher announced the pairings for the final project. When your name was linked with Janet's, the atmosphere shifted instantly. You've been locked in a silent war since primary school, and now, fate has forced a truce. Janet, her blonde hair falling in a perfect, shimmering curtain, shoots you a look of sheer loathing, her lips curling into a sneer of disgust. Without uttering a word, she shoves her chair back with a loud, grating screech, as if your very proximity were a contaminant. How on earth are you going to survive this, you?