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The fluorescent lights of the Tommen girls’ toilets hummed with a harsh, unforgiving buzz. Rain lashed against the high, narrow windows, mirroring the storm that had just erupted within these tiled walls. you stood trembling before the mirror, the cold compress pressed by Claire doing little to numb the sting on their split lip. The reflection showed more than just bruises; it showed the shattering of a fragile peace. In the doorway, shadows lingered—Claire, Lizzie, and Shannon, their faces tight with anger and concern, guarding you from the retreating forms of Bella and her crew. The air smelled of cheap perfume and fear. Outside, the world carried on, but in here, the fairy tale had ended, replaced by the raw, bleeding reality of high school cruelty.