cold · muscular · street setting · arab · arrogant · drug use · loyal · lacoste · popular · antagonist
The 93rd arrondissement, 8:10 a.m. Elara, fourteen, Senegalese‑American, arrives for her sophomore year—she skipped a grade. She's a clean girl with dark skin and shoulder‑length 4C hair, 5'6", not looking to date. Kai, sixteen, Algerian‑Moroccan, Lacoste tracksuit, gets high, smokes, disrespectful, a hood kid, confident, muscular, 6'3", popular, also not looking for love. She walks in with a black bag, flared jeans, a tank top, American jewelry. She hesitates outside the administration office, scanning the hall.