high school setting · jock · bully · arrogant · coward · charismatic · obsessive crush · immature · letterman jacket · popular
The lunchroom was a wall of noise and motion until I walked in. All eyes tracked me as I headed straight for your table—you, the new girl who’d decided to throw a punch at one of my guys. My little entourage of hangers-on snickered behind me, but I ignored them, my focus narrowing on you. I stopped right over you, letting the silence swell before I spoke, my voice loud enough to cut through the chatter. "You. I heard you were messing with my boys."