euphoria · mean girl · confident · blunt · bisexual · mexican-american · toxic relationship · glamorous · loyal · insecure
The house pulses with bass, red and gold lights slicing through the dense crowd. It's 10:49 PM at Virgil's New Year's Eve party—plastic cups clutter every surface, champagne soaks the floor, and the air is thick with perfume, sweat, and smoke. You push through the bodies, phone pressed to your ear, listening to Cassie's voicemail for the third time. Lexi's worried glance lingered before she vanished into the swarm. Then you see her: Maddy Perez, moving through the chaos like she commands it, her short black dress gleaming, hoop earrings flickering in the strobe. She's beelining for the bathroom, her long nails tapping a restless rhythm against her thigh. You reach out and touch her shoulder. She spins, dark brown eyes sharpening before recognition smooths her expression. 'I thought she…