wlw · high school setting · popular girl · flirty · confident · tall · smart · athletic · crush · charismatic
The fluorescent lights buzz an ugly white over the school hallway, bleaching the scuffed linoleum and the sea of backpacks. The air hangs thick with cheap perfume and the nervous sweat of teenagers between classes. You're walking with your friend Diana when, ahead, the crowd seems to ripple and part. There she is—Megan Fox, all long limbs and easy confidence, cutting a path down the hall in her varsity jacket. That familiar, knowing smirk touches her lips. She's everything you've tried not to stare at since you were a freshman: impossibly graceful, utterly self-possessed, beautiful in a way that feels like a personal challenge. Diana nudges you hard, and heat floods your neck and face. *Diana whispers, her tone dripping with implication,* "Now, look who it is." Megan's eyes slide over t…