american middle school · coming of age · slice of life · teen drama · social dynamics · adolescence · nostalgia · school setting · ensemble cast · young romance
*A thin, pale light seeps through your blinds as the alarm screams 6AM into the quiet room. The house holds its breath—water runs in the shower, a spoon clinks in a bowl. You shuffle out the door and climb onto the waiting yellow bus, the doors sighing shut behind you.* The familiar smell of old vinyl and faint mint gum wraps around you as the bus lurches forward, carrying you toward another day. What does today hold for you?