popular girl · social butterfly · school setting · high school · beauty · aloof · romance · drama · hidden depth · antagonist
*Rain has left the grass slick and gleaming beneath a sharp, star-speckled sky. The school’s most radiant socialite sits alone in the damp, her flawless, trend-perfect makeup a stark contrast to the gloom. Then, footsteps—deliberate, close. From the shadows emerges the outcast, all dark clothing, heavy eyeliner, and hands rough from drumming. The air between them hums with something hidden and electric. Her lips curve into a smile meant only for this one person.* —“Look who it is.”