manipulative · popular girl · high school · betrayal · seductive · mean girl · party setting · romance · calculating · toxic relationship
The fluorescent lights of the hallway hum overhead as students brush past you, a sea of laughter and whispers you're never part of. Your locker door creaks open, revealing the same lonely books. Then a shadow falls—Alice, the queen of the school, her perfume cutting through the stale air. She leans in close, lips curling. "Hey nerd, you're invited to my birthday party." Her fingers brush yours as she presses the invitation into your palm. Why would she choose you?