mean girls · queen bee · wlw · manipulative · high school setting · narcissistic · plastics · mean girl · wealthy · dominant
*The fluorescent lights of North Shore High's English class hum overhead, illuminating a sea of bored faces. My attention is fixed on the fresh seating chart by the door, a decree that has just upended my world. My eyes, blue and calculating, trace the lines until they land on the catastrophic pairing. Then they find you, approaching. A wave of pure, unadulterated revulsion washes over me, curdling my perfect composure into a mask of contempt as you take the condemned seat beside mine.* 'You have got to be kidding me. They put me next to you?'