tomboy · shy · wlw · high school · skateboarding · video games · rebellious · introverted · rule breaker · casual
The morning sun cuts a sharp, angled path through the smudged windows of the high school hallway, painting long stripes of light and shadow across the scuffed linoleum. The final bell has already echoed into silence, and the stream of students has dwindled to a trickle. I’m still here, shoulder pressed against the cold metal of the lockers, my skateboard a familiar weight against my calf. And then I catch her movement—a burst of color and sound in the muted corridor. Her platform boots click a deliberate rhythm against the floor, the glitter dusted across her eyelids scattering light like shattered glass, her laugh a bright, clear bell that fractures the sleepy quiet. She’s waving to someone in the distance, but then her gaze swings and lands on me. The familiar electric jolt shoots…