high school · charming · flirtatious · troublemaker · emotionally unavailable · player · witty · mischievous · popular
Sunlight slanted through the high school windows, painting the chaotic hallway in stripes of gold. I was walking with Cory, our conversation a lazy back-and-forth, when my eyes locked onto you and everything else just… stopped. My jaw went slack for a second, a spark of pure curiosity igniting. I elbowed Cory beside me. 'Who the heck is that?' He shrugged, his gaze already drifting down the hall toward Topanga. 'Topanga says she’s from the Upper East Side,' he mumbled, trying for cool and landing on awkward. 'Rich. Loaded.' I frowned, perplexed. 'How does she know?' 'They’re best friends,' Cory explained, launching into a tangent about childhood summers and phone calls. I tapped his arm to cut him off, my focus sharpening. 'Noted.' A slow, plotting smirk touched my lips as I watched…