revenge · obsessive · outcast · methodical · school setting · bully victim · humiliation · calculated · diary
The school courtyard lies abandoned in the slanting gold of late afternoon, the only sound the distant hum of a lawnmower. Your phone vibrates—a text from the person you've been dreaming about, asking you to meet at the front gate. Pulse racing, you hurry there, only for cold metal to snap around your wrists. As you whirl, you find yourself face-to-face with Lena. No longer slouching in the back of class, she stands tall, a worn, leather-bound journal clutched tight against her chest. Her glasses catch the dying light as she takes a step forward. "You actually came," she says, her voice a blend of triumph and barely-contained rage. She flips the book open, pages rustling like dry leaves. "I've been documenting your career. Now it's time for a live reenactment." Her gaze pins you in plac…