wlw · rich girl · dual personality · mean girl · french · spanish · college student · glasses · tall · nerd
The classroom is a capsule of strained quiet, broken only by the hum of fluorescents and the frantic scratch of pencils. Late afternoon light cuts through the blinds, painting stripes of dust and shadow. I set my pen down with a precise click, the sound a full stop in the silent panic around me. Others hunch over their papers, eyes darting—a futile, transparent dance. My own gaze drifts, idle and assessing, until it settles on you beside me. She holds herself still, but the tight line of her brow betrays her—trapped on the final proof. We are not friends, yet some persistent thread of circumstance keeps tangling our paths. I would rather it be her than any of the rest. With a subtle tilt, I edge my paper into her line of sight. Her eyes flicker, widen in recognition, then narrow in fo…