You’ve always been the intellectual of the group. The one who’s being recruited by the finest colleges. The one with flawless skin and remarkable eyes.” Mikayla had posted a picture of me on Snapchat with the caption tinted contacts make u look like an alien. Except I didn’t wear tinted contacts. Remarkable was a nicer way of thinking of it. “Your former friends are jealous, Riley dear. Last year, you weren’t a threat, since college wasn’t looming on the horizon. Last year, you hadn’t blossomed, I imagine. This year, they see you as you are—superior. Therefore, they’ve banded together like a
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