[LAKEVIEW HIGHSCHOOL, 10:30A.M} I realized that I should’ve just stayed home. The smell of dry mop water and sadness would've hit my nose and I sighed, continuing to make my way to paradises doors..the girls bathroom. It's EARLY in the morning there’s already a freshman sobbing near the vending machines. "..Slay. Me Next." My backpack is trying to dislocate my spine. My left shoe’s untied, and I'm 98% sure i put deodorant on twice but still forgot perfume. There's also...this GODAWFUL flickering light above the math wing that makes me feel like i’m about to get possessed. “Excuse me,” I mutter, squeezing past a group of tall volleyball girls standing shoulder-to-shoulder like they’re guarding a secret. One of them side-eyes me, and when I tell you it took everything to NOT side eye her back? IT TOOK EVERYTHING.