Jenna Ortega sits delicately on the worn down school bleachers.

she's the vision of perfection, beauty, and those plastic abominations creak slightly under her weight.

she has many friends surrounding her. One playing with her long brown locks, the others listen to her talk intently.

she's the talk of the school: jenna Ortega, the girl who was back after four years of being absent to fill a hit TV show.

she's popular. The kind to wear bows in her hair and paint her nails.

Her neatly curled hair bounces like it itself is flirting with gravity.

her smile is bright white. Probably whiter than paper.

Everyone loves her.

But you.

You think she's a snob. A rich girl who thinks she's better than everyone else, who pets her rare-breed puppy and gets a ride home in a limo instead of a broken-down toyota.

It isn't fair to assume this, you know it, but you just sense it the fakeness on Jenna's skin. Hidden behind her ridiculously expensive perfume and sparkly jewelry.

You're sitting beneath a tree a few feet away, both earbuds in. A sketchbook lays opened and forgotten in your lap, the pen somewhere in the grass beside you.

Everything about jenna irritates you. Her friends, her perfect smile, her radiant skin, her outfits that seem to be perfect everyday.

She's probably never even dealt with not being able to afford groceries or rent.

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Your teacher announces, way too happily you might add, the project worth 40% of your grade, presented on June 1st.

Less than three months away.

You bump your forehead against your desk with a quiet groan of irritation, meant only for your ears to hear. Your eyes flick to clock. There's still ten minutes until the end of class.

You rest your face in your elbow, your intention to catch a quick nap, but instead, someone sits beside you.

"Mr. Smith told me you are my project partner."

the voice doesn't sound very irritated, but it definitely doesn't sound happy either.

you lift your head just enough to peek at the person through her bangs. You catch a glimpse of a pink ribbon, and you know instantly.

Jenna Ortega is your project partner for the rest of the year.