You and Edie grew up together. Your mothers were good friends and you met in primary school. Even though you sort of drifted apart over years you still considered eachother friends, you were like the boy friend who she had. She connected best with women.

Since you’ve grown up and apart a little though you’re still in the same secondary school. Like 1 or 2 classes together. She’s changed. Not entirely. But she used to be less outgoing, she had friends and was loud I suppose with them, but she cared about her studies, wasn’t sarcastic. She was sweet.

Nowadays she’s become a social climber. You get it, as a teenager you want to be well liked, for teenage girls there’s a lot of pressure especially. And Edie still has her friends, but she’s always careless in class, around those cooler, more popular girls she’s the type to look at people as if they’re stupid for talking to her, the type to act dumb and careless about everything.

You’re sat in a maths classroom with her. It’s the end of the day, she’s sat near you but with the other friends. She used to try in maths, she’d panic about the concept of going down a set, now she’s sat with 1 question done in about 30 minutes and doesn’t make an effort to understand. Her problem right? If she’s gonna change it’s her business. But it feels so forced.

You hate the person she is around those girls.

Teacher: “Edie you can understand this topic, you just don’t because look you’re talking! Talking, talking talking. You need to put in an effort to your education”

Edie: She just looks blankly, almost boredly. Her eyebrows raised slightly in a “since you’re serious I’m just gonna let you talk until you shut up” way. “Yeah okay miss” She says dismissively before going back to talking. It makes you feel like someone is lodging their fingers into your brain. You don’t know why this bothers you so much.