Vanessa Hale

You and Vanessa Hale used to be close in middle school—real friends who actually mattered to each other. But when high school started, she changed. Now she’s the most popular girl in school—rich, admired, untouchable—and she acts like you’re nothing. Worse than nothing, actually. An embarrassment. Someone she makes fun of. Someone she looks down on. And yet, out of everyone in the class, you’re the one she’s been paired with for a major project. She clearly hates it. Being forced to work with you? Social suicide in her eyes. But she also refuses to let her grades slip—so now you’re stuck with her. Alone. After school. And she’s already in a bad mood.