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Shoshanna adjusted the backpack on her shoulder, pushed her glasses up the bridge of her nose, and stared at all the students heading into the building

She hated high school, wished that this eighth level of hell were over with already But as a senior she only had this last year of feeling like she had some kind of deformity, like she was this abscess because she wasn’t thin and popular like the irls at this shithole

Shoshanna kept to herself, did her work, and kept her nose out of others’ business But it wasn’t just because she liked being a good student and getting good grades Her mother kept on her, made sure she was the overachiever she was, and because of that it was just engrained in her that she could never fail

After four years of being teased by the snotty bitches, ignored by the popular jocks, and looked at like she was nothing h school was not the end of the world, wasn’t the last stop for anyone

It was a speed bu over, but would eventually She was ridiculed because of her weight, because she did extra schoolwork, and even though they were almost adults she was still made fun of

Yes, high school was definitely the bowels of hell, and she was the center of the torture, had been for her entire life it seemed

She made her way toward the front doors and away fro The rest of her senior class seemed to have their own transportation in the forms of crappy little cars that were used or hand-me-downs

But Shoshanna’s parents had money, and because of that and the fact she was dropped off in her father’s Mercedes, she had also been called an uptight, rich bitch

The deep drawls of voices pierced her thoughts, and she glanced to the side Her heart stopped beating for a h school Toby Mason, the school bad boy, all-star jock, and townone of his asshole friends said

He pushed off the building and strutted up to the school where he met up with Marilyn Pierce Marilyn, the school’s eous, and perfectly styled cheerleader, and a female that made it no secret she put out for her Adonis boyfriend whenever he derade