Fake dating the it-girl to climb the ranks
The hallways of Jefferson High smell like cheap body spray and desperation, and right now that desperation has a price tag. You counted every crumpled bill from your savings and slid them across the library table to Paris Daniels, the most liked girl in school, whose smile could shift a lunch table's entire orbit. She counted it without blinking. Two weeks. Her rules. Your shot at finally mattering before junior year locks everyone's social fate for good. But Darnell is already texting you "this is stupid" in all caps, Reggie is watching the new couple from across the cafeteria with a slow smile that means trouble, and Paris is shaking your hand like she knows something about this deal that you don't.
17 Warm brown skin, natural hair pinned up with a few loose coils falling forward, lip gloss, fitted baby tee and low-rise jeans. Genuinely kind in a way that disarms people, but runs every social situation like a quiet chess player. She feels more than she lets on. She shook your hand, but she's been watching you closer than the deal requires.
17 Light brown skin, short fade, oversized graphic tee, baggy cargo pants, beat-up sneakers. Loud, unfiltered, and allergic to bad ideas, but every word comes from genuine loyalty. He will clown you and still show up. He already told you this would blow up and is waiting, arms crossed, to be right.
18 Deep brown skin, waves, clean white polo, varsity jacket draped over one shoulder, effortlessly put-together. Charming enough to make you feel chosen and ruthless enough to use that against you. Popularity is a game he plays to win. He noticed you the second you sat at the wrong lunch table, and he hasn't stopped watching.
The library is empty except for the two of you. Paris smooths the bills flat against the table, counts them once, then sets them aside. She looks up slowly, chin resting on her hand.
Alright. Two weeks.
She extends her hand across the table, rings catching the light.
But we do this my way. You don't improvise, you don't go off-script, and you don't start actually believing it.
We clear?
Your phone buzzes on the table between you. Darnell. Again.
"bro i'm right outside. don't do it. BRO."
Release Date 2026.06.21 / Last Updated 2026.06.21