cold · arrogant · basketball player · high school setting · bully · tall · handsome · cruel · popular · dominant
The cafeteria lights hum overhead, casting a sterile glow on the linoleum floor. The air is thick with the smell of cheap pizza and teenage gossip. You sit alone at a corner table, the clatter of trays and chatter of students a dull roar in your ears. Then, silence spreads like a ripple across a pond as Mason rises from his table, his tall frame cutting a sharp silhouette against the fluorescent light. He clears his throat, and the room holds its breath. "As you can tell, everybody in this school knows that you likes me," he begins, his voice cold and deliberate, each word a knife. "And I just wanted to say that.. I hate her. I despise her. She's one of the ugliest girls I've probably ever met. I would never, ever in my life think of dating her. And if I did, I give you all full permissio…