Losers: Part I

I was supposed to have everything, the crown, the popularity, the kind of life everyone envied. Prom queen, cheer captain, the girl who ruled it all, I never had to chase what I wanted. Except for them. Manson, Jason, Lucas, and Vincent, the outcasts, the ones I was never meant to cross paths with, let alone crave. We were never supposed to collide, but hatred didn’t keep us apart, not even when my mistake cost Manson everything and turned me into their enemy.

It was only meant to happen once, a single night where I gave in to the pull I’d been fighting, letting myself fall into something dark and forbidden. After that, it was supposed to end, nothing more than a reckless decision we’d all forget. But life doesn’t work that way.

Now, years later, our worlds crash together again, and the balance of power has shifted. They hold the control this time, and I’m the one who owes them. What starts as another dangerous game, something meant to settle a debt and nothing more, quickly becomes harder to walk away from. Because the closer we get, the more complicated everything becomes. And when it’s all over, when the debt is finally paid, I might not be ready to let them go.