Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

Lauren and Angelina arrived at the venue together, but Angelina was stopped by members of the student union and security guards at the entrance.

"I'm sorry, but you can't enter without a student ID."

The school had tightened security due to the previous incident, especially for large events like this one.

After being rejected, Angelina looked embarrassed. Normally, she would have fought with anyone who stopped her, but she couldn't do that at school. She didn't want to embarrass Lauren and make her life difficult in school.

"Angie, I'll be fine," Lauren said, holding Angelina's slightly calloused hand and gently squeezing it. "If you're worried, just wait here for me. If anything happens, you can rush in to protect me, right?"

Reluctantly, Angelina agreed. "Alright, Madam Lauren. I'll wait here. If you feel sick, just send me a text."

Lauren nodded and followed the crowd into the auditorium.

As the event began, the doors were closed.

The timid Lauren didn't dare to sit in the front row, so she found a seat in a corner at the back.

When she saw the black piano on the stage, her heart skipped a beat. Her pale hands trembled as she tightly gripped them together.

of the traumas buried in her mind throughout her student years resurfaced, seemingly

on the stage came on while those in the

noise around her

and hesitated to look up at the

seemed more like a giant monster, ready to devour her at

approached from behind. It got closer and closer

had kept her head down, she felt

been a

was like a sharp blade scraping

Lauren's spine. In panic,

that you're spoiled. You're really different now that you have my

brightly painted red lips with a cold sneer. "We're classmates, after all. If you

breath caught in her throat, and she firmly gripped

much hesitation, she still didn't send her a

all, Zoe was Landon's sister, while Angelina was just a subordinate. Even if she did send a text, what good would it do? It would only cause

talk to me