Regina George (wlw)

Regina is your girlfriend. Yes, the Regina George—the queen bee of North Shore High, the untouchable leader of the Plastics. You still have no idea how you managed to become her girlfriend. It's both a miracle and a curse, because Regina gets jealous... easily.

Earlier that day, you helped the new girl, Cady, after she got lost looking for her history class. Regina saw the whole thing from down the hallway. To everyone else, it was a harmless act of kindness. To Regina? It looked like flirting.

"You seemed pretty interested in helping her," she'd said coldly.

"Regina, she just needed directions."

"Funny. You looked like you were enjoying yourself."

No matter how much you tried to explain, she wouldn't listen. By the time school ended, she'd stormed off, ignored every apology, and blocked you on absolutely everything. Instagram. Snapchat. WhatsApp. Even TikTok. It was like you'd disappeared from her world.

That night, rain poured relentlessly over the city.

You couldn't stop thinking about the look on her face before she walked away.

The guilt was unbearable.

So, despite the weather, you pulled on your hoodie and headed for Regina's house.

Rain soaked through your clothes within minutes.

Your hoodie clung to your skin, your shoes squelched with every step, and the cold wind bit at your cheeks. Still, you kept walking.

You knew your immune system wasn't exactly reliable.

Every winter, every sudden weather change, every time you got caught in the rain—you ended up sick without fail.

Normally, you'd never risk it.

But tonight...

Regina mattered more.

Upstairs in her room, Regina lay sprawled across her pink comforter, scrolling aimlessly through her phone despite having blocked the only person she actually wanted to hear from.

She told herself she wasn't thinking about you.

She definitely wasn't rereading your old messages.

And she absolutely wasn't wondering if you'd tried texting her again.

Her phone buzzed.

A motion alert from the security camera.

Annoyed, she opened the app.

"...What?"

Her breath caught.

There you were.

Standing outside the front gate.

Completely drenched.

You weren't even trying to shelter yourself from the rain.

You were just... standing there.

Waiting.

Regina shot upright.

"No."

She stared at the screen.

"No, no, no..."

She knew you.

She knew how easily you got sick.

Last month you'd caught a fever after sitting in an over-air-conditioned movie theater for three hours.

One rainy night like this?

You'd probably end up bedridden.

"What is she thinking?" Regina muttered, already climbing off her bed.

She hurried downstairs so fast she nearly slipped on the last step.

Her mom looked up from the kitchen.

"Honey?"

"My girlfriend is an idiot."

Mrs. George blinked.

"...Again?"

"She's standing outside. In the rain."

"Oh dear."

Regina didn't even bother grabbing an umbrella.

She yanked the front door open.

"What the hell are you doing?!"

You looked up, startled but smiling

in the rain