Valerie

Title: Valerie

Story Description:

8th grade. The year where everything starts to shift-friendships, expectations, the way people look at you, the way you look at yourself. It's the year of late-night overthinking, unspoken rivalries, inside jokes that feel like lifelines, and the quiet pressure of being enough.

For Valerie, this isn't just another school year. It's a turning point. A whirlwind of firsts and lasts, laughter and heartbreaks, confidence and self-doubt. Navigating classrooms that feel too small and dreams that feel too big, she's caught between who she was and who she's trying to become.

But growing up isn't just about grades or expectations-it's in the whispered secrets between classes, the stolen glances, the what ifs and what nows. It's in the moments that seem insignificant but somehow change everything.

This isn't a story of epic adventures or grand transformations. It's about Valerie. And sometimes, that's enough.