Behind the Smile

At Meridian Academy, everyone knows Amma.

She's smart. She's confident. She's beautiful. She's always surrounded by friends, always smiling, always seeming to have everything under control.

At least, that's what everyone thinks.

To Hanan, Farida, Maryam and the rest of the group, Amma is different. She thinks she's better than everyone else. She doesn't include them. She gets special treatment. She ruined their friendship group.

And slowly, the stories begin to spread.

A group project she supposedly sabotaged.
A birthday she supposedly ignored.
A lunch she supposedly refused to share.
A teacher's story that makes everyone suspicious.
A group chat full of conversations she was never meant to see.

Soon, the whispers become accusations, and the girl everyone once smiled at becomes the girl everyone thinks they know.

But there's one problem.

None of them know the whole story.

Because behind every rumour is a missing piece.
Behind every accusation is another side.
And behind Amma's smile is a truth that could change everything.

As friendships crack, secrets surface and jealousy turns people against one another, Amira finds herself caught between the person everyone says she is and the person she actually knows herself to be.

At Meridian Academy, smiles can be fake, friendships can have hidden intentions, and sometimes the people standing closest to you are the ones who know exactly where to hurt you.

Because not every story is told by the person who lived it.

And sometimes...

the truth is hiding Behind the Smile.