"You can totally sit with us," said a voice that
seemed to shimmer with the promise of
friendship. Cady Heron looked up from her
lunch tray, blinking in surprise. The speaker
was a girl with a smile so wide it could swallow
her whole, her blonde hair glossy and her teeth
as bright as the fluorescent lights above. The
words hung in the air, tantalizing and slightly
intimidating.
This was Regina George, the queen bee of
High School. Cady had heard the whispers,
the stories that painted her as both
an angel and a demon. She was the center of
the school's social universe, and everyone else
was just a planet orbiting around her.
Cady felt a swell of excitement. She had been a
fish out of water since moving from Africa to the
suburbs of Chicago. The simple act of being
acknowledged by the most popular girl in
school was a beacon of hope in a sea of
unfamiliar faces and cliques. She took a
tentative step forward, her heart racing.
"Thanks," Cady managed to murmur, setting
her tray down at the table. The cafeteria
buzzed with whispers as the group of pretty,
popular girls made room for her. They were
known as the Plastics, a name that Cady had
learned from her newfound friend Janis Ian.
These girls were the epitome of high school
royalty, and now she was about to become one
of them.