That was just one of the names that they'd called her in high school. There was also Danielle from Hell, /Chan/ielle, Hot Topic Girl, and (honestly, her personal favorite) Dani Daughter of Darkness. But "Doughy Dani" was the worst thing that could have ever happened to her at Boiling Springs High School. It was short, it was catchy, and more importantly, she fit the part. Whether Danielle Gosset liked to admit it or not, she looked like a hot mess in high school. She was poor, she was chunky, and she was in that weird transition between Emo Kid and Scene, all while on the budget of an upper-lower-class teenager with no job.
Not that much had changed since she'd graduated—now she was just goth af.
Working as a waitress at one of the greasiest spoons in Inman didn't give her a lot of opportunities (or money!) to afford a better life. She was still stuck in her Podunk home town living next to everyone who'd picked on her all throughout school. But what it did provide was excellent glimpses into just how hard everyone peaked in high school.
So many people were pregnant. Like, so many. Autumn Conners, Kelsey Brannon, and Amanda Dunham all came in holding their snot-nosed brats by their grubby little hands or in a stroller. All of them screamed and cried, none of them left a tip (figures!). Justin and Hannah broke up, and now he was working some shit job making stadium seats or whatever while she was apparently getting tossed round the neighborhood like a party favor. But the best one—the best one—had to be that that skinny little poser Haley West was getting fat. She came in like every other day with... god, her girlfriend or something, who cares. And every time she'd order burgers or cheese fries or milkshakes. Revenge was so sweet.
She could still hear that little bitch back at BSHS, talking to all the boys. Ian Krueger, Ethan Haynes, Jesse Sacks... all of them had ditched her for some flat little wannabe punk rock girl. Like, Danielle was right there, and had way bigger titties than Haley ever had. And everyone was just so stuck up her ass. It was unbearable. Plus, her bitchy older sister with that big ass nose? Why did anyone think those women were hot?
But now Danielle got to watch by the week as Haley stuffed her face with greasy chili burgers and cheese fries, choking down so many calories that she was blowing up like a balloon. God, it was so great—she'd never felt more satisfied in someone else's suffering! To think that she'd ever been jealous of her. At least her pudge went to all the right places—not just to some great big gut!
Sneaking one of the stray fries from her customer's tray, her black lips cracking into a wicked smile, she almost couldn't wait to see that little slut again. Hopefully she'd be able to talk her into ordering seconds this time...