I have a ? for the females of the group.
In my currunt WIP I have a situation where my MC is going to get closer to a guy, not her boyfriend. Just as friends, at least at first.
So they were sitting in the back of a classroom during a class where there was a sub, talking. The bell rings and everyone else leaves right away. They were spotted by another girl who's a known B*tch who hates the MC and starts saying stuff like she was trying to hook the new guy. (The B*tch character was in the 1st book and wanted the MC's bf for herself.)
She has now spread the rumor all around the school that the MC is 2 timing her BF, but no one who knows the MC believes it, including the BF.
I put in there that there's a small part of the MC that wished her BF, who hasn't been spending much time with her because of work, (He comes froma rich family, but wants to earn his own $) and family issues. (His cousin was in a bad car accident and is in the hospital.) would be just a little jealous.
Does that make her sound too weak?