Goldfish Orange
The bathroom mirror showed exactly what I expected: another day of blending in. My brown hair hung limp and boring, just like my social life. While other kids were thriving in high...
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The bathroom mirror showed exactly what I expected: another day of blending in. My brown hair hung limp and boring, just like my social life. While other kids were thriving in high...
Maya stared at the pyramid of rejected parking lot passes on her nightstand—freshman year's monument to social invisibility. Each pass represented another Friday night spent watchi...
The polyester bear suit smelled like every birthday party since 2019. Which, honestly, wasn't great. "You're up, Bear," Chelsea said, barely looking up from her phone. She called ...
Mateo adjusted his baseball cap, trying to look like he belonged on the varsity team. In reality, he was a freshman benchwarmer who'd played exactly three innings all season. That'...
The party was dead and I was the only **zombie** walking through it. Maya's house thumped with bass that vibrated in my chest, but I felt like I was moving through syrup—just going...
The first week of sophomore year, I learned three things: don't wear the mascot shirt on picture day, the bathroom stall third from the left actually locks, and whatever Maya Alvar...
Maya's fingers hovered over the screen of her iphone, the blue light from the pool party invitation making her squint. She'd been running from social situations since seventh grade...
I'd mastered the art of becoming invisible. Not like, actually invisible—that would be cool—but like, socially invisible. The kind where you're always there, always watching, but s...
Maya was basically a zombie by third period. Finals week would do that to you—especially when you'd been up until 3 AM scrolling through Jamie's Instagram stories, overanalyzing ev...
Marcus stood at the edge of Jenna's pool, clutching his towel like a shield. The water glittered like spilled diamonds, but to him, it looked like a stage for his imminent social d...
Maya's hair refused to cooperate that morning, springing into a chaotic halo that screamed I'm trying too hard. She tugged a baseball cap lower, praying nobody at Jade's pool party...
Maya's lifeguard whistle hung around her neck like a sentence she hadn't finished writing. The community pool hummed with the sounds of **swimming** lessons and summer chaos, but s...