Taking the Plunge
Marcus had been the star pitcher since seventh grade. The baseball diamond was his kingdom, his fastballs legendary across three counties. But nobody knew the secret he carried lik...
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Marcus had been the star pitcher since seventh grade. The baseball diamond was his kingdom, his fastballs legendary across three counties. But nobody knew the secret he carried lik...
Maya's hair looked like a crime scene — purple dye splattered across her forehead, the bathroom mirror witnessing her latest DIY disaster. Her parents' anniversary dinner started i...
Maya's hands shook as she stepped onto the patio. Jessica's pool party. The ultimate social hierarchy test. Everyone was already in the water, their laughter echoing against the fe...
Marcus stood at the edge of Jenna's pool party, heart doing gymnastics. His dad's ridiculous fedora sat crooked on his head—a confidence charm, more cringe than cool, but whatever....
Marcus stood by the dugout, his new Yankees cap pulled low. He'd spent forty-five minutes styling his hair this morning—curls perfected, edges laid, not a strand out of place. This...
Maya's palms were sweating. Not like cute, nervous sweating. Like full-on clammy disaster mode. She gripped her iPhone like it was a lifeline, because it kind of was. No phone mean...
Maya's fingers hovered over her iPhone screen, thumbs paralyzed. The caption was ready—a filtered photo of her leaning against the dugout fence, caption supposed to be: "Baseball g...
The pool sat empty, dark water reflecting the storm-choked sky. Perfect. Maya crouched at the edge, plastic gloves on, bathroom sink hair dye kit open beside her. Orange. Not coppe...
Maya's hair had always been her thing. Huge, springy curls that took forty minutes and three different products to tame. But this summer, before sophomore year, she chopped it all ...
Maya's feet were pounding against the pavement, running harder than she'd ever run in her life, away from what she'd just seen. Away from who she was becoming. The summer air was t...
You look like you need a vitamin, my mom announced at breakfast, sliding an orange bottle across the table. I gave her my best are-you-serious look, because what seventeen-year-old...
Maya's palms were sweating—like, actual embarrassing amounts—as she stood outside Tyler's house. The bass from inside thumped against her chest. Friday night. First party of sophom...