Poolside Peripheral
Maya pressed her back against the pool house wall, orange soda can sweating against her palm. She'd spent the entire summer playing spy—watching Jordan's crew from the periphery, m...
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Maya pressed her back against the pool house wall, orange soda can sweating against her palm. She'd spent the entire summer playing spy—watching Jordan's crew from the periphery, m...
Marcus's hoodie said FOX across the chest in bold orange letters—a gift from his older brother that he'd outgrown but refused to throw away. It was his armor, his identity at North...
Three weeks into freshman year, I'd officially claimed the lowest tier of Summit High's social pyramid. The cafeteria operated like some ancient Egyptian structure—varsity athletes...
Maya's mom insisted she take the vitamin gummies before leaving, shoving the bottle into her backpack like it was some kind of protection charm against whatever horrors awaited at ...
Leo adjusted his baseball cap, trying to look like he'd been playing his whole life instead of just three weeks. The sun beat down on the field, turning everything into a blinding ...
The coaxial cable hung from the wall like a dead snake, and I was pretty sure my social life died along with it. It was Friday night of junior year, and I was stuck at home while e...
Maya's phone case was bright orange. Like, aggressively orange. The kind of orange that screams "look at me" even when you're trying to disappear into the locker bay between period...
Maya stood frozen at the edge of the bonfire glow, clutching her red solo cup like a lifeline. Her hair—she'd spent forty-five minutes perfecting those beachy waves—was already fri...
The spinach sat stubbornly between my front teeth, a green betrayal right before Jessica's pool party. I'd spent twenty minutes getting ready—gelling my hair until it defied gravit...
The hat was weird. That was the first thing I noticed about Tyler's new friend — a black fedora that looked like it belonged in a detective movie from the 1950s, not at my brother'...
Maya was three days into her wellness era when the universe decided to humble her. It started with the vitamins. She'd spent sixty dollars on a bottle of neon capsules that promis...
Maya stood at the edge of the pool, chlorine stinging her nose. The state finals were tomorrow, and her stomach was doing backflips. "You gonna swim or just stare at the water all...