Poolside Papaya
Marco's stomach did backflips as he approached the Riverside High pool. Tryouts for the swim team—his ticket to finally fitting in at this new school where everyone already had the...
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Marco's stomach did backflips as he approached the Riverside High pool. Tryouts for the swim team—his ticket to finally fitting in at this new school where everyone already had the...
Maya stood at the edge of the **water**, her toes curling against the rough concrete. Tyler's annual end-of-school bash was in full swing, the backyard already packed with juniors ...
Maya's palms were sweating so much she could practically water plants with them. Which would've been useful, considering she was currently standing in front of Jordan—the human equ...
The worst part about making new friends at boarding school isn't the awkward small talk or having to explain my emoji choices every five seconds. It's that they witness your most h...
Leo gripped the baseball bat until his knuckles turned white. Varsity tryouts. Sophomore year. The defining moment he'd been stress-dreaming about for weeks. "You're up, Marcus!" ...
My social life was basically a pyramid scheme, and I was the sucker at the bottom buying in. Freshman year, I thought climbing Lincoln High's social hierarchy would fix everything—...
My palms were sweating so bad I could practically water plants with them. Junior year, and I was still the girl who melted into her locker whenever Chad Miller walked past. Patheti...
Maya's phone died at 11:47 PM, right as Jake's text bubble was typing-typing-typing. The ultimate betrayal. Her iPhone, her lifeline to the most popular guy in sophomore year, now ...
Maya's hair had taken on a life of its own that summer, frizzing into an ambitious halo that refused to be tamed by any product promised by Instagram ads. But the real problem wasn...
The papaya sat on my lunch tray like an alien artifact—orange, slimy, and utterly suspicious. Around me, the popular kids laughed at something Tyler said, their conversation flowin...
The pool water shimmered like liquid diamonds, but Maya's stomach knotted tighter than her bikini string. She stood at the edge of Jordan's massive birthday bash, clutching her iPh...
Maya stood at the edge of Jessica's pool, clutching her towel like a lifeline. The annual end-of-school blowout. The one event where social hierarchies dissolved like sugar in wate...