Swimming Past the Zombies
The orange wasn't supposed to happen. Maya stared at her reflection, the DIY hair dye box promising "sunset auburn" having delivered straight-up traffic cone. Her first day back a...
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The orange wasn't supposed to happen. Maya stared at her reflection, the DIY hair dye box promising "sunset auburn" having delivered straight-up traffic cone. Her first day back a...
The spinach was stuck. Maya could feel it wedged between her front teeth, a leafy green flag of social suicide. She'd only eaten the stupid salad because her mom had packed it, cla...
The piece of **spinach** had been lodged between Maya's front teeth for approximately forty-seven minutes. She'd tried subtly swishing sparkling water around her mouth. She'd done...
The lightning crackled across the sky like something out of a dystopian movie, reflecting everything swirling inside my chest. I stood at the edge of the padel court, clutching my ...
The zombie apocalypse didn't come with brains or barricades. For Maya, it showed up as junior year fatigue—dragging through AP Chem like the walking dead, checking notifications th...
Maya stood at the edge of the **pool**, clutching her **vitamin** D supplement like a lifeline. Summer swim team tryouts were tomorrow, and she'd been taking the pills religiously ...
Maya's palm was sweating. Literally. Like, could barely grip her phone sweating. "You nervous?" Marcus asked, leaning against the carnival entrance gate like he owned it. His aunt...
Maya stood in front of her bathroom mirror, Vitamin C gummy clamped between her teeth like she was some kind of tropical goat. Her phone buzzed — third text from Chloe asking if sh...
Marcus's life was officially over. He stood in the school cafeteria, holding a tray with the world's most unfortunate lunch arrangement, while Savannah—the most perfect human being...
The pool party at Jenna's house was supposed to be my chance to finally talk to Marcus. He'd been in my AP Bio class all year, and I'd spent months perfecting the art of looking ca...
The carnival goldfish lived in a bowl on my nightstand, swimming in endless circles like it knew something I didn't. My mom called it 'that poor creature' and threatened to flush i...
My orange hoodie was supposed to be 'low-key,' but at Emma's house party, it felt more like a neon sign screaming 'I don't belong here.' Fifteen years old and I was already an expe...