The Cat-astrophe Protocol
Zara's phone buzzed with Caleb's text—u coming to jason's party? Her thumbs hovered. She'd been crushing on Caleb since September, and tonight was finally her chance to make a move...
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Zara's phone buzzed with Caleb's text—u coming to jason's party? Her thumbs hovered. She'd been crushing on Caleb since September, and tonight was finally her chance to make a move...
The ethernet cable dangled from the ceiling like a dead snake, its end severed clean through. My third day working at Mountain View Pool, and already I'd managed to trip over the p...
Maya's hands were literally shaking as she leaned against the park bench. First date territory. With Leo. The Leo who sat two rows behind her in AP Bio and always doodled foxes in ...
The ethernet cable slithered through the ceiling tiles like a black snake, disappearing into the cafeteria's drop ceiling where absolutely no student was supposed to be. "You're g...
My hair was supposed to be the thing that fixed everything. That's what I told myself anyway, staring in the mirror with freshly dyed purple locks that cost me three weeks of allow...
My hair was giving me major issues — frizzy, uncooperative, basically screaming "I don't belong here." I stood in front of the bathroom mirror, straightening iron in hand, wonderin...
The goldfish was definitely not supposed to be at a high school pool party. Maya stood at the edge of Lucas's backyard, clutching the plastic bag with the orange fish inside. Her ...
Maya's golden retriever, Buster, sensed her anxiety before she even grabbed the doorknob. His wet nose nudged her hand, those concerned puppy eyes asking if she really had to go to...
Leo lurked in the doorway of his sister's house party, feeling like a total fraud at seventeen. Everyone else seemed to know exactly who they were - the popular kids, the stoners, ...
Maya's hair frizzed in the humidity like she'd stuck her finger in an electrical socket. Again. She smoothed it down for the seventeenth time, but the Michigan summer air had other...
Max stood at the edge of the pool, clutching his stupid phone like a lifeline. The popular kids were playing padel on the court adjacent to the country club, their laughter carryin...
Maya tugged her dad's old trucker **hat** lower, hoping it would act as a social camouflage. This was her first real high school party, and honestly? She was regretting everything....