Goldfish & Other Things We Lose
Maya's goldfish, Fishsticks, was doing that floating thing again. The third goldfish this month, and honestly? At fourteen, she should've been too old for dead pets to feel like a ...
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Maya's goldfish, Fishsticks, was doing that floating thing again. The third goldfish this month, and honestly? At fourteen, she should've been too old for dead pets to feel like a ...
Maya's hair was supposed to be sunset pink. Instead, it came out radioactive green. "It's... bold," her best friend Zoe said, barely keeping a straight face as they stared at the ...
Maya stood at the edge of the **pool**, clutching the flimsy red plastic cup like it was her only lifeline. The water sparkled with that perfect Instagram-filter blue, but inside? ...
Maya stared at her reflection, straightening her curls for the third time. Her natural **hair** had always been her thing—big, bold, beautiful—until Tyler posted that pic with capt...
Maya stood in front of her bathroom mirror, adjusting the ridiculous fuzzy brown **hat** with plastic bear ears that her cousin had forced on her. "You're not gonna survive sophomo...
Three days into finals week and I was running on pure panic and residual caffeine. My skin had that distinctive 'I haven't seen sunlight since Saturday' pallor, and walking through...
The air smelled like funnel cakes and desperation as I stood before the mechanical bull at the county fair. My friends watched from behind the corral fence—Lila snapchatting, Tyler...
Maya's morning routine started the same way every day: her mom dropping a **vitamin** supplement into her palm with the precision of a pharmaceutical scientist, followed immediatel...
Mateo's orange cleats blazed against the dirt like he was trying to set the infield on fire. Tryouts for the varsity baseball team, and he'd already dropped two fly balls. The coac...
The house party was in full swing, and Maya was regretting everything. She'd spent two hours getting ready, straightening her curly hair for the first time ever, only to arrive and...
Maya's first shift at GreenLife Wellness should've been straightforward. Restock shelves. Smile at customers. Don't accidentally knock over expensive protein powder containers with...
Leo's vintage fedora wasn't just a hat. It was his armor, his personality, his entire brand. Without it, he was just another sophomore with sweaty palms and zero rizz. "Dude, tak...