The Green Between My Teeth
Summer before sophomore year, I decided I needed a glow-up. You know the type — the ones in TikTok compilations where the awkward girl with braces comes back from vacation looking ...
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Summer before sophomore year, I decided I needed a glow-up. You know the type — the ones in TikTok compilations where the awkward girl with braces comes back from vacation looking ...
Maya stood at the edge of the pool, clutching her phone like a lifeline. Two weeks at Northwood High and she was still officially The New Girl, which meant everyone either stared t...
Jake stared at himself in the bathroom mirror, sighing. At 14, he was still waiting for his growth spurt while half the guys in freshman PE already looked like they could bench pre...
Alex, 16, stood frozen at the edge of Taylor's pool party. The humidity had transformed Alex's carefully styled hair into a frizzy halo. The creamed spinach from dinner might still...
My hair had decided to stage a full-blown rebellion. Sometime between third period history and lunch, my carefully gelled waves had morphed into what looked like a startled porcupi...
Maya's fingers flew across her iPhone screen, trying to capture the perfect shot of the orange fox that had been appearing in her neighborhood for weeks. Her friends thought she wa...
Maya's phone buzzed in her pocket—second time this minute. Another Instagram notification from the house party she'd been 'too busy' to attend. "What kind of bull is Jason spreadi...
Maya's purple hair was supposed to be her rebellion. Instead, it was just another thing her mom sighed about in the grocery store checkout line. But at least it matched the bruised...
Maya's hair was doing that thing again—that frizzy halo thing that made her look like she'd stuck her finger in an electrical socket. She ran a hand through it for the hundredth ti...
Maya's phone buzzed. *Hey, wanna hang at the fair tonight? - Liam* She'd been waiting for this all week. Liam, the cute junior who sat behind her in bio, finally noticed her exis...
The summer heat hung heavy as I stood at the pool's edge, watching droplets of water roll down my arms. My best friendsince third grade, was already at the padel court, bouncing th...
Maya pulled the snap-brim hat low over her eyes, hoping it would make her invisible. Or at least less recognizable as the girl who'd tripped over her own feet during last week's as...