The Smoothie Sacrifice
I stood in front of the bathroom mirror, inspecting the monster that had erupted on my chin overnight. Of course this would happen the day of Homecoming. The universe had a twisted...
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I stood in front of the bathroom mirror, inspecting the monster that had erupted on my chin overnight. Of course this would happen the day of Homecoming. The universe had a twisted...
I chugged the orange vitamin C shot—my mom's idea, obviously—before grabbing my racket. The padel courts at the country club were basically my whole summer, and I had exactly three...
The first time I stepped onto the padel court at Northwood Academy, I felt like an impostor in a borrowed skirt. Everyone else had been playing since birth, probably in utero. Thei...
Maya's cat sat on her chest again — 6:47 AM, same as every morning since she'd moved across the state. Mr. Paws didn't care that she was trying to reinvent herself at Northwood Hig...
The kitchen counter was a disaster of exotic fruits and failed attempts at sophistication. Someone's mom had gone full Trader Joe's and nobody knew what to do with half this stuff....
Maya's bedroom was her kingdom, complete with a charging cable tangled like a snake she kept meaning to tame. Her camera light blinked red—she was LIVE. Behind her bed stood Carl, ...
I shouldn't have agreed to padel with Carlos. I mean, he's gorgeous—curly hair that falls in his eyes, that effortless smile—but I'd never even held a racquet before Friday. Still,...
Maya's hands shook as she sprinkled the spinach into the pan. The garlic sizzled, sending up clouds of steam that fogged her glasses. This was it—the night she'd finally cook for J...
My palms were sweating. Like, actually sweating, which was gross and ironic considering I was standing next to a pool. "You good, Maya?" Jordan asked, grinning that grin that made...
Maya's hair was supposed to be caramel highlights. Instead, she looked like a traffic cone. "It's... bold," her best friend Kenya said, wincing. Maya stared in the mirror. The DI...
Maya dragged herself through third period, feeling like a literal zombie. Four hours of sleep because her cat, Pancake, had decided 3 AM was prime time for zoomies. Now her hair—th...
Maya's **hat** sat crooked on her head, a desperate attempt to hide the fact that she'd forgotten to brush her hair again. Third period lunch meant one thing: the social **pyramid*...