The Social Pyramid Scheme
Maya's freshman year at Northwood High was like standing at the base of a pyramid—the social pyramid, to be exact. At the top sat the varsity baseball players, gods in their letter...
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Maya's freshman year at Northwood High was like standing at the base of a pyramid—the social pyramid, to be exact. At the top sat the varsity baseball players, gods in their letter...
Maya felt like a **zombie** walking through the halls of Northwood High. Junior year was eating her alive, and it was only October. Her brain was fried from three AP classes, varsi...
I was three feet deep in Jessica Miller's backyard pool, clutching my iPhone like it was a life raft. The graduation party was in full swing—people doing cannonballs off the diving...
The pool party at Maya's house was supposed to be chill, but my palms were sweating like crazy. I stood by the edge gripping my iphone so hard I thought I might crush it. Across th...
The pool lights flickered off, leaving only the glow from Maya's phone as I floated on my back, staring at the palm tree silhouettes against the sky. Everyone else had gone inside ...
Maya stared at her reflection in the bathroom mirror, her normally curly hair straightened into submission after two hours of fighting with a flat iron. Today was the day—Homecomin...
Maya felt like a zombie—literally. Three hours of sleep and finals week would do that to you. She dragged herself through the hallway, her classmates' laughter feeling like distant...
The chlorinated air of the community center hit me like a physical force. I adjusted my junior lifeguard whistle for the third time, my palms sweating against the slick polyester o...
The only thing worse than being the new kid? Being the new kid at Maya Chen's legendary end-of-summer pool party. I stood by the snack table, clutching a red solo cup like it was ...
Maya's stomach did actual backflips when she saw the invite screenshot. Jake Henderson's pool party. THE Jake Henderson, who sat three rows back in bio and always wore that faded b...
Maya's legs dangled over the deep end, chlorine stinging her nose, toes skimming water that looked way too inviting for someone wearing a full-face of makeup she'd spent forty minu...
Maya's hair defied physics. Seriously, it was like each individual curl had its own gravitational pull, creating a magnificent, chaotic halo around her head. The kind of hair that ...