The Riddle in the Basement
Maya's phone battery was at 3%, which meant she was practically a ghost at Kyle's party. She'd forgotten her charging cable at home—typical Maya move—and now she was drifting throu...
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Maya's phone battery was at 3%, which meant she was practically a ghost at Kyle's party. She'd forgotten her charging cable at home—typical Maya move—and now she was drifting throu...
Leo stood in the corner of Tyler's basement, clutching a red Solo cup like it contained the secrets of the universe. Instead, it held lukewarm soda and his entire supply of courage...
Maya's palms were sweating against her iPhone case, leaving little crescent-shaped moisture prints on the purple plastic. Junior year. First real party. First time wearing her moth...
The cable went out AGAIN. Third time this week, right in the middle of my TikTok watch party with Maya and Chen. I wanted to scream. My parents refused to upgrade to fiber because ...
At Marco's pool party, I felt like everyone was watching me. Which, okay, I was the new girl wearing this bright orange bikini that screamed "look at me" when all I wanted was to b...
Maya's phone buzzed with the third text from Chelsea: pool party @ Jake's!!! u coming???? She stared at her reflection. Her hair, a glorious puff of coils she'd spent two hours pe...
Maya dragged her feet through the cafeteria, feeling like a literal zombie after pulling an all-nighter for Mr. Henderson's chem final. The social hierarchy at Northwood High worke...
I was three weeks into freshman year when I realized I'd been living like a goldfish in a bowl — watched, fed, occasionally pecked at the glass, but basically just swimming in circ...
Maya stared at her reflection, watching Chloe attack her frizz with enough gel to waterproof a duck. It was the night of Jackson's party—her first high school party ever—and she fe...
Maya stood at the edge of the pool, clutching her iPhone like it was her only lifeline. The water sparkled with that perfect summer Instagram-filter blue, but inside? Her stomach w...
Maya stood at the edge of the pool, clutching her towel like a lifeline. The DJ was blasting that TikTok song everyone knew, and people were doing that weird shoulder-shake dance t...
I never should've agreed to fill in as right fielder. Baseball wasn't my thing—I was the guy who read manga during lunch while everyone else talked about parties I wasn't invited t...