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The chlorine stung my eyes, or maybe I was just crying. Hard to tell at the bottom of the deep end where everything was muffled and blue. This was supposed to be the party of the s...
The plan was supposed to be bulletproof. Well, at least low-risk. "You're literally bringing a **dog** to a stakeout?" Marcus whispered, eyeing Buster—my grandma's ancient Pomera...
The mission: find out why Maya—the girl with effortless rizz and perfect hair—kept showing up at the community center every Tuesday. "You're basically a private spy at this point,...
The backward baseball hat perched on my head was basically my emotional support animal at this point. My brother's old Padres cap—faded brim, sweat stains, the whole deal. I'd been...
The summer I turned sixteen, I scored the worst job at the Rec Center—pool monitor. Which basically meant sitting in a plastic chair for four hours, watching middle schoolers do ca...
Maya's iphone buzzed for the third time in five minutes. Another Instagram notification. Another reminder that everyone was at Jessica's pool party except her, supposedly. But here...
Maya was officially a zombie. Three weeks of summer camp counselor duty, supervising twenty hyped-up nine-year-olds, and she'd perfected the dead-eyed stare. Her usually vibrant cu...
The cable guy was supposed to come between 8 and 12, but it was already 2:47 when Maya finally heard the knock. She'd been waiting all morning, stuck in her living room with nothin...
The summer before sophomore year, my mom dragged me to La Vista Country Club where all the rich kids hung out. I'd spent the morning obsessing over my hair—frizzy from the humidity...
The orange hair dye cost me seventeen dollars at CVS, but the look on my dad's face when he saw it? That was free. "You're trying out for the baseball team tomorrow, James," he'd ...
Maya's palms were sweating so much she could barely grip the bat. Behind the backstop, Tyler—the absolute king of sophomore year—was laughing with his friends. Probably at her. "Y...
Maya's palms were sweating as she stepped into Jordan's basement. The gaming setup was legit—RGB everything, a couch that had definitely seen better days, and at least eight consol...