Goldfish Memory
My iPhone vibrated against the pool chair for the third time in as many minutes. Instagram story from Liam: *party at jake's!!!* with a fire emoji. Meanwhile, I was literally at Ja...
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My iPhone vibrated against the pool chair for the third time in as many minutes. Instagram story from Liam: *party at jake's!!!* with a fire emoji. Meanwhile, I was literally at Ja...
Maya gripped her padel racket so hard her knuckles turned white. Across the net, Jordan — who'd been her best friend since kindergarten — checked his iPhone for the third time in t...
Maya stood at the edge of the pool party, clutching her solo cup like it contained the antidote to social death. Her curly hair — usually her crowning glory — had decided to rebel ...
Maya's stomach did backflips as she stood at the edge of the pool, clutching her snapback like a lifeline. The party was already in full swing—music thumping, kids cannonballing, a...
The community pool was basically a social pyramid, and I was somewhere in the murky middle—not drowning, but definitely not floating either. "Dude, you coming?" Marcus asked, alr...
Marcus stood at the edge of the community pool, chlorine stinging his nose, his baseball uniform sticking to his skin like a second layer he couldn't peel off. Summer league had en...
The party at Tyler's house was already dead when I showed up fashionably late—again. Emma was gonna kill me, but my phone had died somewhere between my house and the suburbs, and I...
Maya's thumbs hovered over her **iPhone**, typing and deleting the same text for the fifth time. *u coming to jess's pool party?* Finally, she hit send and tossed the phone onto he...
Maya stared at the social pyramid that was Cedar High's cafeteria. Bottom tier: kids eating alone. Top tier: the popular crew with their designated table near the windows. She hove...
Leo's curls were doing that thing again — frizzing out like he'd stuck a fork in an electrical outlet. He smoothed his hair for the tenth time, checking his reflection in the cafet...
The cafeteria hummed with that specific frequency of teenage judgment—like, if you dropped your tray loud enough, everyone would suddenly develop supersonic hearing. Which is exac...
Maya stared at the cracked screen of her iPhone, the spiderweb fracture mocking her empty wallet. She'd dropped it reaching for her best friend Chloe's arm in the hallway yesterday...