Poolside Zombies
The August heat wrapped around me like a suffocating blanket. Sixteen and I still felt like I was floating through life like a **zombie** – no, worse. At least zombies had a purpos...
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The August heat wrapped around me like a suffocating blanket. Sixteen and I still felt like I was floating through life like a **zombie** – no, worse. At least zombies had a purpos...
Maya popped the **vitamin** gummy into her mouth, grimacing at the artificial strawberry flavor. "Supposed to help me focus," she muttered, staring at herself in the bathroom mirro...
I'm standing at the edge of the pool clutching my gummy vitamin D supplement like it's a lifeline. My mom shoved it at me this morning, claiming I'd get rickets from spending all s...
Maya stared at the orange gummy bear on Taylor's tongue, its neon color practically glowing against the fluorescent lunchroom lights. "These aren't just candy, bestie," Taylor said...
The hat was stupid. A neon yellow bucket hat that screamed 'I'm trying too hard' — exactly what I wasn't going for. But Maya had bought it for me as a joke birthday present, so the...
Maya's legs burned like she'd been running through actual fire instead of just Mr. Henderson's evil hill repeats. Practice had been brutal—Coach was trying to kill them before sect...
Maya's hair had a mind of its own, and today it was staging a full-blown rebellion. She stood in front of her mirror, phone clutched in her hand like a lifeline, scrolling through ...
My iphone buzzed on my nightstand at 1:47 AM. u up? Marcus. Of course he was up. Marcus was always up when normal people were sleeping. baseball field. now. bring ur glove I...
Marcus stood in front of his bathroom mirror, adjusting his dad's old fedora. The hat sat crooked on his head—part intentional swag, part nervous energy. Today was day one of sopho...
Maya smoothed down the brim of her bucket hat, fighting the urge to pull it down over her eyes like a turtle retreating into its shell. This was exactly why she didn't do parties. ...
The membership pass burned a hole in my pocket. Mom had scored us a summer pass to the club—"for the experience," she'd said, like that made it any less cringe. Mia dragged me towa...
Leo pulled his baseball cap low, the bill casting a shadow over his eyes like a visor against judgment. No one noticed him sitting on the pool deck, watching. That was the thing ab...