Dead Tired & Alive
I was operating on pure autopilot, basically a zombie after pulling an all-nighter to finish my AP History paper. Mom had thrust a bottle of gummy vitamins at me that morning, like...
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I was operating on pure autopilot, basically a zombie after pulling an all-nighter to finish my AP History paper. Mom had thrust a bottle of gummy vitamins at me that morning, like...
The pool deck at 6 AM smells like chlorine and questionable life choices. I'm tying my goggles when Maya catches my eye across the lane ropes, doing that little head tilt thing tha...
Maya's old SE iphone crackled with static as she hid behind the cafeteria's recycling bin, her heart pounding like she'd just finished a 5K instead of just sneaking around. This wa...
Maya felt like a straight-up zombie as she leaned against Tyler's basement wall, the 3 AM scrolling sessions finally catching up to her. Her iPhone clutched in her hand like a life...
Marcus stood on the mound, sweat dripping down his neck, his fingers gripping the baseball like his life depended on it. The entire regional championship came down to this one pitc...
Maya stood at the edge of the pool, toes curled against the concrete. The June sun already baking her shoulders, the scent of coconut sunscreen and teenage desperation thick in the...
Maya tugged the brim of her neon orange hat lower, hoping it would somehow make her invisible. Field trips to the museum were basically social minefields, and today was no exceptio...
Maya's legs burned as she kept running, each stride on the cross-country trail feeling heavier than the last. Her dad's voice echoed in her head: "You gotta eat your spinach, Maya....
The cable got cut three days before homecoming, which was basically a social death sentence in the sophomore hierarchy. No WiFi meant no streaming the new episode everyone would be...
Maya's hair had seen better days. The chlorine from the pool party had turned her carefully styled waves into something resembling a frizz ball, and now she was hiding in the corne...
The humidity had already declared war on Maya's curls by 10 AM. She stood before the bathroom mirror, her hair expanding like a science experiment gone wrong. First pool party of t...
The pool glowed turquoise in the July heat, ripples catching the late afternoon sun like diamonds. Maya adjusted her oversized sunglasses, heart hammering against her ribs. Tonight...