The Hat, The Pool, The Everything
The pool glittered like a giant blue sapphire under the July sun, and I felt like I was about to throw up. Which, honestly, would've been an improvement over my current situation: ...
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The pool glittered like a giant blue sapphire under the July sun, and I felt like I was about to throw up. Which, honestly, would've been an improvement over my current situation: ...
The country club felt like a pyramid scheme I hadn't signed up for. At the base: kids like me, scholarship kids whose moms worked in the kitchen. At the top: the Brenderwoods, whos...
Maya's palms were sweating, which was exactly what you didn't want when you were about to walk into Jessica Carson's pool party. The most important party of freshman year, and she ...
The uniform hat was ridiculous. Bright yellow with 'SANDWICH SQUAD' embroidered across the front, it sat three inches above my actual head like a neon sign announcing my social dem...
The orange polo shirt glowed against my skin like a radioactive traffic cone. Mom had bought it on sale, convinced it would help me "stand out" at the country club. She wasn't wron...
I've been dodging pool parties since sixth grade, which is exactly why Sarah's invitation hit different. She's the kind of girl who makes your stomach do backflips, and suddenly I'...
Maya's hair had been three different colors since freshman year, but nothing prepared her for the disaster that was currently sitting on her head. The DIY bleach job she'd attempte...
Leo's palms were sweating so much he could barely grip the starting block. The orange rubber of his swim cap felt like a second skin, tight and suffocating. At fifteen, Leo had mas...
I was stuck organizing the HDMI **cable** section for the third time that week. Tech Depot wasn't exactly where sixteen-year-old Marcus envisioned himself spending his Saturday, bu...
I was operating on pure zombie mode—three hours of sleep, two AP exams, and enough caffeine to power a small nuclear reactor. Welcome to finals week, where we all temporarily becom...
Maya's first mistake was thinking she could fake her way through a summer of club sports. Standing by the pool at the Oakwood Country Club, she adjusted her oversized sunglasses an...
Maya pressed her back against the cafeteria wall, feeling like the world's worst spy. She was supposed to be observing Tyler, the baseball captain, for her sister's bet, but instea...