The Fox by the Pool Edge
Maya's **hair** was definitely, absolutely a disaster. The box dye promised "sunset copper" but delivered "construction cone orange." Which was why, at Tyler's pool party—aka the s...
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Maya's **hair** was definitely, absolutely a disaster. The box dye promised "sunset copper" but delivered "construction cone orange." Which was why, at Tyler's pool party—aka the s...
The pool party invitation had been sitting in my notifications for three days. Maya Chen's pool party. The social event of the season, and I'd been invited. Probably by mistake, bu...
The thunder crashed like my social life—loud, messy, and impossible to ignore. I stood against the wall at Tyler's party, nursing a lukewarm soda while everyone else played Seven M...
My stupid hat kept sliding over my eyes. The neon orange beanie Maya gave me – "for confidence," she'd said – was now blinding me during the most important match of freshman year. ...
The neon green SIGN-UP SHEET mocked me from the community center bulletin board. ZOMBIE 5K FUN RUN, it screamed in Comic Sans. Next to it: MECHANICAL BULL CONTEST. My cousin Lena a...
The pyramid scheme started in the cafeteria, right between the tater tots and the social hierarchy. Tyler, who I'd known since kindergarten and who now wore too much cologne, leane...
Marcus thought he was being smooth. Okay, maybe not smooth — more like functioning on a spectrum from awkward disaster to certified weirdo — but he had a system. Every lunch period...
The neon snapback sat crooked on Marcus's head, a ridiculous fluorescent orange hat that screamed 'I'm trying too hard' but somehow worked on him. We were fifteen and convinced tha...
My hair was doing that thing again—frizzing up like I'd stuck my finger in an electrical socket. Perfect. Just what I needed before seeing Jordan for the first time since the incid...
The mechanical bucking machine stood in the middle of the gym like a warning from the universe itself: avoid at all costs. I stood near the bleachers, nursing a Capri Sun like my l...
Maya smoothed down her sundress for the hundredth time, checking her reflection in the hallway mirror. The graduation pool party at Tyler's house was supposed to be legendary, but ...
Maya stood at the edge of the pool party, clutching her paper plate like a shield. Someone had shoved a slice of papaya at her twenty minutes ago, and she'd been too anxious to adm...