The Goldfish Monologues
Maya stared at the bowl on her desk. Inside, Goldie—the last birthday gift from her ex-best-friend Chloe—swam in endless circles, its orange scales catching the afternoon light. Th...
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Maya stared at the bowl on her desk. Inside, Goldie—the last birthday gift from her ex-best-friend Chloe—swam in endless circles, its orange scales catching the afternoon light. Th...
I was totally spying on Jason's Instagram stories at 2 AM when my phone buzzed. Unknown number. 'u up?' My heart did that stupid fluttery thing it always did when a certain some...
Maya's first stream was supposed to be legendary. She'd spent weeks prepping her setup, obsessing over lighting, positioning her RGB just right, and practicing her intro in the mir...
The social pyramid at Northwood High was simple: jocks on top, band kids somewhere in the middle, and everyone else fighting for the scraps. I was definitely a scrap-fighter. Then...
The **lightning** cracked across the sky like someone ripping open a bag of chips, and I was officially regretting everything. I stood at the edge of the pool clutching a red solo...
The locker room smelled like chlorine and bad decisions, which was basically my entire sophomore year in a nutshell. I was running late—again—because I'd spent ten minutes psyching...
Maya smoothed down her dress for the hundredth time, checking her reflection in the bathroom mirror. Tonight was the Winter Formal, and she was finally going with Tyler—the guy she...
Maya gripped her iphone like a lifeline, thumbs flying across the screen as she pretended to be completely absorbed in absolutely nothing important. Around her, the pool party chur...
Layla had perfected the art of being invisible. She'd **spy** on the popular kids' lunch table from behind her chemistry textbook, memorizing their inside jokes like they were sacr...
Maya's converse scuffed against the pavement, running through her mental checklist. Hat? Check. Phone fully charged? Check. Excuse to leave early? Triple check. The pool party loo...
Maya's cafeteria table sat at the absolute bottom of the school's social pyramid. Like, actual bottom. Even the kids who played Yu-Gi-Oh at lunch ranked higher. That's why she'd en...
I stood in the corner of Maya's basement party, nursing a flat soda and watching the social hierarchy unfold before me like some terrible nature documentary. At the center of the r...