Orange Fins & Secret Follows
Maya won Orange at the county carnival—literally. The goldfish, not the color. Though the fish was decidedly orange, glowing like a tiny nuclear reactor in its plastic bag. "Great,...
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Maya won Orange at the county carnival—literally. The goldfish, not the color. Though the fish was decidedly orange, glowing like a tiny nuclear reactor in its plastic bag. "Great,...
Maya's legs burned as she kept **running**, the track blurring beneath her sneakers. Practice had ended twenty minutes ago, but she couldn't go home yet. Not with her phone blowing...
The scissors trembled in my hand as I stared at the mirror. Three inches of dark curls fell to the bathroom floor, and I couldn't tell if I was brave or having a midlife crisis at ...
The humidity hit me like a wall as I stepped onto the pool deck. My hair—frizzy from the Michigan air—was already plotting its rebellion against the hour I'd spent straightening it...
Maya's older brother's golden retriever, Buster, kept nudging her hand with his wet nose as she sat on the front porch, phone clutched tight like a lifeline. The text from Jasmine ...
Maya had been in full-on zombie mode for three weeks straight. Finals, breakup drama, and her mom's nagging about college apps had turned her into a walking corpse, surviving on ca...
The hat was everything. A beat-up Mariners cap, pulled low enough to hide the panic in my eyes. I'd spent three years perfecting the art of invisibility at Ridgeview High, and now ...
Maya stared at the invitation on her phone like it was written in alien code. Padél tournament. Friday. 4 PM. "You're actually gonna do it?" Leo asked, flopping onto her bed and ...
The pool party at Jake's house was supposed to be my social comeback after freshman year's tragic incident involving spilled chocolate milk and the debate team captain. But here I ...
Maya's best friend Priya was a total fox — not looks-wise (though she was lowkey gorgeous), but in personality. Fierce, calculated, impossible to pin down. Which was exactly why Ma...
Summer at the country club wasn't exactly where seventeen-year-old Leo wanted to be. His parents had forced him into socializing, hoping he'd make friends before senior year. Inste...
Maya's summer was supposed to be legendary. Instead, she was stuck at her aunt's organic farm stand, watching dust motes dance in the slivers of sunlight filtering through the palm...