The Goldfish in the Mirror
Maya stared at her reflection, fingers tugging at her hair. Again. The natural texture she'd finally learned to embrace had decided to stage a rebellion overnight, exploding into a...
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Maya stared at her reflection, fingers tugging at her hair. Again. The natural texture she'd finally learned to embrace had decided to stage a rebellion overnight, exploding into a...
The cable for my gaming setup lay tangled on my bedroom floor, mocking me. Three weeks of summer, and I'd barely left the house except for obligatory family dinners. My mom's voice...
Maya floated on her back in the neighbor's pool, chlorine stinging her eyes, replaying the conversation for the hundredth time. Her mom had cornered her that morning with the vitam...
Kai's iPhone 7 sat on the cafeteria table like a fossil from another era. Around him, friends streamed TikToks on 15s and 14s, their faces illuminated by retina displays that made ...
Maya stared at her hair in the bathroom mirror, counting the split ends like they were days until graduation. Her mom had bought her those expensive hair vitamins—'gummy bears for ...
The sun dipped below the horizon, painting the sky in streaks of coral and mango as I sat glued to my iPhone, doomscrolling through everyone's perfect lives. I'd been in zombie mod...
The cafeteria hat rule was stupid, but Marcus wasn't about to risk detention again. He'd spent three weeks growing out his fade specifically so he could wear his grandfather's fedo...
Maya stared at the plastic cup filled with what looked like radioactive sludge. Across the lunch table, Jordan grinned like he'd just won the lottery. "Drink it," Jordan said, his...
Taylor clutched the plastic bag containing carnival-prize goldfish against her chest, the orange fish swimming frantic circles as she stood at the edge of Jessica's pool party. Som...
The chlorine smell hit me before I even stepped onto the patio. Jessica's end-of-summer pool party. The social event of the season, and I was standing there feeling like the most a...
Maya stared at her reflection, phone propped against the mirror displaying a tutorial that had like, three million views. Her cousin's quinceañera was in two hours and her eyeliner...
Jordan's snapback sat backwards on his head, a second skin he wouldn't dare remove. Not at Tyler's party. Not when Chloe—the one who'd been ghosting his DMs for two weeks—was final...