The Goldfish Incident
The pool party invitation came via a flood of texts on my iphone, half from people I barely speak to. Jordan's house. Saturday. Swimming. "You going?" Riley asked, flopping onto m...
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The pool party invitation came via a flood of texts on my iphone, half from people I barely speak to. Jordan's house. Saturday. Swimming. "You going?" Riley asked, flopping onto m...
Maya dragged herself through the double doors of Northwood High, feeling like a literal **zombie**. Three nights of zero sleep—thanks to that history paper, her parents' fighting, ...
The palm of my hand wouldn't stop sweating against the steering wheel. Like, actually embarrassing amounts. I wiped it on my jeans for the third time, glancing over at Jake. "You ...
My hair was supposed to be burgundy. A statement. A vibe. Instead, it came out emergency-cone orange, the kind that screams "LOOK AT ME" when all I wanted was to blend into the sop...
Maya's palms were sweating. Like, actually dripping. She wiped them on her dress for the third time, leaving dark streaks on the navy fabric that she prayed no one would notice. "...
I pulled the brim of my baseball hat low, creating a shadow against the fluorescent lights of the cafeteria. It was my armor—this faded, navy-blue cap with the curved bill that sme...
Maya scanned the cafeteria, feeling like she was watching nature documentaries play out in real time. The popular table—run by Kayla with her perfect hair and vicious gossip—remind...
Maya Chen had the entire social pyramid of Northwood High memorized. Freshman year had taught her that school functioned like ancient Egyptian society—except instead of pharaohs an...
Maya's phone buzzed with the screenshot again. Someone had posted it in the group chat—the one from last summer, before she dyed her hair that ridiculous electric blue that her mom...
The summer before sophomore year, Maya's mom insisted she take this chewable **vitamin** every morning. 'It'll help with the stress,' she'd said, as if a neon-orange gummy could fi...
The night sky above the community pool glowed that weird orange from the streetlights—like someone had spilled a Creamsicle all over the atmosphere. Marco sat on the edge, legs dan...
The chase started on a Tuesday, which felt unfair because Tuesdays should be for geometry homework and overthinking crush texts, not for sprinting down Main Street like your life d...