The Pyramid Scheme
Maya's mom had dragged her to yet another motivational seminar at the Hilton, which meant two hours of awkward networking and overpriced hotel snacks. But at least there was free b...
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Maya's mom had dragged her to yet another motivational seminar at the Hilton, which meant two hours of awkward networking and overpriced hotel snacks. But at least there was free b...
Maya dragged her feet through the Padel Club entrance, feeling like a total zombie after pulling an all-nighter to finish her bio project. The place reeked of expensive cologne and...
I was supposed to be playing baseball with the guys, but instead I was hiding behind the oak tree in the Millers' backyard, basically being a creep. But that's what happens when yo...
Maya stared at her cracked iPhone screen, thumb hovering over Leo's text. 'U up?' Two words that had given her anxiety for three straight weeks. "You're going to bear it alone if ...
Maya stood in front of The Vitamin Shack, gripping her phone like it was a grenade. Her best friend Chloe had texted her at lunch: *Meet me there after school. EMERGENCY.* The eme...
Leo's summer transformation plan was extremely calculated, born from seventeen years of being the invisible kid in the back of every classroom. Step one: grow a personality. Step t...
Jordan's fedora sat three inches too low on his forehead—part mysterious vibe, part cover for the panic sweat gathering on his brow. It was Week Three of sophomore year, and he was...
Maya's high school operated like a pyramid scheme of popularity—jocks and cheerleaders at the top, nerds in the middle, and everyone else scrambling desperately not to fall into th...
The first day of sophomore year at Canyon Creek High, I already wanted to crawl back under my duvet. Everyone else seemed to glide through the hallways with their squads, while I c...
I should've known my first time playing padel would end in disaster. I mean, the universe has a way of humbling you when you're feeling too confident, right? So there I was, at th...
Friday nights hit different when you're fifteen and trying to be someone you're not. My room had become a staging area for the party at Jordan's house, where Aiden—the senior who'd...
Maya's curls were doing their own thing again. She'd spent forty-five minutes trying to tame her hair into something resembling "effortless beach waves," but now it looked more lik...