Goldfish Summer
The hat was my mom's idea, obviously. A fedora, because nothing says "cool confident teenager" like a fedora from TJ Maxx. I was fourteen, navigating the treacherous waters of fres...
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The hat was my mom's idea, obviously. A fedora, because nothing says "cool confident teenager" like a fedora from TJ Maxx. I was fourteen, navigating the treacherous waters of fres...
Maya had been running for three years straight — not physically, though she'd joined the track team freshman year to make it look convincing. No, she was running from herself, from...
Maya pulled her bucket hat down lower. Seriously, who wore bucket hats to pool parties? Apparently, her, because nothing said 'I'm definitely not overthinking every social interact...
Javier's hair had always been the one thing he could control. His mom would lecture him about grades in Spanish, his coach would scream about mechanics, but his hair? That was all ...
The first day of freshman year, and I was already plotting my disappearance. "You'll be fine," Maya said, adjusting the giant felt head. "Nobody looks at the mascot's face anyway....
The abandoned orange slice stuck to Maya's locker door like a bad decision—which, honestly, it was. Jake had tried to slide it into her hand between third and fourth period, missin...
Marcus spent forty-five minutes on his hair that morning. Not because he was vain—okay, maybe a little—but because Sarah Rodriguez would be at Tyler's pool party, and Marcus had be...
The party at Jade's house was supposed to be lit, but I felt like a total spy casing the joint instead of an actual guest. I'd spent the first twenty minutes pretending to be deepl...
The first day of summer, I walked into the kitchen and found Mom staring at me like I'd grown a second head. Actually, she was staring at my first head—or specifically, the buzz cu...
Maya pulled at the hem of her thrifted oversized hoodie, wishing she could dissolve into the basement wall. Jordan's parties were legendary, but Maya was not. "You good, bestie?" ...
Maya stood in front of the bathroom mirror adjusting her grandfather's fedora. It was too big, making her look like a kid playing dress-up, but she needed it today. Today was the d...
Maya's ethernet cable lay frayed across her bedroom floor like a dead snake, exactly how her mental state felt. Junior year was hitting different — AP classes, volleyball captain e...