Lightning in a Bottle
Maya's hair was gone. Well, not gone-gone, but the waist-length waves she'd had since middle school were now a jagged chin-length bob. She burst into my room with a beanie pulled l...
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Maya's hair was gone. Well, not gone-gone, but the waist-length waves she'd had since middle school were now a jagged chin-length bob. She burst into my room with a beanie pulled l...
Maya's freshman year survival strategy: become invisible. Which worked perfectly until the baseball game. She'd spent third period lunch aggressively avoiding Tyler's gaze across ...
Maya's nana called her a fox from the time she was seven—sly, quick, always three steps ahead. Which was hilarious, because Maya felt more like a possum most days: just trying to s...
Maya dragged herself into third period chemistry feeling like a literal zombie. Three hours of sleep thanks to that AP History paper would do that to you. Her usually perfect hair—...
The community pool was where everyone hung out, but for me? It was basically my personal nightmare. I couldn't swim. Like, at all. Meanwhile, my little sister's goldfish—stupid "...
I've become a pro at playing the spy. Not the cool, tuxedo-wearing kind. More like the invisible ghost girl who knows way too much about everyone's business by accident. Like how ...
Jordan's summer job at the community pool was supposed to be chill—just lifeguarding, roasting in the sun, and getting paid to exist. But then Leo showed up with his "revolutionary...
I'm staring at this papaya like it's a grenade, which honestly, it might as well be. My mom packed it in my lunch because apparently, "processed snacks will kill you," but letting ...
I stared at the papaya like it was a bomb I needed to defuse. Tonight was the night—I was finally making dinner for Alex, and everything had to be perfect. My parents were out of t...
The fluorescent lights buzz overhead as I organize vitamin bottles - Vitamin C for immune support, Vitamin D for mood (which I definitely need), melatonin for sleep (which I defini...
Maya stood in the kitchen, stirring a pot of spinach that smelled like wet dog and regret. Her phone buzzed on the counter — Jordan again. Three missed calls, twelve texts. The mes...
Maya's palms were sweating — like, actually dripping — as she stood outside Jake's house. The bass thumped through the door, and she could hear laughter that sounded way too confid...