Orange Juice & Infield Flies
Maya's first mistake was trusting Nico with hair dye. The plan was subtle highlights. The result was a screaming traffic-cone orange that made her look like a radioactive Cheeto. ...
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Maya's first mistake was trusting Nico with hair dye. The plan was subtle highlights. The result was a screaming traffic-cone orange that made her look like a radioactive Cheeto. ...
Maya stood in the corner of Jake's basement, clutching a red solo cup like it was a lifeline. The party was supposed to be legendary, but she felt like a zombie going through the m...
Maya stared at the blender like it held the secrets to the universe. Which, in her case, it kind of did. "You're actually putting spinach in there?" Leo raised an eyebrow from his...
The summer after junior year, I spent three weeks in a zombie-like state scrolling through everyone else's highlight reels while my phone battery died faster than my social life. M...
Maya stared at the lunchroom's invisible social pyramid. Freshman year had barely started, and she already knew her place—somewhere near the bottom, just above the kids who ate lun...
The Friday night lights at the rec center were blinding, or maybe that was just my exhaustion talking. I'd been running on three hours of sleep and a vanilla latte, basically funct...
The problem with being sixteen in July is that everyone expects you to be living your "best life" but you're actually just existing in a permanent state of zombie. Three weeks of f...
The pool party at Jessica's house was supposed to be my moment. You know that feeling when you've been lowkey crushing on someone since seventh grade, and suddenly there's a chance...
Maya's palms wouldn't stop sweating. Which was ironic, considering she was literally about to go **swimming**. "You're overthinking it again," Chloe said, tossing her phone onto t...
The pool party was in full swing, chlorine mixing with the scent of coconut sunscreen and teenage awkwardness. I stood at the edge, toes curled against the concrete, watching every...
Maya pressed her back against the cold lockers, holding her breath. Again. For three weeks, she'd been basically a spy in her own high school, watching Zara—not because she was cre...
Jordan's heart hammered against their ribs like a baseball in a batting cage. Tonight was the night—finally going to hang out with Taylor, the senior who'd actually noticed them in...