The Sphinx by the Pool
Maya dragged her flip-flops across the concrete, the pool deck already baking in the July heat. It was the last day before freshman year, and everyone who was anyone would be at Ty...
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Maya dragged her flip-flops across the concrete, the pool deck already baking in the July heat. It was the last day before freshman year, and everyone who was anyone would be at Ty...
Maya pulled her baseball cap down low, trying to disappear. First week at sophomore year and already her social life was circling the drain. The pool party at Tyler's house was sup...
The thing nobody tells you about house-sitting for your Instagram-perfect cousin is that reality hits different. Maya's place was supposed to be easy money—feed the fish, walk the ...
Maya stared at her reflection, fingers tracing the frizzy strands that refused to cooperate with her straightener. Another bad hair day, another photo deleted before posting. Her i...
Maya's Nana called her 'little bear' from the day she was born, something about her stubborn expression and tendency to hibernate through Saturday mornings. But at fourteen, Maya w...
I felt like a total spy sitting at the back of the cafeteria, hoodie up, observing everyone. The social hierarchy at Northwood High was like ancient Egypt—complicated, terrifying, ...
Leo stood at home plate, the wooden bat feeling heavy in his sweaty palms. The varsity baseball team was watching—well, the few players who bothered to show up for tryouts anyway. ...
Maya's iPhone was practically glued to her hand 24/7. Every meal, every sunset, every 'spontaneous' laugh with friends had to be captured, edited with the perfect preset, and poste...
Marcus stared at the baseball field from the edge of the cafeteria, nursing his lukewarm water bottle. Tryouts were Friday, and his stomach did somersaults every time he thought ab...
Maya's hair was doing that thing again—the frizz that announced to the entire world she was nervous. She smoothed her ponytail for the third time, wishing she'd just stayed home an...
Maya's first day at Northwood High could've gone worse. Probably. But when she walked into the cafeteria wearing her dad's vintage fedora because her hair was doing that thing wher...
6:00 AM. Too early for consciousness, let alone competitive swimming. My body moved on autopilot—chlorine-scented zombie shuffling toward the pool deck, goggles in hand, brain stil...