Running From the Mirror
Maya pressed her forehead against the cool cafeteria window, watching him like a total creep. Not like, FBI-level spy creep, but that regular high school stalking where you "accide...
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Maya pressed her forehead against the cool cafeteria window, watching him like a total creep. Not like, FBI-level spy creep, but that regular high school stalking where you "accide...
My dad's new **padel** court was supposed to be the crown jewel of our backyard, the thing that finally made our house the *spot* for summer hangs. Instead, it became a monument to...
I'm literally a zombie. Three hours of sleep + coffee + anxiety = me sitting in the back of Mr. Henderson's bus, watching the "pyramid" of our school's social hierarchy play out in...
Maya stood before the mirror, assessing the damage. Her **hair**, normally sleek and controlled after forty minutes with a straightening iron, now frizzed in the humidity like she'...
Marcus pulled his snapback down lower, grateful for the extra inch of shade between his face and the blazing sun. His first real high school party. He'd spent three hours picking o...
Maya stared at her lunch tray, pushing the sad pile of **spinach** around with her fork. Freshman year was supposed to be her glow-up era, but so far it was just awkward pauses and...
The pool party was exactly as Maya had dreaded — blinding sunlight reflecting off the water, popular kids clustered in perfect Instagram formations, and her stuck in the corner clu...
The locker room smelled like chlorine and bad decisions. I stared at my reflection, frizzy brown hair escaping my swim cap in all the wrong directions. This was it — my first varsi...
The social pyramid at Lincoln High was as rigid as it was stupid, and Maya had been stuck in the middle tier since seventh grade—never quite popular enough to sit at the apex, neve...
Leo stared at the freshman seating chart like it was some ancient artifact he couldn't decipher. The social hierarchy at Westwood High was basically a pyramid, and he'd somehow lan...
I never thought I'd spend the last Saturday before sophomore year crouched behind a hedge while holding a slice of tropical fruit. But here we are. "Status report, Agent Z," Maya ...
Maya's palms were sweating, which was ironic considering she was sitting in front of Madame Zora's crystal ball at the spring carnival. "Your lifeline shows unexpected journeys," ...