Goldfish in a Glass Bowl
I hovered by the snack table at my first high school house party, nursing a warm soda like it was my lifeline. The basement was packed, bodies pressed together in sweltering chaos....
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I hovered by the snack table at my first high school house party, nursing a warm soda like it was my lifeline. The basement was packed, bodies pressed together in sweltering chaos....
The green sludge dripped down my forehead, coating my bangs in what I could now identify as a chunky blend of spinach and kale. "Bruh, you good?" Marcus asked, trying not to laugh...
Maya's golden retriever, Max, had been her only constant since her parents' divorce. But when her mom announced they were moving from Seattle to a tiny town in Oregon, Maya felt li...
Maya's hair was a situation. Specifically, a post-shower, frizz-explosion situation that happened right before the biggest party of sophomore year. She'd spent forty-five minutes b...
The backyard pool glittered like something out of a music video, all underwater LED lights and bodies cannonballing into the blue. I stood at the edge with my red Solo cup, feeling...
My hair was doing that weird flippy thing it does when I'm nervous — you know, when one chunk decides to rebel against gravity and social norms alike. I smoothed it down for the fi...
I stepped onto the padel court, my racket feeling like a foreign object in my sweaty hands. The new kid—what was his name? Mateo?—was already stretching by the net, looking stupidl...
The fox head smelled like seventh-grade locker room and desperation. Maya adjusted the mascot costume, already regretting letting Julia talk her into this. "You'll be fine," Julia ...
The spinach sat on my cafeteria tray like a radioactive green artifact. Three days into my freshman year, and I'd already committed high school social suicide. "What is THAT?" Mar...
Maya's fingers trembled as she traced the lines on Jen's palm. The Friday night sleepover had devolved into yet another round of fake fortune-telling, something they'd been doing s...
Maya's phone buzzed with another notification from the group chat: 'Padel at 4???' She stared at it, stomach doing that annoying flip-flop thing. Of course he'd be there. Leo, with...
The pool party at Jessica's house was supposed to be Kara's chance to finally swim with the popular kids. Instead, she sat on the edge in her cutoffs, dipping her feet in the water...