The Fox at the Padel Court
Maya's mom dropped another papaya slice onto her plate like it was a peace offering. "It's good for you, honey. Full of vitamins." Maya poked at the orange fruit with her fork, th...
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Maya's mom dropped another papaya slice onto her plate like it was a peace offering. "It's good for you, honey. Full of vitamins." Maya poked at the orange fruit with her fork, th...
I'd been running from my problems since seventh grade, but somehow they always caught up. Usually in the locker room while I was changing for PE. "Hey, Vitamin C deficiency!" Dere...
The first time I saw him, I was drowning in a fruit arrangement—literally holding a papaya the size of my head—and wearing a sun hat that made me look like a suburban mom on vacati...
My hair had been staging a rebellion since seventh grade, and this summer it had officially declared independence. I stood in front of my mirror, watching yet another attempt to ta...
Maya's third-day-of-school hat wasn't working. The beanie was supposed to hide the disaster that was her hair—her mom had somehow convinced her that "layers would be fun," but now ...
Maya's black fedora was her armor against the world—or at least against Northwood High's cafeteria social hierarchy. Transfer students don't get to be invisible; they get to be spe...
Maya's summer took a chaotic turn when her neighbor's elderly **dog**, Barnaby, dug under the fence for the third time that week. She'd just sprinted through two backyards, fruit-s...
Maya stared at her phone, heart pounding as she watched her story views climb. Three eyes. Three people who'd seen her embarrassing bathroom mirror selfie. But she'd only sent it t...
I felt like a actual zombie. Not the cool Netflix kind with dramatic makeup and tragic backstories, but the exhausted variety that survives on iced coffee and three hours of sleep....
The chlorine turned my hair orange. Not the cute Instagram-filter kind — the "my mom forgot I have swim team practice every Tuesday" kind. I pulled my red beanie down lower, trying...
I was stuck in the shallow end again, literally and figuratively. Taylor's pool party felt less like a celebration and more like a social experiment I was failing. My hair had been...
The baseball sat heavy in my hand, a rawhide anchor dragging me down. Dad's voice echoed in my head: *You're the ace, Leo. Don't choke.* Again. I was supposed to be the star pitc...