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The bull of sophomore year, Marcus 'The Bull' Henderson, loomed over home plate like a storm cloud. I was playing right field — basically the team's designated 'watch the grass gro...
I was officially the worst at parties. Standing by the chip bowl at Jessica's end-of-summer bash, I spent twenty minutes pretending to be deeply fascinated by a bag of cheddar **g...
Zoe pulled her lucky fedora down low over her eyes, scanning the cafeteria like she was on some top-secret mission. Which she kinda was. Since transferring to Oak Creek High last m...
The pool smelled like chlorine and teenage desperation. Six a.m. practice, and Maya's arms felt like noodles. Her coach, a former Olympic swimmer with a sphinx-like smile, watched ...
The summer job seemed like a genius idea until I realized my role would essentially be professional chlorine inhaler. As a junior lifeguard at the community pool, I sat in the plas...
Leo's face burned as he adjusted the foam papaya on his head. The green stem bobbed with every movement, a constant reminder of his existence at his aunt's fruit stand on the hotte...
Maya's thumb moved on autopilot, another scroll, another swipe, another carefully curated glimpse into everyone else's perfect life. She'd been lying on her bed for two hours, her ...
Maya's pet goldfish was the only one who understood. Not that Blister Bubbles could actually understand—she was a fish—but she'd watched Maya through the glass of her bowl while Ma...
The vitamin bottle sat on my bathroom counter like a judgmental orange statue. 'Take one daily with food,' the label said. Yeah, right. Like I had time for that between AP Chem, so...
The spinach stuck between my front teeth felt like a flashing neon sign screaming 'social suicide.' I'd been smiling at Maya for twenty minutes during lunch, completely unaware tha...
The chlorine smell hit me first—that sharp, chemical scent that meant competitive swimming. I'd been avoiding the pool since seventh grade, when Jason called me "trout boy" for thr...
Maya's orange hair felt like a neon sign screaming LOOK AT ME, which was exactly why she'd stuffed it under a black beanie every day for two weeks. The dye job had seemed like geni...