Lightning at the Zombie Pool
I stood by the pool, feeling like a total zombie after three hours of Maya's Sweet Sixteen. The social pyramid at Lincoln High had crowned Maya queen, and here I was, hovering near...
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I stood by the pool, feeling like a total zombie after three hours of Maya's Sweet Sixteen. The social pyramid at Lincoln High had crowned Maya queen, and here I was, hovering near...
Maya's sophomore year had been one long exercise in feeling invisible. She sat in the back, wore oversized hoodies, and survived AP Chemistry by memorizing formulas she didn't unde...
Maya's been **running** three miles every morning since freshman year started, mostly because her mom said exercise helps with anxiety, but also because it gives her an excuse to n...
The pool party was already in full swing when I arrived, chlorine thick in the air as someone's terrible playlist blasted from waterproof speakers. I spotted Jordan by the snack ta...
The first day of sophomore year, I spent twenty minutes running around the house looking for my lucky baseball cap. It wasn't just any hat – it was the vintage Cubs hat I'd thrifte...
Maya adjusted the oversized fedora she'd thrifted that morning, hoping it would make her invisible at Jessica's end-of-summer pool party. As if. The hat was basically a spotlight. ...
Maya's cat Luna was the only one who didn't ask why she was taking those gross neon-orange gummy vitamins every morning. "You trying out for the volleyball team again?" her mom a...
My palms were sweating so much I could barely grip the railing. This was it—the moment I'd been obsessing over all summer. Tyler from cross country was finally going to notice me. ...
Maya pressed her **palm** against the cafeteria window, watching the popular crowd like she'd done every lunch period since seventh grade. Being the invisible girl at Northwood Hig...
Maya's orange hair felt like a neon sign broadcasting her insecurity. She'd dyed it last night—a spontaneous act of rebellion against her mom's "natural colors only" rule—and now s...
Maya stared at her reflection, fingers tangled in frizzy curls. The humidity had turned her usually cooperative **hair** into a disaster zone, and she was already running late for ...
The orange soda sat warm in my sweating hand, condensation dripping down my fingers like nervous tears. I was sixteen and terrified, standing in the corner of Jessica's backyard wh...