Pyramid Scheme in the Cafeteria
Maya's lunch tray hit the table with a hollow thud. Another day of sitting alone, watching the popular crowd's social pyramid from the bottom tier. She'd positioned herself near th...
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Maya's lunch tray hit the table with a hollow thud. Another day of sitting alone, watching the popular crowd's social pyramid from the bottom tier. She'd positioned herself near th...
Maya stood at the edge of the padel court, her brand-new racket feeling alien in her hands like she'd borrowed it from someone else's life. The fluorescent orange"ish" of the court...
Maya stared at her phone screen, thumb hovering over Jake's Instagram for the third time today. She'd been vibing with him at camp all week, and the text read: "u free 2morrow?" "...
Maya's hair hadn't seen a brush in three days. The bun on top of her head was less a hairstyle and more a architectural statement about her mental state. She sat at her aunt's kitc...
Marcus hated the social pyramid at Northwood High. Seniors at the top, freshmen at the bottom, and everyone else scrambling somewhere in the middle. He'd been running from his own ...
Jax's palms were sweating. Again. He wiped them on his jeans, leaving dark streaks on the denim, because apparently his body had decided nervous sweating was his personality now. ...
Marcus stood at the plate, cleats digging into the red dirt, sweat already streaming down his back like he'd walked through a car wash instead of just walked from the dugout. The s...
The sky outside my window is that bruised purple color that means trouble. I'm lying on my bed staring at my iPhone screen, watching everyone at Maya's party living their best live...
The bass thumped through Skylar's floorboards like a second heartbeat. Maya pressed herself against the kitchen wall, solo cup in hand, watching the popular crew orbit around each ...
Maya's first day at Crestwood Academy, her stomach doing somersaults. She clutched her orange Gatorade like a lifeline, the condensation slick against her palm. Her stepbrother Jay...
Maya stared at her reflection, fingers tangling in hair that refused to behave. The curl pattern she'd inherited from her abuela had always been source number one of her identity c...
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