The Fox in the Cafeteria
I felt like a total creep, basically a trained **spy** the way I'd been lurking near the back of the cafeteria, stealing glances at where sat the boy I'd been crushing on since Sep...
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I felt like a total creep, basically a trained **spy** the way I'd been lurking near the back of the cafeteria, stealing glances at where sat the boy I'd been crushing on since Sep...
Maya wasn't supposed to be at the pool party. Her parents had strictly forbidden it—something about her grades slipping and needing to focus. But when Jenna slid into her DMs with ...
The orange slice stuck to the roof of my mouth, staining my tongue the same color as the stupid jersey I'd been wearing since third grade. Baseball. The thing that was supposed to ...
Marcus stood at home plate, the baseball bat feeling like a foreign object in his hands. Third time up. Third strike looming. The entire baseball team — his former teammates — watc...
Maya's sweaty **palm** hovered over the party invitation, her heart doing that stupid flutter thing it always did when social interaction loomed. Casa de Skylar. The social hierarc...
Maya stood at the edge of the pool, clutching her phone like a lifeline. Sarah's end-of-summer party raged around her—laughter splashing against the backyard fence, bass thumping f...
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Maya's palms were sweating. Literally. She stared at her hands, wondering if the other lifeguards could see the moisture glistening as she gripped her whistle. "You good, M?" Marc...
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Maya stared at her reflection in the bathroom mirror, nervously adjusting her swim cap. Her curly hair, usually her crowning glory, was smashed tight against her scalp. The first d...