The Art of Drowning Silently
The pool deck was basically social quicksand. You either navigated it like a pro or you sank, and I was definitely sinking. Literally. sophomore year and somehow I'd made it to the...
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The pool deck was basically social quicksand. You either navigated it like a pro or you sank, and I was definitely sinking. Literally. sophomore year and somehow I'd made it to the...
Maya's older bear had been watching from her dashboard since she was seven. Now, at sixteen, driving to Jordan's pool party, the plush animal's googly eyes seemed to judge her for ...
Maya's hair refused to cooperate that morning. She'd spent twenty minutes trying to tame the frizzy mass into something resembling dignity, but it rebelled like it had its own deat...
The neon-green swim cap smelled like chlorine and regret. I pulled it down over my ears, wincing at the tight elastic. "You're not actually wearing that, are you?" Riley asked, s...
Marcus's palms were sweating through his batting gloves. Again. "You good, bro?" Jay asked, tossing him a water bottle. "You look like you're about to puke." "I'm fine," Marcus l...
Maya's first day at the exclusive country club felt like walking into a pyramid scheme she hadn't signed up for. The social hierarchy was visible from the pool deck: the popular cl...
Maya's hands shook as she poured the spinach into the blender. First day at The Fuel Station, and of course Connor from AP Chem had to walk in. "What's that skanky-looking drink?"...
Maya's house was basically a living museum. Like, who even had cable anymore? Her friends were all about streaming, but her parents refused to cut the cord. "It's about principle,"...
Maya clutched her iphone like it was a lifeline, which, honestly, it kinda was. Three weeks into sophomore year at Northwood High and she was still floating in that awkward limbo b...
Maya pressed her back against the rough brick wall outside the party, phone clutched in her sweating palm. Her best friend since seventh grade had just posted a photo with HER—Crys...
My hair was purple that week. Temporary dye, wash-out-in-three-shampoos stuff, but to my mom, it might as well have been a face tattoo. 'You look like a grape,' she'd said that mor...
Marcus stood against the gym wall, nursing his flat orange soda like it was the only thing keeping him anchored. The winter formal thumped around him—couples grinding, bass shaking...