Goldfish and Ghost Nets
The cable guy left three hours ago, taking the WiFi with him. Mom's DVR recordings were gone too, which meant my schedule for surviving the divorce collapsed. "Spinach again?" I p...
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The cable guy left three hours ago, taking the WiFi with him. Mom's DVR recordings were gone too, which meant my schedule for surviving the divorce collapsed. "Spinach again?" I p...
The papaya incident started exactly like every other social disaster in my life — with good intentions and zero reading of the room. "Try it," I said, pushing the cubed fruit towa...
Maya's hair had a mind of its own. It was curly, frizzy, and completely unmanageable—kind of like her sophomore year. Standing in front of her bathroom mirror, she attacked it with...
Maya tugged her baseball cap lower, trying to disappear into the fabric. Why had she agreed to come to Jessica's pool party again? Oh right — because Tyler was going to be there, a...
I was a total zombie after pulling an all-nighter for finals. My mom literally had to drag me out of bed at noon because she'd promised Aunt Carmen I'd help with the neighborhood p...
Maya adjusted the bucket hat for the thousandth time, checking her reflection in the sliding glass door. It was her third attempt at reinventing herself this summer, and she was pr...
Maya dragged herself to third base, feeling like the walking dead. She'd stayed up until 3 AM finishing her history paper—now she was operating on pure caffeine and determination, ...
Maya stood at the edge of the pool, toes curling against the warm concrete. The annual 4th of July block party. Everyone who was anyone from sophomore year would be here. Including...
Maya's palms sweated against her iPhone case as she hovered at the edge of the bonfire glow, sixteen and practically drowning in social anxiety. Everyone else was already in the oc...
The cable guy was cute, and that was the problem. Maya pressed herself against the wall inside her aunt's house, heart racing like she'd just finished a 5K. Through the window, sh...
Maya's heart hammered like she'd been running a marathon instead of just standing outside Jackson's front door. Her first real party. The air smelled like papaya—some fancy candle ...
Maya's older brother Jay was obsessed with baseball, which meant Maya was basically obligated to obsess over it too. Family obligations, you know? Every Saturday, they were parked ...