Zombie Mode: Off
Maya's hair refused to cooperate. She'd spent forty-five minutes trying to tame the frizzy curls into something resembling effortless beach waves, but now she just looked like she'...
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Maya's hair refused to cooperate. She'd spent forty-five minutes trying to tame the frizzy curls into something resembling effortless beach waves, but now she just looked like she'...
The papaya sat on the concession stand counter like a radioactive mistake, its orange flesh glistening under the harsh pool lights. Summer, the girl whose Instagram had somehow con...
Maya's hands shook as she stared at her reflection in the bathroom mirror. Her blue hair was fanned out around her shoulders like she'd just survived a windstorm—which she basicall...
My palms were sweating so bad I could practically slide into home base without running. Tryouts for the varsity baseball team. Everyone expected me to crush it — my dad lived for t...
My life peaked at age seven, when I found a decomposed bird carcass behind the shed. That was the last time I felt cool. Now, as a sophomore whose social anxiety basically requires...
Marcus stood at the edge of the **padel** court, his hand-me-down racquet feeling alien in his grip like he was holding someone else's life instead of just sports equipment. His da...
The chlorine stung my eyes, but I kept swimming lap after lap until my arms felt like lead weights. Pool parties were supposed to be fun, but ever since Maya and I had our fight la...
Maya dropped onto my bed with a groan that sounded suspiciously like a dying walrus. "I am literally a zombie right now. Finals week has taken my soul." I laughed, scrolling throu...
Maya smoothed the vintage snapback she'd thrifted specifically for tonight's party. It was part of her new aesthetic—the one she was trying on like oversized jeans that didn't quit...
Maya pulled the brim of her dad's vintage fishing hat lower, turning herself into a turtle in a shell. The party noise washed over her—laughter, splashing, bass thumping from somew...
Maya Zhang had mapped the social pyramid of Northwood High like it was her own personal science project. At the top sat the padel elites—kids whose parents had private courts in th...
Maya stared at her reflection, fingers tangling in her frizzy hair. The straightening iron had died mid-section, leaving her looking like she'd stuck her finger in an electrical so...