The Sphinx by the Pool
Maya's palms were sweating, and she kept wiping them on her cut-offs like a total weirdo. The graduation pool party raged around her—kids cannonballing, music thumping, someone's d...
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Maya's palms were sweating, and she kept wiping them on her cut-offs like a total weirdo. The graduation pool party raged around her—kids cannonballing, music thumping, someone's d...
The plastic bag sweated in my hand, condensation slicking my palm. Inside, a single orange goldfish swam in tight, frantic circles. I'd won it at the carnival booth—an accident of ...
Maya's freshman year at Northwood High was like standing at the base of a pyramid—the social pyramid, to be exact. At the top sat the varsity baseball players, gods in their letter...
Maya felt like a **zombie** walking through the halls of Northwood High. Junior year was eating her alive, and it was only October. Her brain was fried from three AP classes, varsi...
I was three feet deep in Jessica Miller's backyard pool, clutching my iPhone like it was a life raft. The graduation party was in full swing—people doing cannonballs off the diving...
The pool party at Maya's house was supposed to be chill, but my palms were sweating like crazy. I stood by the edge gripping my iphone so hard I thought I might crush it. Across th...
The pool lights flickered off, leaving only the glow from Maya's phone as I floated on my back, staring at the palm tree silhouettes against the sky. Everyone else had gone inside ...
Maya stared at her reflection in the bathroom mirror, her normally curly hair straightened into submission after two hours of fighting with a flat iron. Today was the day—Homecomin...
Maya felt like a zombie—literally. Three hours of sleep and finals week would do that to you. She dragged herself through the hallway, her classmates' laughter feeling like distant...
The chlorinated air of the community center hit me like a physical force. I adjusted my junior lifeguard whistle for the third time, my palms sweating against the slick polyester o...
The only thing worse than being the new kid? Being the new kid at Maya Chen's legendary end-of-summer pool party. I stood by the snack table, clutching a red solo cup like it was ...
Maya's stomach did actual backflips when she saw the invite screenshot. Jake Henderson's pool party. THE Jake Henderson, who sat three rows back in bio and always wore that faded b...