Papaya Physics
The papaya sat on the kitchen counter like a dare. Mia's mom had brought it home from the specialty market, said it was important to try new things. Mia, currently spiraling over w...
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The papaya sat on the kitchen counter like a dare. Mia's mom had brought it home from the specialty market, said it was important to try new things. Mia, currently spiraling over w...
Maya stood at the edge of the community pool, clutching her vitamin-infused water bottle like it was some kind of social shield. Across the water, the popular crew lounged on infla...
I wasn't supposed to be at Taylor's pool party. I wasn't supposed to be ANYWHERE that required me to take off my hoodie and expose the arms I'd been hiding since seventh grade. But...
Jordan slouched against the backstop, watching the baseball team practice like they owned the world. Specifically, watching Chase, whose perfect swing and perfect hair and perfect ...
Summer before freshman year, and I'm already drowning. Not literally—though the swimming pool at our condo complex is basically my second home. Literally, I'm drowning in the awkwa...
Maya's thumb hovered over Jake's profile for the thousandth time that week. Her iPhone clutched in her palm like a lifeline, screen illuminating her flushed face in the darkness of...
The country club's mascot costume smelled like every bad decision I'd made since eighth grade. As the sphinx — literally, a gold fiberglass cat with human breasts and wings — I lur...
The house was packed. Three hundred people crushing into Kayla's basement, music rattling the windows, someone's spilled **water** creeping across the linoleum toward my brand-new ...
The padel court smelled like rubber and nervous sweat, which was basically how sixteen felt. My brother's golden retriever, Buster, watched through the fence like I was about to co...
Maya hadn't slept in 48 hours. Finals week had turned her into a certified zombie, shuffling through the hallways with dark circles that looked like she'd gone 12 rounds with a hea...
Maya's vintage dad hat pulled low over her eyes, her armor against the world. Or more specifically, against Jordan, who sat three tables away at Chipotle, looking unfairly good in ...
Maya's first mistake was wearing the fox-print bikini. Second mistake was agreeing to Trevor's sunset dare. "The Sphinx board's totally gnarly at twilight," he'd said, leaning aga...