The Bull in the Deep End
Maya's backward snapback was supposed to be her armor. She'd spent forty-five minutes positioning it just right—brim curved, logo perfectly centered—ready for Jackson Thompson's po...
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Maya's backward snapback was supposed to be her armor. She'd spent forty-five minutes positioning it just right—brim curved, logo perfectly centered—ready for Jackson Thompson's po...
Maya's fingers had prune-swollen from three hours of competitive swimming, her body aching in that familiar way that meant she'd pushed too hard again. Coach was already eyeing her...
Maya stood outside Jason's house, clutching her iPhone like a lifeline. The group chat was blowing up—*where r u??* *u coming??*—but she couldn't make her feet move. This was it. H...
Maya's palms were sweating. Like, actually dripping sweat. She wiped them on her denim shorts for the third time, staring at the invite on her phone: **JASON'S POOL PARTY** — Satur...
My hair was a disaster zone. I'd spent forty-five minutes trying to perfect that effortless messy look, but instead achieved actual effort-filled chaos. Great first impression mate...
The hat was a mistake. That was the first thought that crossed Maya's mind as she stood at the edge of Jasmine's pool party, her vintage fedora feeling painfully out of place among...
Maya felt like a zombie. Not the cool, glittery kind from Halloween, but the actual walking dead kind—dragging herself through AP World History, phone permanently fused to her hand...
Maya's iPhone buzzed against her thigh for the third time in five minutes. She slid it out—17 notifications. Her friends were at the mall without her. Again. "Mija, help me with t...
Maya stood at the edge of the pool, clutching her phone like a lifeline. The sophomore year kickback was in full swing—chlorine mixed with cheap body spray, laughter everywhere, an...
Maya's palms were sweating against her iPhone case, leaving little moisture circles on the purple silicone. Three notifications lit up her screen: Be there in 10!, This party is go...
I wasn't supposed to be at Tyler's pool party. I definitely wasn't supposed to be hiding behind the oak tree in his backyard, wearing jeans in ninety-degree heat, watching everyone...
I'd been a spy for three weeks straight. Not the cool, CIA-kind with gadgets andaliases—more like the pathetic kind who watched their ex-best-friend's Instagramstories like they we...