The Goldfish Summer
Maya's shift at Pet Paradise wasn't exactly how she'd pictured spending her summer before sophomore year, but hey, at least it paid for the new iPhone case she'd been eyeing. The o...
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Maya's shift at Pet Paradise wasn't exactly how she'd pictured spending her summer before sophomore year, but hey, at least it paid for the new iPhone case she'd been eyeing. The o...
The invitation said "pool party" but Maya's brain heard "social execution." She stood by the edge of the crystal-blue water, clutching her orange soda like it was a lifeline. Acros...
The first thing you notice about Brianna's pool party is that everyone's playing padel. Like, actually playing. Not the backyard tennis your cousin plays with a rusty racket and a ...
Max's bathroom mirror stared back like a judgmental ex. At 2 AM before the first day of sophomore year, his hair looked like a radioactive highlighter exploded on his head. The box...
Marcus stood at the edge of the pool, clutching his phone like a lifeline. The screen displayed 47 unread messages and three missed calls from Jordan, his supposed best friend who'...
Maya's hair was supposed to be sunset copper. Instead, it came out traffic-cone orange. "Like a literal fox," her brother had snorted from the doorway, already scrolling past her h...
My fedora hat was supposed to be my armor. Junior year transformation plan: new hat, new me. I'd spent the entire summer watching Kai from across the cafeteria like a total spy, ca...
Marcus's mom had gone full wellness influencer over the summer. The kitchen counter looked like a pharmacy aisle — bottles of vitamin D, zinc, magnesium, and some sketchy probiotic...
Maya stood by the resort pool, clutching her oversized sun **hat** like a shield. Her mom had dragged the whole family to Paradise Cove for "quality time" — which really meant Maya...
Maya's palms were sweating as she stood outside Kyle's house, the bass from the music vibrating through her sneakers. This was it—the first party of sophomore year, and she was fin...
My palms were literally dripping onto my math homework. Again. "You good?" Maya whispered from across the table, genuinely concerned instead of laughing at me like her friends wou...
My palms were sweating so much I could barely grip the starting line. Again. Everyone else looked calm, stretching like they actually knew what they were doing, while I was busy ha...