Green in the Teeth, Gold in the Heart
Maya's palms were sweating so much she was practically leaving puddles on her thighs. First period AP Bio, and somehow she'd landed in the seat directly behind Jordan—that Jordan, ...
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Maya's palms were sweating so much she was practically leaving puddles on her thighs. First period AP Bio, and somehow she'd landed in the seat directly behind Jordan—that Jordan, ...
The first week of June, I decided my summer comeback would involve three things: actual hair products, a position on the varsity baseball team, and Maya noticing my existence for t...
The chlorine stung Marcus's eyes as he hovered at the deep end, fingers gripping the pool ladder like a lifeline. Everyone else was either shrieking through chicken fights or showi...
Maya's hair was supposed to be beach waves, but after three hours at the community pool, it looked more like a frizz explosion. She tugged at the strands while watching Liam from b...
Maya's stomach did that awful flip-flop thing every time she passed him in the hallway—Jason, aka the Fox, because the guy could charm his way out of literally anything. Last week ...
Maya's fingers instinctively reached for her iphone before she even opened her eyes, but her hand grasped only wet tile. Chlorine stung her nose as reality flooded back—5:30 AM swi...
Maya's fingers hovered over the keyboard as the ethernet cable connected her laptop to the world. She wasn't hacking anything—she was just... "Researching," she whispered to herse...
Maya's sneakers hit the pavement, her breath coming in sharp bursts. Running was supposed to clear her head, but today it just reminded her of everything she was trying to escape. ...
Maya stood at the edge of the pool deck, fingers nervously twisting the tight coils of her hair. The competitive swim team tryouts were in twenty minutes, and she was the only Blac...
Maya's hair was her security blanket — long, brown, and always in her face. But the summer before freshman year, she chopped it all off into a pixie cut. Her mom cried. Her friends...
Maya clutched her iPhone 12 like a lifeline, the case slick with condensation from the water bottle she'd been nursing for forty-five minutes. Around her, Lake Echo's shoreline buz...
Maya dragged herself through seventh period feeling like actual death. Three nights of final-exam cramming will do that to you. Her best friend Jessie had already texted five times...