The Vitamin C Incident
Maya's mom had left another multivitamin on the kitchen counter with a sticky note: "For your immune system!" Maya rolled her eyes and pocketed it—she'd need the energy for today's...
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Maya's mom had left another multivitamin on the kitchen counter with a sticky note: "For your immune system!" Maya rolled her eyes and pocketed it—she'd need the energy for today's...
Jordan's charging cable had died three hours into the party, leaving them at 4% and spiraling. The basement of Tyler's house smelled like punch that was definitely mostly fruit jui...
Maya stood by the buffet table, clutching her red Solo cup like a shield. The high school social pyramid stretched before her in all its cruel glory—the seniors at the top, effortl...
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Maya stood at the edge of the padel court, clutching her borrowed racquet like it might save her from drowning. The Monday after school crowd buzzed around her—tournament season wa...
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The goldfish was supposed to live forever, or at least longer than my first week of sophomore year. But there I was, flushing Bubbles down the toilet while my mom hovered in the do...
Maya's bedroom was dark except for the glow of her iPhone screen, where she'd been staring at Sarah's Instagram story for twenty minutes. The photo showed everyone from the squad a...
I was running on fumes. Three hours of sleep, two AP exams, and practice had left me feeling like a straight-up zombie, shuffling through the hallway with my eyes basically taped o...
Maya felt like a zombie—three hours of sleep and a AP Chem test would do that to you. But here she was, at Jessica's house party, clutching a red solo cup like it was a lifeline. ...
Maya adjusted the orange bucket hat, tugging it lower over her forehead. Too much. Everything was too much—the neon fabric, the sticky summer heat, the way everyone at the country ...
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