Breathless
The bass from Marcus's speakers shook the windows, but I couldn't feel it. Not really. Three weeks after the incident that everyone whispered about but no one mentioned, I was stil...
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The bass from Marcus's speakers shook the windows, but I couldn't feel it. Not really. Three weeks after the incident that everyone whispered about but no one mentioned, I was stil...
Kai's thumbs were practically vibrating as they scrolled through the 47th TikTok of the night. The cable bill was overdue again, which meant the home WiFi was moving at glacial spe...
Marcus stood by the **orange** inflatable cooler, regretting everything. His cousin Jessica's graduation pool party felt like a social minefield, and Marcus was the guy stepping on...
Marcus's palms were sweating before he even stepped onto the pool deck. Summer camp at Lake Pine wasn't exactly how he'd planned to spend July, but his mom had signed him up for "s...
I stood in front of the full-length mirror, my beanie pulled down to my eyebrows. Okay, so maybe calling it a fox hat was being dramatic—it was just orange with little ear things—b...
The social pyramid at Northwood High was simple: you were either at the top, climbing it, or crushed beneath it. I was definitely in the crushed category, which was exactly why I w...
Standing at the community pool's edge, Riley felt like she was facing a sphinx—some ancient, impossible riddle she couldn't solve. Everyone else was swimming, laughing, acting like...
Maya transferred to Northwood High two weeks into sophomore year and already felt like a **zombie**—three nights of staying up till 2AM reorganizing her Instagram aesthetic to look...
Maya's phone buzzed during third period. Another DM from @sunnyv Fox — the mysterious girl who'd been reposting Maya's swimming photos all week. "Your form is insane," read the l...
Maya's thumbs moved like lightning across her phone screen at 2:47 AM. She'd been doing this for three hours straight—stalking Rachel's Instagram like a total social media spy. Rac...
Maya pressed her palm against the cool glass of her phone, sweat making the screen slippery. The Instagram profile stared back at her — @goldfish_queen, posted exactly three times,...
Maya's mom stood in the kitchen doorway, holding out the orange bottle like it was some kind of life-altering revelation. "Your vitamin D levels are literally non-existent, Maya. ...