Zombie State of Mind
I'd been scrolling my **iphone** since 3 AM, so when 7:45 AM rolled around, I was definitely operating in **zombie** mode. My **cat**, Mochi, decided this was the perfect time to k...
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I'd been scrolling my **iphone** since 3 AM, so when 7:45 AM rolled around, I was definitely operating in **zombie** mode. My **cat**, Mochi, decided this was the perfect time to k...
Alex shuffled through the hallway like a zombie, which was honestly appropriate considering he'd spent the entire weekend at a gaming tournament. His eyes burned, his brain felt li...
Maya felt like a goldfish in a bowl—constantly observed, never truly seen. Her phone was the only window to a world where she mattered, where she could slide into other people's li...
The solo cup of lukewarm **orange** soda felt ridiculous in my hand. Riley's basement party was exactly what I'd expected — too loud, too crowded, way too many people trying way to...
Maya's summer was supposed to be about transformation — new look, new vibe, new her. But standing at the country club entrance, wearing a skirt that felt too short and confidence t...
Liam's phone buzzed with the text he'd been dreading all week: pool party at Tyler's. You coming? He stared at his ceiling. Tyler's house meant the actual pool, the one Liam had ...
Maya's phone died at 11:47. Right when Emma's house party was actually getting interesting. She'd been spending the last two hours feeling like a zombie—half-alive, drifting throu...
Marcus stood at the edge of the community pool, toes curling against the warm concrete. His best friend, Kai, was already doing cannonballs off the diving board, splash radius impr...
I'm standing at the edge of the pool, toes curled against the concrete, while everyone else is already in the water. Maya's laughing at something Jake said, her hair slicked back l...
Maya'd earned the nickname "Fox" in seventh grade after outsmarting the entire gifted program by turning in a blank test with a note explaining how the questions were flawed. Now, ...
Marcus stared at the reflection, his fingers tangling in curls that had somehow tripled in volume overnight. The stupid hair vitamins his abuela swore by—"they make you strong, mij...
Maya's friendship with Chloe felt like climbing a pyramid—impressive from afar, exhausting up close. Chloe sat at the top of the freshman social pyramid, the kind of girl who made ...