The Fox and the Firewall
Maya's cat, Professor Whiskers, watched from the windowsill as she paced her room, psyching herself up for the padel tournament. Freshman year at Northwood High had been a series o...
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Maya's cat, Professor Whiskers, watched from the windowsill as she paced her room, psyching herself up for the padel tournament. Freshman year at Northwood High had been a series o...
Maya's palm was sweating against her phone as she stared at the invitation. Pool party at Ashley's. The Ashley. The girl who sat at the top of the school's social pyramid like she ...
The school carnival lights blurred through my tears as I stumbled away from the DJ booth. Mateo had barely glanced up from his phone when I finally worked up the nerve to ask him t...
The tita's living room smelled like papaya and desperation. "You're fourteen now, Mia," Tita Luz announced over the appetizer spread, her voice tight with something I couldn't qu...
The hat was a problem. Specifically, Jake's dad's cringe-worthy fedora that he'd dared to wear to the first **padel** tournament of the season. "You're gonna look like a substitut...
Maya clutched her iPhone like a lifeline, thumbs hovering over her crush's Instagram. Three days since he'd last posted. Was he ghosting her? Was she being totally dramatic? "You ...
Maya's hair frizzed into an undefined shape the moment she stepped outside. Three hours of straightening, vaporized by Florida humidity. She tugged her hood up, scanning the pool p...
Jake's palms were sweating. Like, actually dripping. Which was ironic considering what was about to happen. "You're up," said Maya, tapping her phone against her palm like a micro...
Maya stood at the edge of the Chandler's pool, clutching her solo cup of orange soda like it was a lifeline. This was it — the party of the century, and she was seriously consideri...
Maya pressed her back against the gym wall, clutching her red beanie like a security blanket. The Winter Dance bass thumped in her chest, but not as hard as her heart. Three hours ...
Maya's orange cat, Mango, sat on her windowsill like a fuzzy judgment panel as she agonized over the text. The invite to Jake's padel party had been sitting in her phone for three ...
Maya stared at her reflection in the bathroom mirror, frantically trying to tame the humidity-frizzed disaster that used to be her hair. The junior prom started in two hours, and s...