Mascot Misadventures
I never thought I'd be that girl — the one hiding behind the bleachers during lunch, basically playing spy to figure out why my best friend had been ghosting me for two weeks strai...
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I never thought I'd be that girl — the one hiding behind the bleachers during lunch, basically playing spy to figure out why my best friend had been ghosting me for two weeks strai...
The baseball cap wouldn't sit right. Maya tugged at the brim again, trying to look like she belonged at Jake's game instead of like she'd rather be literally anywhere else. The ble...
The cafeteria noise hit me like a physical wave as I scanned the room for Maya. My former best friend sat at the popular table today, laughing at something Jake said. God, I'd been...
The pool party was supposed to be lit, but honestly? I was basically a **zombie** moving through the motions, ghosting through the crowd with my solo cup filled with tap water beca...
Maya stood at the bottom of the cafeteria social pyramid, watching Brianna and her minions at the top table like they were royalty. Three months into sophomore year, and Maya still...
Maya's palms were sweating so much she could barely grip the red Solo cup. The Friday night house party was loud, bass vibrating through her chest, and she was three seconds from b...
My hair was supposed to be caramel highlights. Instead, I looked like a striped badger. Three hours in the salon chair, and now I had to face Taylor's pool party looking like a war...
Marcus stood at the plate, baseball bat in his hands, feeling like a total zombie. Third night in a row he'd been up until 2 AM finishing that history project, and now Coach Davis ...
My dad's new country club membership was supposed to be this whole 'fresh start' thing, which really just meant awkward Saturdays by the pool while he networked with people who sai...
Maya shoved her tray across the scarred cafeteria table, trying to look casual. Which was impossible when you had bright **orange** hair and had just discovered **spinach** wedged ...
I never thought I'd spend my Saturday dodging a pyramid scheme at Tyler's pool party, but here we were. Jake, Tyler's older brother, cornered me near the refreshments with that loo...
Maya stood at the edge of the pool, clutching her phone like it was a life raft. The annual block party. The worst night of the summer. "Hey! Earth to Maya!" Jenna waved from the ...