The Last Game at Sunset Padel
The first week of July, my dad won a goldfish at the county fair. We named him Admiral Bubblepants because I was fifteen and thought I was hilarious. He lived in a bowl on my night...
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The first week of July, my dad won a goldfish at the county fair. We named him Admiral Bubblepants because I was fifteen and thought I was hilarious. He lived in a bowl on my night...
Maya's fingers hovered over her iPhone, the glow illuminating her face in the darkness of her bedroom. Still no text from Kai. It had been three hours since the incident at the bas...
The social pyramid at Northwood High had me at the bottom, crushing weight of invisibility making it hard to breathe some days. My former friend Quinn floated at the top now, part ...
Maya stood at the edge of the pool, clutching her towel like a lifeline. The August heat shimmered off the concrete, but inside, she felt frozen. Everyone else was already swimming...
Maya stared at her reflection in the bathroom mirror, her phone buzzing like an angry **zombie** on the counter. Sophie's house party had started twenty minutes ago, and she was st...
Maya's hands shook as she held the electric blue dye over her bathroom sink. Her natural curls had always been safe, predictable—just like her life. Just like her friend group, hon...
Maya's fedora hat sat pulled low over her eyes, a deliberate barrier between her and the world. She'd bought it at Urban Outfitters thinking it made her look mysterious and artsy, ...
Alex's life had become a series of carefully curated performances. First, the spinach smoothies every morning because TikTok said they'd fix his skin. Then the padel lessons becaus...
Maya's braces had become her personal spinach magnet. She'd spent the entire party avoiding the spinach puffs, which was unfortunate because they were literally the only vegan opti...
Maya's hands trembled as she adjusted the ridiculous top hat perched on her curls. It was her older brother's costume piece from his theater phase, black velvet with a peacock feat...
The ethernet cable lay tangled across my floor like a dead snake, a reminder that my internet had been dead for three days. Perfect timing for Jake's legendary pool party. "You're...
Maya's phone buzzed with another text from Chelsea. Pool party. Saturday. BRING IT. She stared at her reflection. The orange bikini she'd bought on sale—partially because it was o...