The Sphinx by the Pool
Maya smoothed her tank top for the hundredth time, eyeing the crowd around Jake's inground pool like it was a minefield. Summer parties were supposed to be chill, but somehow she a...
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Maya smoothed her tank top for the hundredth time, eyeing the crowd around Jake's inground pool like it was a minefield. Summer parties were supposed to be chill, but somehow she a...
Maya gripped her iPhone so hard her knuckles turned white. Party. Jake's house. Pool. The text from Jake glowed on her screen: a bear emoji. Just a bear. Their thing. "You coming...
My legs burned like I'd been running through actual fire, not just the dreaded Hill of Death behind the high school. Coach Morrison—aka The Bear for his legendary temper and growli...
Marcus stood on the pitcher's mound, sweat dripping down his temple. Another strikeout. The baseball team's star pitcher, and suddenly he couldn't find the zone if his life depende...
Maya had spent forty-five minutes crafting the perfect halo braid, the kind that sat at the top of the hair pyramid according to TikTok. But when she walked into Stevenson's party,...
The chlorine stung my eyes, but I kept them open anyway. Floating in the **pool**, I watched from the water as they played **baseball** on the lawn above. Tyler's crew—rich kids wi...
I used to be the baseball guy. That was my whole identity freshman year — the pitcher with the wicked curveball, the one coaches actually noticed. Then came the elbow injury, the s...
I felt like a total spy, lurking behind the potted plant on the patio, phone clutched in my sweating hand. Three weeks of watching Kylie's stories, analyzing her captions, basicall...
The hat was my mom's idea. A wide-brimmed straw thing that made me look like I should be gardening, not standing at the country club pool where Chloe Martinez and her clique were h...
Marcus's summer job at the tropical fruit market was supposed to be chill. Just him, some exotic produce, and enough savings to finally upgrade his phone before junior year. He had...
The lightning crackled across the sky, perfectly matching the chaos in my stomach. I adjusted my cap for the fiftieth time, trying to look like I belonged on the baseball field ins...
Maya's brain felt like zombie mush after three hours of calculus. She grabbed the HDMI cable from her backpack, fingers fumbling. The livestream crew was counting on her to set up ...