Palm Shadows at Midnight
The party was supposed to be legendary. Everyone said Jake's pool gatherings were the highlight of sophomore year, the kind of event that could make or break your social standing b...
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The party was supposed to be legendary. Everyone said Jake's pool gatherings were the highlight of sophomore year, the kind of event that could make or break your social standing b...
Maya's palms were sweating so bad she could practically water plants with them. Which would've been convenient, actually, since she was stuck working the register at Pet Paradise w...
Maya dragged herself out of bed at 4:45 AM, practically a zombie before her first cup of coffee. Third week of varsity swimming season, and her body was screaming what the actual h...
The vitamin D gummies stared back at me from my mom's kitchen counter, shaped like little bears and promising to transform me into someone capable. "You joining the padel team or ...
Maya's palms wouldn't stop sweating. She stood in front of the bathroom mirror, applying her third layer of deodorant before the Spring Fling. Her mom's voice echoed from downstair...
The cafeteria hummed with its usual Friday energy - clattering trays, laughter bouncing off walls, the collective exhale of a week done. I sat picking at my spinach, the green leav...
Maya's phone buzzed with another text from Sarah. U coming? The party starts at 8. Maya stared at herself in the bathroom mirror, dark circles under her eyes from finals week. She...
The pool party was everything Maya dreaded — too much skin, too much confidence, and way too many people who seemed to know exactly who they were. She lingered by the snack table, ...
My cat Binx was the only one who saw me at 3 AM, bleaching my hair for the third time because the first attempt turned it the color of a traffic cone instead of the vibrant orange ...
Jordan's lungs burned at that familiar spot—mile four of the trail, where the woods got dense and the path curved uphill. They hated running. No, scratch that. They hated how every...
Maya pressed herself against the lockers, phone clutched in sweaty palms. From her vantage point, she could spy on Jake and his friends at the cafeteria table without being noticed...
Maya's beanie was sliding off again. She tugged it down, feeling like a fraud. Freshman year wasn't supposed to feel like this—isolated in hallways filled with people who'd known e...