When the Water Didn't Wash It Away
The summer before junior year, Marco learned that sometimes you have to become a little dead inside to survive. The Friday night pool party at Jessica's house was supposed to be l...
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The summer before junior year, Marco learned that sometimes you have to become a little dead inside to survive. The Friday night pool party at Jessica's house was supposed to be l...
Marcus gripped the phone cable, his knuckles white. Outside, the bull snorted, massive and unpredictable, while Liam adjusted his phone camera, eyes manic with the need for content...
Maya felt like a total creep. She'd been scrolling through Kiara's Instagram for forty-five minutes at 2 AM, analyzing every story like some kind of social FBI agent. Maya called i...
Maya's hair had always been her safety blanket — long, straight, perfectly blending in with the background at Westwood High. But today, standing in her bathroom with DIY bleach and...
The text from Maya's phone glowed orange against her bedroom ceiling. 3:47 AM. Again. "You're losing it," she whispered to herself, though her pet goldfish Bubbles seemed to disag...
The phone buzzed for the third time, but I ignored it. Outside my window, the streetlamp flickered like it was deciding whether to give up completely. "You coming?" Sam's text rea...
Maya stared at the Tupperware container like it contained radioactive waste. Her mom's voice echoed in her head: "It's loaded with vitamin K and iron, honey. For the meet." The sw...
Maya's hair was supposed to be beach waves for the spring formal. Instead, she looked like she'd stuck her finger in an electrical socket. The curling iron had betrayed her, leavin...
Maya stared at her reflection in the bathroom mirror, the harsh fluorescent lighting catching the chaos she'd made of her hair. The box said 'Sunset Orange,' but honestly? It looke...
Maya's vintage thrift store **hat** sat crooked on her head, part of her curated aesthetic she'd spent months perfecting. It was the third day of sophomore year, and she was determ...
The first day of summer swim practice and I looked like a human Q-tip. My mom had convinced me to get my hair cut—"just a trim, Maya, it'll grow out"—and now I was rocking what cou...
Maya's palms wouldn't stop sweating. Like, literally dripping onto her ripped black skinny jeans as she leaned against the bleachers, watching him skate. He'd been christened "Fox...