Goldfish at the Finish Line
Maya's legs burned as she rounded the corner, her breath hitching in that way it always did when she was running from something she couldn't name. The track meet ended hours ago, b...
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Maya's legs burned as she rounded the corner, her breath hitching in that way it always did when she was running from something she couldn't name. The track meet ended hours ago, b...
Maya'siphone 13 Pro was supposed to stay in her locker. That was the plan. But plans have a way of exploding during first period, and now she was standing at the edge of the commun...
Maya's vintage baseball cap was basically part of her skull. She'd bought it thrifted, already perfectly faded with a curved brim that framed her face just right. It was her armor,...
Marcus gripped the padel racquet like it was a baseball bat - which was exactly the problem. His fingers, calloused from three summers of varsity baseball, couldn't quite adjust to...
Sixteen and terrified. That's me, standing at the edge of Jake's pool party clutching my dad's old fishing hat like it's a life raft. Underneath? A disaster zone of frizzy brown cu...
The vitamin gummies sat in my backpack like contraband, their neon orange and purple shapes promising something I couldn't quite name. Mom swore they'd help me "focus," but mostly ...
Maya's palms were sweating so bad she could practically water plants with them. She was sixteen, standing in Taylor's backyard, and this was supposed to be THE party of the semeste...
I spotted him across the cafeteria — Chase, the junior varsity quarterback, sitting at the cool table. My hand shook as I adjusted the stupid papaya-colored beanie my abuela had kn...
Maya's hair always smelled like chlorine these days. It was the price of morning swim practice, the 5 AM alarm that sliced through sleep like a knife through butter. But today, sta...
Maya's first day of padel practice at Northwood High was equal parts terrifying and exhilarating. The gym smelled like rubber and ambition, and her racket felt heavier than it had ...
The gummy **vitamin** sat on my tongue, that artificial orange taste I'd been trying to quit since seventh grade. Mom still left them on the counter every morning, like I hadn't gr...
Marcus's hair was doing that thing again—that awkward flippy thing that made him look like he'd just rolled out of bed, except he'd spent twenty minutes with gel trying to fix it. ...