Hair-Raising Race to the Top
My hair was a disaster—think electrified poodle meets wind tunnel accident. I'd spent two hours trying to perfect the "effortless waves" look that TikTok swore would change my life...
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My hair was a disaster—think electrified poodle meets wind tunnel accident. I'd spent two hours trying to perfect the "effortless waves" look that TikTok swore would change my life...
The pyramid scheme wasn't even technically illegal — it was just a bunch of desperate teens selling mediocre cryptocurrency to even more desperate teens. But I'd sold exactly zero ...
Maya's lungs burned as she kept running, her sneakers slapping against the rubber track. Fifth lap. Just two more to go. Coach Martinez's voice echoed in her head: 'Pain is just we...
Maya dragged her feet toward the school carnival, feeling like a certified zombie after pulling an all-nighter for AP Bio. The spring air smelled like funnel cakes and desperation....
Marcus sat on the roof, legs dangling over the edge, holding a frayed baseball he'd found in the gutter three summers ago. His fingers traced the stitching like they were reading b...
Maya's wrist hurt from the padel racket, but she kept swinging. The popular girls had invited her to play, and she wasn't going to blow her chance to finally belong to their circle...
Marcus's dad had signed him up for summer padel lessons at the country club, which was basically social suicide for someone whose entire wardrobe came from Target. But there was Ch...
Maya's iPhone buzzed in her pocket like a trapped insect, but she ignored it. The party was already three levels past uncomfortable, and she'd spent the last twenty minutes pretend...
I felt like a total zombie as I dragged myself through July, my dad's oversized Padres hat pulled low to hide the rat's nest on top of my head. The humidity was straight-up disresp...
The orange hat was supposed to be my armor. Freshman year at Northwood High, and I'd decided, somewhere between middle school graduation and three sleepless nights of overthinking,...
Maya stared at the orange bottle on the kitchen counter. Vitamin C+ for Dogs, the label read. Her mom, deep in her wellness phase, had accidentally bought pet supplements again. "...
The chlorine smell hit me before I even saw the water. Friday night at the community pool, and somehow I'd gotten dragged into playing designated parent while my friends acted like...