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The party was already in full swing when Maya arrived at the Lopez family's pool. She'd spent forty-five minutes perfecting her mascara and convincing herself that yes, she could a...
The party was already dead when I arrived, or maybe that was just me. Fifteen years old and I still felt like a **zombie** going through the motions of social existence. My beanie ...
The kitchen reeked of cheap vodka and something burning. I pressed my back against the refrigerator, nursing a flat orange soda that was probably older than my problems. Somewhere ...
Maya stood at the edge of Jessica Carson's above-ground pool, clutching her solo cup of flat soda like it was a lifeline. The water rippled below her, reflecting fairy lights strun...
Maya pulled her beanie down to her eyebrows, the hat's brim shadowing eyes that hadn't truly slept since finals week began. Being sixteen meant operating at 70% battery while perfo...
The cable guy had left in a hurry, leaving a mess of wires dangling from our apartment building like forgotten party streamers. I was sixteen, bored, and home alone when I noticed ...
Maya's hair frizzed in the humidity, exactly how she didn't want to look when *he* might see her. She tugged a strand behind her ear and peered through the chain-link fence like a ...
Marcus's vintage fedora had been his armor since seventh grade—a quirky signature that said I don't care what you think, even when he absolutely did. But this sophomore year, somet...
The summer before sophomore year, my cousin Marcus roped me into his latest "business venture" — selling pH-balanced water at baseball tournaments. "It's a pyramid, Jake, but you'r...
Maya stared at her reflection, hands shaking. Her hair had zero chill today—a frizzy cloud of rebellion that refused to straighten, no matter how much product she'd nuked it with. ...
Chloe's palms were sweating. Again. Not the cute, glistening dew you see in rom-coms—we're talking full-on slip-and-slide disaster mode. "You nervous about the padel tournament?" ...
I navigated the freshman hallway like a zombie, running on three hours of sleep and pure panic. My first week at Northwood High, and I'd already managed to become invisible—which w...