The Salad Bar Strategy
Maya's freshman year had been a disaster. But sophomore year? This was her redemption arc. She had a plan, and it started with the salad bar. "You're actually going to eat that?" ...
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Maya's freshman year had been a disaster. But sophomore year? This was her redemption arc. She had a plan, and it started with the salad bar. "You're actually going to eat that?" ...
Jordan adjusted the borrowed **cable** connecting his bass to the amp, trying to look like he belonged in Maya's garage band practice. The social hierarchy at Northwood High operat...
Maya's phone was at 4%. Three hours into Jessica's house party and she was still hovering near the snack table, nursing a flat soda. The cable connecting her to reality was fraying...
Maya stared at her reflection, the bathroom fluorescent buzzing like an angry hornet. Her hair, formerly a respectable sandy brown, was now violently, aggressively orange. Not the ...
Maya stood at the edge of the pool, clutching her towel like a lifeline. The water sparkled with that perfect Instagram-filter glow, mocking her. Everyone else was already in—laugh...
Maya's palms were practically leaking as she clutched the padel racket, the synthetic grip somehow both too smooth and too rough at the same time. Around her, the Country Club Teen...
Standing at the padel court, my palms were sweating through my racket grip. Again. Tyler—the absolute bull of our sophomore class, all Taurus energy and zero chill—had invited me t...
Maya stared at her reflection, fingers worrying through her frizzy hair again. The curling iron had died mid-section, leaving her looking like she'd stuck a fork in an electrical s...
Maya pressed her back against the lockers, heart doing that stupid fluttery thing it always did when Caleb walked by. She wasn't proud of it, okay? But someone had to document his ...
Maya's dad finally called it — they were cutting the cable. No more background TV noise, which meant she'd actually have to talk to her parents at dinner. But it also meant somethi...
My hair was supposed to be electric blue. That was the plan. Instead, it looked like a zombie had crawled out of a swimming pool and died on my head. The DIY dye job had turned my ...
Maya walked through the halls like a zombie, her third energy drink of the morning failing to kick in. Three hours of sleep would do that to you—thanks, AP History exam. "You look...