The Goldfish Promise
Maya's **hair** was supposed to be caramel highlights. Instead, it was the color of a traffic cone — bright, screaming **orange**. "No, no, NO," she whispered at her bathroom mirr...
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Maya's **hair** was supposed to be caramel highlights. Instead, it was the color of a traffic cone — bright, screaming **orange**. "No, no, NO," she whispered at her bathroom mirr...
My first day at FoodTown and I'd already managed to knock over a display of organic oranges while reaching for a papaya. The oranges rolled everywhere like a chaotic game of pinbal...
Marcus pulled his **baseball** cap low, the brim shadowing eyes that refused to meet anyone's gaze. Fifteen and already exhausted by the performance—that's what his dad called it. ...
Marcus's best friend Devon had the worst ideas. Seriously. The man had literally zero chill. "You're doing it," Devon said, shoving the bulldog costume into Marcus's locker. "Fres...
Maya's vintage thrift-store **hat** was her armor. The wide-brimmed black fedora wasn't just an accessory—it was her entire personality, the thing that made her stand out in the ha...
My life was divided into two parts: before the goldfish incident, and after. I was crushing hard on Maya—who happened to be the best padel player at school. Meanwhile, I was coord...
Leo's hands shook as he arranged the vitamin bottles at the supplement shop where he worked after school. His crush, Maya, walked in every Tuesday at exactly 4:15, always buying th...
Maya's hands trembled as she pulled the beanie down over her newly-dyed hair. Lightning bolts of electric blue now shot through her dark brown curls—a total vibe check violation at...
Marcus stood at the edge of the community pool, clutching his mom's Tupperware container like it was radioactive. Inside sat three giant vitamin pills and a chunk of papaya that lo...
Maya's first week at Northwood High felt like walking through a minefield blindfolded. Between finding her locker without looking like a total lost cause and trying to figure out t...
Chloe's first mistake was letting Maya talk her into joining the softball team. Her second mistake was showing up to practice with her hair dyed the color of Kool-Aid disaster—brig...
Marcus stood at the bottom of the sophomore pyramid—socially invisible, academically average, and about to do something incredibly dumb. "Dude, you're actually gonna do it?" Tyler...