Orange Roots, Best Spies
Maya pressed her back against the lockers, phone clutched in her hand like contraband. She wasn't proud of it—okay, maybe a little proud—but her feed had become an accidental spy o...
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Maya pressed her back against the lockers, phone clutched in her hand like contraband. She wasn't proud of it—okay, maybe a little proud—but her feed had become an accidental spy o...
Maya's palms were sweating. Like, actually dripping onto her phone screen, making the iPhone case slippery enough to launch across the room if she sneezed. Which would be fine, rea...
Jordan stood by the bonfire, clutching a red plastic cup like it was a lifeline. The ocean crashed behind them, waves glowing phosphorescent in the darkness. Summer parties were su...
Maya's vitamin gummies stared back at her from the kitchen counter, a judgmental rainbow of wellness she couldn't bring herself to swallow. Her mom had bought them last week—"for y...
Maya's orange hair was supposed to be her signature look—vibrant, confident, unapologetic. But standing at the edge of Jessica's pool party, watching everyone splash and laugh, she...
Marcus stood at the edge of the pool, clutching his cup like it contained radioactive waste instead of what his mom called "the ultimate health boost." Inside: papaya, spinach, pro...
Maya stared at her reflection, fingers running through her newly chopped **hair**. The pixie cut her mom said was "sophisticated" now looked more like she'd stuck her finger in an ...
The invitation said pool party at 7, but Maya stood at the gate for twenty minutes, gripping her phone like a lifeline. Across the yard, kids from her sophomore class clustered aro...
Maya's hair was doing that thing again—static-frizz halo like she'd stuck her fork in an electrical socket. She tugged her beanie down, praying nobody noticed the disaster happenin...
The sun beat down on my neck as I stood frozen at the baseline, my padel racket suddenly feeling like a foreign object. Across the net, Chase and Skylar — the undisputed royalty of...
The summer before sophomore year, I spent three weeks hiding under a bucket hat. Massive disaster: I'd asked my sister to trim my hair, and she'd left me looking like I'd lost a fi...
Maya's palms were sweating so hard she could practically water plants with them. Standing at the edge of Jake's pool party, she watched everyone else living their best lives while ...