Teen Ink

It was 4:15 p.m., and we were going fast – 70 in a 45 zone. “I know the roads … don’t slow down,” I said. There was a red light ahead. So he slowed down. The car came to complete...

A kid. That’s all I am to him: Trapped in my ­under-developed body. I want to scream, but my mouth is dry. *** His words drown together, lost somewhere between his mouth and my ear,...

I was surprised when Ali called and invited me to the movies. We weren’t very good friends, though we orbited in the same social solar system. But Harkins had given her some free tickets to a...