Smallara

Kayla carefully carried Kelli back toward her skateboard, each step deliberate and steady. As they walked, Kelli couldn’t help but notice Talisa stealing glances at her, barely concealing her excitement.…

“I can try, Kelli. Just tell me what I can do,” Kayla said softly, her voice tinged with desperation as she knelt down, trying to meet Kelli’s eyes. Talisa came…

The world whizzed by in a blur of motion and noise, but Kelli was starting to feel bold. She sat up straighter now, growing more confident with every smooth turn.…

The world felt infinitely larger to Kelli now, overwhelmingly vast, towering, and indifferent. Everything she once knew, once took for granted, had been made irrelevant by the disease that shrank…