THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT

A modern update of the '90s cult classic movie Empire Records, THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT takes place on the first day of summer as three teens - a booktuber, an aspiring poet, and a girl living through her Britney moment - set out to save their dying local bookstore.

Imogen Azar screeched to a halt.
Her back tired skidded in protest, but the rest of her scooter stayed upright. She had misjudged the distance to the curb by a good five feet. So she'd had to pull up on the breaks hard in order to not accidentally crash through the window of the bookstore where she worked.
Typical. Just typical.
Imogen swung her leg over the moped. It wasn't even a real bike. Just a dinky old kawasaki that got the job done. Got her from Point A to Point B. Though, in the summer, it got her to Point B with considerably more sweat on her body than she would have wanted.
She could feel the sweat already trickling down her armpits. But Imogen wore a leather jacket, weather be damned. Because no matter how reckless she was feeling, road rash was on her list of hard no's for the entire rest of her life. She'd only gotten it once while she was learning and that was one time too many.
Imogen didn't bother taking her helmet off. She grabbed her bag out of the stash compartment in the scooter, then headed into work. She slammed the door behind her and saw that Little Miss Perfect, the self-appointed Coolest Girl on the Planet, and that soft, intellectual Art Boy were all already there. All three of them were staring at her.

Aminah Mae Safi is a Muslim-American writer who explores art, fiction, feminism, and film. She's the winner of the We Need Diverse Books short story contest. She lives in Los Angeles, California, with her partner and two cats. She is the author of NOT THE GIRLS YOU'RE LOOKING FOR (Feiwel and Friends) and the forthcoming and TELL ME HOW YOU REALLY FEEL (Feiwel and Friends, June 2019).