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How come they’re all friends with each other you wanted to talk to them,” Coach Melissa
and not me? she questioned. reasoned. “You do usually keep to yourself,
“What’s going on in that head of yours?” Alex. And when you do talk to them, you ...”
Coach Melissa interrupted Alex’s thoughts. Coach Melissa trailed off like she was
“Nothing,” Alex tried to appear cool. about to say something awkward. Alex rec-
Coach Melissa followed Alex’s eyes and ognized that, so she began to think of her
noticed the group of girls. They were still past interactions with Zoey, Uma and Sutton.
laughing and talking. “Why don’t you go join It didn’t take her long to go over all their past
them?” she suggested. conversations in her head. There hadn’t been
“No,” Alex shut down that idea immediate- many, but those they did have, Alex didn’t
ly. “They don’t want to be friends with me.” come off looking so good.
“What do you mean?” “I was mean to them,” she admitted.
“Well, they saw me over here. They could “You were hard on them,” Coach Melissa
have waved me over, but they didn’t.” countered. “You’re hard on yourself when we
“Maybe they thought you’d come over if lose, too. But when you’re like that with other
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