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“No, no, of course not. It’s really nice, actu- “Oooh, that’s good to know,” Uma smiled.

ally,” Zoey smiled. “It’s nice when Alex’s soccer obsession actu-

The girls each grabbed an orange slice and ally works for us.”

ate them in silence. Alex wasn’t sure what to “Look, guys, I’m sorry,” Alex tried to be

say next. honest. “I know that I can get out of line

“So, how can we score on this goalie, when we lose. I’m trying to work on that.”

Alex?” Sutton asked. “Thanks, we’ve noticed,” Zoey smiled as

“Oh, you don’t need my help,” Alex shook the ref blew the whistle to signal the end of

her head. She didn’t want to get all riled up halftime. “... but we’re gonna try to win this

and make everyone mad again. game anyway.”

“You’re the only reason we beat them last Alex laughed. She wasn’t too concerned

time, come on.” about winning or losing, though. Either way,

So Alex told them about what she’d discov- she was going to ask her new friends to go

ered last time: that if she punted the ball, this out for ice cream after the game, and she was

goalie had trouble blocking the kick. pretty sure they’d say yes.

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