Lena and I changed in the supply closet and I noticed that the bin of basketballs was sitting right where the volleyballs used to be—and the volleyballs were gone. I hoped this was the work of a flock of volleyball-loving penguins called to play snow volleyball out on the field, but I knew the truth. “Oh, no,” I moaned. “Did you forget your gym clothes?” Lena asked. I shook my head. “Volleyball. Game of death.” “Really? I kind of like it. I’ll help you out.” But of course Ms. Wickersham split us up. And it wasn’t just that Lena was on another team. No, her team was playing on a completely different court. And who was on my team? Why, Melinda, Charlotte, and Coco, of course, plus Lucas, which would have been fine, only he was even worse at volleyball than me, so it wasn’t like he could help me out and cover for me. It didn’t take long for the other team to figure out that we were the weak points, and soon they were firing every serve and spike our way. “It’s like the balls are magnetically attracted to us,”
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