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over.
    Alex was too far away to hear what Coach Jen was saying to the girls, but the talk was brief, and soon the eighth-grade captains were leading the group through a series of stretches. Coach Jen and her assistant stood to one side, talking with each other and consulting the clipboard. The high school girls stood in a small group, chatting and laughing.
    Next the girls were divided into three groups. Alex could see that the coach for Ava’s group was Kylie’s older sister. What was her name?Yvette! That was it. Alex watched the groups practice the cheer they’d been asked to learn for the clinic. She yawned. Ava was doing great. She looked like one of the more coordinated girls out there. Still, Alex thought, is it really necessary that I observe the whole afternoon? If her sister did make first cuts, and Alex had to come back for practice tomorrow, she was sure Ava could teach her the routines. She found a cozy-looking niche in a corner where some exercise mats were stacked, sat down, and pulled out A Tale of Two Cities , which she was reading for her advanced English class.

CHAPTER
Six
    Two hours passed quickly. Alex finished a chapter, put away her book, and went back to her lookout post to see what was going on. Everyone was lining up for the final routine. The coaches and high school cheerleaders were sitting in the bleachers, watching. Where was Ava?
    Alex spotted her, second from the left. It was a little eerie, how much Ava looked like her at that moment. Her ponytail was still pinned securely in place, although Alex noted that Ava had flipped up the waistband on her shorts. Oh well—Alex had asked a lot of her. At least she was remembering to smile.
    The music started. The girls began the dance.It was an upbeat, popular song, one that you couldn’t resist dancing to when you heard it. Alex moved her feet as she watched the girls step, step, step, twirl. Check mark left, check mark right, V-pose. Then a mambo-cha-cha-cha, turn around, and do it again. Ava was excellent. Alex marveled at how confidently she nailed every step. She bounced up and down with excitement. And was it her imagination, or was Rosa glaring at Ava out of the corner of her eye?
    After the routine, she watched the girls demonstrate jumps. Ava did a hurdle, a pike, and a toe touch. She was awesome at all three.

    Tommy picked them up right at five o’clock, at the side door of the gym.
    â€œHow’d it go?” he asked them, as Alex slid into the front seat and Ava into the back. Ava had called shotgun, but Alex argued it was more believable that she—pretending to be Ava—would be sitting in the front.
    Alex noticed that Ava’s face was flushed and her eyes were shining. She knew that look. Her sister loved competing, no matter what the sport.“I thought she looked fantastic,” said Alex. She turned toward Ava. “How do you think you did?”
    â€œWell, except for the fact that my mouth is paralyzed into a permanent frozen smile, I think it went pretty well,” said Ava. “They’re posting the results online at seven tonight.”
    Tommy was shaking his head. “I can’t believe you guys got away with this. You’re so lucky Mom and Coach didn’t offer to come get you. They were in the middle of interviewing Luke.”
    â€œWho’s Luke?” asked Alex.
    â€œLuke Grabowski. He’s my friend who’s applying for the tutoring job in the Sackett household, remember?”
    â€œOh yeah. My tutor,” muttered Ava. “I’m really looking forward to that happening.” The Sacketts had recently found out that Ava had ADHD, and they were trying to find someone to help her with homework a few nights a week.
    They parked in the driveway. “I’ll go in and make sure they’re still with Luke,” said Tommy. “You two might want to switch back before you go inside. You know Mom won’t be fooled for a second by your