Chapter 1 Lots of Sparkle Olive Racie kicked the ball to me and I missed it Like usual Ugh Soccer and I weren't good friends at all I wished I could just stick with gymnastics But my mom and dad said I needed to branch out when the season was over Try something new So I was trying soccer Boy it sure wasn't going well
Coach clapped and yelled It’s okay Olive Get it next time I ran to get the ball for the 800th time Once I stood across from Racie again Coach tried to help Now pass it back to her Olive she said Use the inside of your foot like this She showed me and I drew back my foot and whiffed the ball My face burned I saw Racie try to hide a smile But I tried again and I did it It barely got to Racie but it got there Coach gave me a thumbs-up Then she went to the next pair of kids You’re doing good for your first time Racie said I nodded but I wished that practice would
FINALLY be over My best friend Molly played soccer too in New York I hadn’t told her yet that I’d started playing Soccer would give us one more thing to talk about even though we never ran out of stuff to talk about I touched my necklace the one she’d given me and smiled Coach blew the whistle We were done Racie jogged over to me She put out her hand for a low five Hey seriously she said you did great Thanks Racie I said I’m sorry my passes were so bad She shrugged and patted my shoulder Ugh I saw Dad’s truck in the parking lot He’d told me we had to leave quick after practice We were
