Spinning Away by Jake Maddox

Author:Jake Maddox [Maddox, Jake]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: 978-1-4965-4927-3; 978-1-4965-4929-7; Junior Varsity; girl athlete; physical education; PE; athletics
Publisher: Capstone
Published: 2019-10-03T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 6

DECISIONS

Over the next period of time, Maggie’s entire family grew more and more short-tempered. Instead of greeting each other with, “Good morning,” they simply grunted. The puffy circles under her mother’s eyes were so large they began to resemble bean bag chairs. The long hours in the car were wretched. And training with Coach Bennett made Maggie feel like she was getting painted into the wrong picture all over again.

At practice one morning, Maggie collided with Beatrice from behind. Both girls fell down onto the ice.

“Watch it, Magnolia!” Beatrice hollered, rubbing her elbow.

“You watch it,” Maggie snapped, shoving her sister’s leg off of her own. It wasn’t fair, Beatrice getting everything she wanted. She always got everything she wanted just because she liked the same things their mother liked.

As Maggie went to stand up, she slid a bit. The blade of her skate slipped forward and caught the tender skin on her sister’s shin. They both watched in horror as blood quickly welled up and soaked through Beatrice’s white tights.

“Oh no, Bea,” Maggie said, placing her own gloved hand over the cut, panicking. “I’m so sorry.”

Tears pooled in the corner of Beatrice’s eyes, but she didn’t let them escape. She got up and skated slowly over to Coach Bennett. Years of figure skating had taught them both to be brave when injured.

It was one thing they had in common, at least.

Maggie felt terrible about hurting her sister. She was so exhausted. She couldn’t skate or even think straight. Something had to change.

Maggie slipped away to the locker room and kicked off her skates. She collapsed onto the wooden bench and dropped her head into her hands. Her dad’s face popped into her mind. She needed someone on her side.

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