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extra rehab with some injured players to try to get them back in playing form for the championships.”
    â€œIt’s okay,” Zoey said. “Marcus ordered pizza.”
    â€œMarcus said you have a question for me?” her dad went on.
    Zoey explained that Allie from the Très Chic online feature wanted to meet her at A Stitch inTime. Her dad agreed, as long as he could talk to Allie’s parents first and stay at the fabric store with them during the meet up. “You know, I’m sure if the folks at Très Chic give Allie their seal of approval, there’s nothing to worry about . . . but you can’t be too careful.”
    â€œThanks, Dad!” Zoey said.
    Her dad scanned the room. “What are you two up to?”
    â€œKate’s helping me make accessories for tomorrow,” she said. “You know, for the karaoke competition.”
    Mr. Webber came in and picked up one of the fascinators, but held it upside down.
    â€œWow. This is cool. What is it, exactly?”
    â€œIt’s a fascinator , Dad,” Zoey said.
    â€œWell, that’s absolutely fascinating , but I still don’t understand what it is,” her dad said.
    â€œYou wear it in your hair,” Kate explained.
    Mr. Webber held up the sparkly fascinator to his thinning hairline.
    â€œYou mean like this ?”
    Kate giggled. Zoey rolled her eyes.
    â€œUm . . . no!” she said. “You should stick to baseball hats.”
    â€œRight now, I think I’ll forego hats of any kind,” Zoey’s dad replied, “in favor of a long, hot shower. Good night, girls.”
    He gave Zoey a kiss on the forehead. Zoey was thinking of asking him to wait so she could talk with him when a car horn honked outside. First once, then two more times. When she looked back for her dad, he was gone.
    â€œThat must be my mom,” Kate said. “Time to go . . .”
    â€œThanks for helping me, Kate,” Zoey said. “I wouldn’t have finished otherwise.”
    â€œWe’re a team, right?” Kate said. She waved her nails in Zoey’s face. “A very sparkly team!”

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    Glitter Up, Girls!
    I never thought I’d say this, because IMapleton Prep and I’m usually full of school spirit, but TGIF! I’m sooooo glad Spirit Week is almost over. It hasn’t turned out to be nearly as much fun as I thought it would be. You know when you’ve looked forward to something fora long time, and then it doesn’t quite live up to your expectations? Yup. Like that.
    Maybe today, School Colors Day, will be the day that turns it all around. I’m really happy with how the accessories I made last night (with help from Kate, thank you, sparkly teammate!!) came out. How do you spice up School Colors Day? Add sequins! We found some sequined material in the hat closet at Priti’s house when we were looking at hats. Priti said I could use it, and I tried to work it as little as possible so nothing went to waste, because it’s so beautiful and sparkly! It’ll give our outfits the perfect finishing touch when it’s time for the karaoke competition, don’t you think?
    Now if we can only remember all the dance moves and the words to our song! Wish me—oops! I mean, wish us —luck!
    The entrance to Mapleton Prep was a sea of red and silver when Kate and Zoey got off the bus the next morning.
    Morning classes passed quickly because they were on an abbreviated schedule so the studentscould finish early for the school assembly.
    Kate, Libby, Priti, and Zoey met in the girls’ bathroom before the assembly to get dressed for the karaoke competition. Zoey had a shopping bag full of sparkly accessories to add to their School Colors Day outfits.
    â€œWhat do you think?” she asked, putting a fascinator on Libby first. “Does this look right?”
    â€œPerfect, totally,