Then Zane called us back to continue the shoot, and we did a bunch of other more static shots. Sabine holding the soccer ball. Me sitting on a bench, lacing my shoes, while Sabine propped one foot on the edge of the bench like she was talking to me. Then we changed into leggings and tank tops and did it all again. I remembered Sabine’s advice, that they were taking a ton of shots of every pose. So I just tried to go with it and have faith that there were some great shots in the bunch.

“Okay, that’s a wrap!” Zane called out. “Thank you, girls. You did a great job.”

I changed back into my own clothes, and when I checked my cell phone, I was surprised to see it was after six o’clock.

“Wow, that went fast,” I told Mom as we left the building.

Mom yawned. “Not for me. That was a long afternoon.”

Sabine waved to us from her mom’s car. “Bye, Devin! Hope we get to work together again!”

“Bye!” I called back.

“So, what do you think, Devin?” Mom asked. “Would you want to do it again?”

I had to think about that. “I’m not sure,” I said. “It was interesting, seeing how it all worked, and it was fun getting to know Sabine. But I don’t think they’d want me to do it again. I couldn’t figure out how to smile! And I don’t think Zane liked it when I kept correcting him about the soccer stuff.”

“Devin, you have the most beautiful smile in the whole world!” Mom said.

“Of course you think that. You’re my mom,” I said. Then I gave her one of the closed-mouth smiles Zane had asked me to do. “It’s goofy, right?” I asked. “I mean, I feel goofy when I’m doing it.”

Mom laughed. “Okay, maybe that smile is a little silly,” she agreed. “But I think you did great, Devin. I really do. I saw some of your photos on the screen. They looked really great.”

“Uh-huh,” I said, and I looked at my goofy smile in the mirror. I wasn’t so sure.

It’s a good thing I don’t want to be a professional model! I thought. At least, now I can concentrate on soccer again!

Chapter Seven

“Devin, concentrate!”

Jessi’s voice snapped me out of my head and back into the warm-up for the Kicks game against the Bolts. Coach Flores had us taking turns in two pairs. Jessi and I were one pair, and Frida and Anna were another. Jessi and I were the attackers. We had to keep possession of the ball for thirty seconds while Frida and Anna attempted to steal it from us.