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Chapters (24)
  1. Chapter 1
  2. Chapter 2
  3. Chapter 3
  4. Chapter 4
  5. Chapter 5
  6. Chapter 6
  7. Chapter 7
  8. Chapter 8
  9. Chapter 9
  10. Chapter 10
  11. Chapter 11
  12. Chapter 12
  13. Chapter 13
  14. Chapter 14
  15. Chapter 15
  16. Chapter 16
  17. Chapter 17
  18. Chapter 18
  19. Chapter 19
  20. Chapter 20
  21. Acknowledgements
  22. An Excerpt from The Audition
  23. About the Authors
  24. Also by Maddie Ziegler

“Hailey, you’re amazing, but that’s enough!” I said. Someone might come in the room and see this! What if that someone was Miss Vanessa? Or other people auditioning? I didn’t want anyone to think I brought my trophy—and my own crazed superfan—with me! Uh, Mom? A little help here? Where was that dance mom now that I needed her?

“I can’t believe I’m in the same room as Harper!” Hailey was enjoying this way too much. “I luuuuurve you!”

I did what I had to do to get Hailey out of here. For some reason, Hailey hated hugs. So I grabbed her and squeezed her super tight into a bear hug.

“I luuuurve you too,” I said.

“Ack! You’re squashing me! Let me go!”

“Only if you take that trophy back to the car,” I said.

The door opened and I gasped. Fortunately, it was just my mother.

“Hailey, where did you go? Are you two wrestling? And can you tell me why you wanted to bring Harper’s trophy in here?” my mom asked. “You know what, I don’t even want to know anymore.”

“Mom, we gotta go back to the car! Quick!” Hailey said. I loosened my grip, and Hailey picked up the trophy and raced out the door.

So sweet. But so potentially embarrassing.

I sat down on the floor and did some leg stretches. The door opened again, and this time a girl came in. She had her black hair in a bun at the nape of her neck and was wearing a black halter-style leotard. She was looking at her phone and didn’t see me.

“11:11,” she said to herself.

“Make a wish!” I blurted out. I would have felt stupid about eavesdropping, except the girl said, “Make a wish!” exactly the same time I did. We both laughed.

“Close your eyes,” the girl said.

I closed my eyes. Of course my wish was that my audition would go well and I’d make the competition team. When I opened my eyes, the girl was opening hers, too.

“Hope our wishes come true,” I said.

“Me too,” the girl said. “Sorry to barge in on you, by the way. They told me to come and cool down from my audition. Oh, just so you know? The audition’s not too bad.”

I let out a big sigh of relief.

The door opened again.

“Harper, Vanessa is ready for you.”

About the Authors

About the Authors