Chapter One

Hey my name is Amelia Andi Hart but my friends call me either Amy or Andi though it's mostly Andi. There's another Amy in our group and it would be confusing to have two people respond everytime someone says Amy. Anyway I'm 14 and a freshman in Whitney High School. I have an older brother named Alex whose 16 and a younger sister named Audrey whose 5. Yeah my mom has a thing for names starting with an A because she apparently wanted all of her kids to have something in common.

Let me introduce my friends to you so you know who i'm talking about. Let's start with Amelia or the other amy. Let me tell you one thing though she is very protective of all of us especially Emma who is the youngest and shyest one in our group. Amy is in almost every sport that she's allowed to do.

Emmalyn or Emma well to put it she's out smart girl. We can always turn to her if we ever need help understanding anything. She is also the most sensitive of us to and comments that others might make. She is also the youngest in our group. So you can see why all of us are very protective of her.

Jessica or Jess is a very good dancer. She could put Madonna to shame. Yes she's seriously that good. She also has very good grades considering the amount of dance practices she has because she's on the Whitney High Dance Team. Another thing about her is that she won't take any nonsense from anyone even the jocks.

Alexis or Alex she's the competitive one in the group. She can turn anything into a contest.Alex is also on the swim team, i honestly don't know how she gets herself into the pool in winter. She is also very brutally honest, it can be a pain at times. Hadley often has to remind her that not everyone is used to people being that honest.

Hadley is the oldest of our group being 15 while the rest of us are only 14. She is amazing at Basketball and is the captain of the varsity team. She's the one that the rest of us go to for advice about life and what to do when we're confused.

Rebecca or Becca she's the last person in our group. She's also the dramatic one. She's in theatre she's in so many plays that i have a hard time trying to catch her to talk. Trust her to turn everything into a production. She's very overdramatic !

So today is volleyball tryouts and i'm trying to make Varsity or atleast Junior Varsity. " Hey guys i'm so nervous about tryouts after school!" i exclaimed

" you'll do fine!" said Jess

" If you believe in yourself then you can do it Andi" assured Hadley

After many more assurances of that sort i headed off to tryouts after school. "Alright girls form two lines facing each other and we are going to do a couple of drills to see how good you are. Start volleying with the person across from you when i blow the whistle" and "PhWeeeeeeeee!" came the shrill sound of the whistle and we started. Coach Ambers walked around the gym taking notes and she came up to my partner and i and said that we were doing a good job.

" Hey i'm Andi and you are?" i said

" hey yourself i'm Valerie but my friends call me Val" and with that we added another person to our group. It was also the start of a brand new friendship.

" Alright girls that's it for tryouts the list will be posted around the school tomorrow." and with that she dismissed us.