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cried.
    As they walked down Ridgewood, then turned onto Quincy Street, Alex told Ava everything she knew, which she soon realized wasn’t much.
    â€œDoes this mean you guys are a couple?” Ava asked
    â€œI don’t know,” Alex admitted.
    â€œSo is it just the two of you at the movies? Are other people going?” Ava asked.
    â€œNo clue,” Alex admitted. “Do you think other people should go too?”
    â€œDefinitely. Especially if you have this all wrong and he thinks you’re going to the movies as friends,” Ava said.
    â€œWhy would he think that?” Alex demanded.
    â€œI’ve gone to the movies with Corey, Xander,and Kal, and I am sure not going out with any of them,” Ava said.
    â€œThat’s different,” Alex said, as they turned onto another street. “You went to the movies as a football team.”
    â€œAll I’m saying is we never go to a restaurant without you pulling up the menu online, analyzing every option, and knowing what you’re going to order before we even get there. It just seems odd to me that you don’t know what kind of date this is or if it is a date,” Ava said.
    Alex slowed. Ava was right. How could she not know all this?
    She loosened her grip on the leash and fumbled in her coat pocket for her phone. It didn’t seem to be there. She must’ve left it in the house. “Ugh, I need to text Emily—” Alex let out a shriek as a rabbit jumped out from a nearby bush and Moxy lunged after it, yanking the leash from her hand. With it flapping on the pavement behind her, Moxy raced down the street after the rabbit.
    â€œMoxy! Stop!” Alex screamed.
    But Moxy kept moving at top speed, intent on catching the rabbit.
    â€œCome back!” Alex cried, as she and Ava started to run too. Moxy cut through lawn afterlawn and zigzagged down unfamiliar streets. They chased her across backyards until she disappeared behind a cluster of trees.
    Alex ran as fast as she could, gasping for breath. “Where is she?”
    â€œThere!” Ava cried. She pointed, and Alex glimpsed Moxy heading for a street behind the trees. She heard a car horn beep.
    â€œOh no!” Alex cried.

    Ava’s body reacted to the car horn as if it were the starting gun at a race. Leaving Alex far behind, she burst forward and sprinted faster than she’d ever run on the football field.
    Moxy! She had to get to Moxy before . . .
    She spotted Moxy on a lawn, momentarily startled by the noise. Her dog stood, panting, alongside the curb. The rabbit was long gone. Ava didn’t bother to yell. She flung her body and tackled Moxy from behind, grabbing her collar with her hands. Moxy squirmed, but Ava held on tightly, rolling over in the grass.
    â€œHey, girl, hey, girl,” she repeated. “I’ve got you.”
    Alex reached them and grabbed the leash.Then she waved to the woman in the stopped car. “Thanks so much! Sorry ’bout that!” The woman cautioned them to be careful, then drove off.
    Ava stayed on the ground curled around Moxy, catching her breath. “I’m glad I was wearing sneakers.”
    â€œYou saved her.” Alex sat with them.
    Ava looked around. “Where are we?”
    â€œSomeone’s yard?” Alex gazed around, disoriented. “I don’t recognize these houses.”
    â€œMe neither.” Ava stood and whirled about. “Should we call Coach to come get us?” Ava asked.
    â€œI don’t have my phone, remember? Besides, if we called him, we’d get in trouble. We promised we wouldn’t leave our block. We just need to retrace our steps,” Alex said. “I think we should cut through this yard. I’m pretty sure we came from the street behind this house.” She led them up a narrow driveway. A row of thick, high hedges bordered the backyard.
    â€œAre you sure?” Ava asked. She’d never been great at directions.