"Are you kidding me?!" Cassie shrieked again. "I have never—" "You've spent years flying at the top of every stunt. It's about time you girls learned what it feels like to support everyone else's weight. Don't worry, Cynthia and Bianca will be down there helping you." Dear God. Maddie becoming captain had turned into my worst nightmare. ♡ ♡ ♡ "I think I pulled something in my back," I groaned as I walked into the locker room after that brutal practice. "Me too," Lisa murmured, dropping onto the bench beside me. "I've never sweated this much in my life." "Stupid Maddie," Cassie growled as she peeled off the scraps of gold fabric we were supposed to call uniforms. "I swear I hate her. Seriously, putting me in the back of the formation? Who does she think she is?" "The new routine is

