Even the Score
“Across the kitchen table, Ava chewed the eraser on her pencil and stared at the ceiling.
How can we do our homework so differently? Alex wondered. We look exactly alike. We came from the same parents and entered the world at the same time. Technically Alex showed up twelve minutes before Ava. “Alex is always first out the door,” her mom liked to joke.
Yet Ava had barely finished half her math problems. She stared distractedly around the room between each one, while Alex pushed through, as if running a race. Tonight she wanted to spend time on a new room makeover website. Instructions for a do-it-yourself fabric bulletin board had caught her eye. If she could get her mom to help, she thought it didn’t look too tricky.
“Ready to work?” Luke sauntered into the kitchen, surprising both of them. “Tommy let me in.”
“Hi!” Alex sang, stunned by his warm smile. She quickly straightened the gray T-shirt and flannel pajama pants she’d changed into after dinner. Why hadn’t anyone told her Luke was coming?
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