"Catch!" I called to Octavia when I say her. I waited to make sure she had seen me, too, before I gently lobbed one of the inflatable balls her way. I had decided basketball wasn't the sport for me, although it was fun to play in the pool with my friends. But when school started up again, it wasn't the one I was going to be interested in.

"If you get it in the hoop from here, it's sixteen points," I told her, having completely made up the rules on the spot.