Summary

In “Nighttime Routines,” Liz gets a job as a server at Primo Bistro, and nightly, Mia wakes up when her mom comes home to talk with her. Mia thinks about how her mother gave up soccer for her thinking “The worst thing Mia ever did in her life was exist, and she’s been trying to make up for it ever since” (70).

Coach talks to Cricket about visualization one day in “Visualize to Realize.” He trains her privately on many days while waiting for her tardy mom. When they get near home, Liz needs to drop Cricket off outside the restaurant because she is running late. Cricket runs home in the rain. Cricket realizes that her teammates do not have to do such things because their moms both drop them off and pick them up. Mia is...