everyone knows maddie and mackenzie ziegler. abby lee's favorite dancers. but let's throw one more into the mix, malia ziegler. the oldest half sister of maddie and mackenzie.
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the cafeteria was loud, chaotic, and smelled vaguely like mystery meat. malia plopped her tray down next to bree, who was currently building a tower out of carrot sticks.
"if that falls on my mac and cheese, we're throwing hands," malia warned.
"relax. i'm an architect in my spare time," bree replied with a smirk.
leo slid into the seat across from them and immediately dropped his sandwich on the table. "is it just me or does this look like it got run over by the bus?"
"probably because you sat on it again," adam said, pointing at the weird imprint on the bread.
"you don't know my life," leo muttered as he peeled it open anyway.
kaz strutted over like he owned the place, dramatically unwrapping a slice of pizza. "i made a trade with a sixth grader for this masterpiece."
"what'd you trade?" chase asked.
"my dignity. and a fruit roll-up."
"so, basically nothing," oliver chimed in, sliding in next to kaz and stealing a pepperoni.
kaz gasped, "i trusted you!"
"rookie mistake," oliver grinned, chewing victoriously.
adam held up a mystery item from his tray with a fork. "does anyone know what this is? it jiggles when i breathe near it."
"probably kaz's dignity," bree said.
they all cracked up, even as the jiggly thing wobbled off adam's tray and landed on the floor with a splat.
"10 bucks says it's still there next week," chase added.
"no bet," leo said. "it's definitely still gonna be there."
malia just shook her head. "you're all disasters."
"and yet, you choose to sit with us," kaz winked.
"poor life choices," malia muttered, but she was smiling anyway.
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as the final bell rang, students spilled out of the building like a stampede. malia slung her backpack over one shoulder, walking toward the parking lot with chase and adam.
"i swear if i get one more pop quiz in science, i'm gonna pop," adam groaned, dragging his feet dramatically.
"you barely passed the last one," chase pointed out.
