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into the phone. “Thanks. Good night.”
    Before Ted could move, Lisa turned around and saw him standing there. A look of alarm crossed her face.
    “What was that all about?” Ted asked, narrowing his eyes.
    “N — nothing!” Lisa stammered. She hung up the phone and disappeared up the stairs before Ted could quiz her further.
    Ted looked at the phone. An idea struck him. He picked up the receiver and hit theredial button. In another moment, Ted would know whom his sister had been talking to.
    “Hello, this is the Neel residence. Bundy speaking.”
    Ted quietly hung up the phone without saying a word.

Chapter 8

    T ed lay awake in bed that night, wondering about Lisa’s phone call.
    Bundy was the captain of the team. One of his responsibilities was to talk to the coach about team problems.
    So if Lisa asked Bundy to talk to the coach about my switching
, Ted thought,
then she thinks it’s a problem. Why would she think that?
    He sat up.
She must have guessed my secret! And I’ll just bet she doesn’t want me to get the chance to make a goal!
    He flopped back down in the bed. “Man,my own sister, out to get me,” he said to the darkness. “I don’t believe it.”
    Yet the more he thought about it, the more it seemed like the only explanation possible.
    Ted didn’t sleep well that night. When he got up the next morning, he was grumpy. When he saw Lisa, his mood darkened even
     more.
    So you decided to ruin my plans, huh?
he thought angrily.
Well, two can play at that game.
    Halfway through breakfast Lou Barnes called to see if the twins wanted to meet him at the town pool. Mrs. Gaddy gave her permission.
    Ted and Lisa hurried to get their swim gear together. Ted finished first and went back downstairs.
    “Ted, could you grab my pool pass from the kitchen drawer?” Lisa called from her room.
    Ted didn’t answer. He pulled the draweropen and rummaged through the pens, pencils, and other junk until he found the envelope with the pool passes. He stuck the
     one with his name on it in his pocket. After a moment’s hesitation, he slid the others back into the envelope and closed the
     drawer.
    Mrs. Gaddy dropped them off at the pool five minutes later. Ted showed his pass to the guard, who waved him through. Ted started
     toward the locker room.
    “Hey, wait!” said Lisa. “Where’s my pass?”
    Ted looked at her innocently. “Didn’t you bring it?” he asked.
    “No! I asked you to get it for me! Didn’t you hear me?”
    Ted shook his head. The guard shrugged. “Sorry, miss, but I can’t let you in without a pass. Pool rules.”
    “Aww, too bad, Lisa.” Ted tried not to see the disappointed look on Lisa’s face as she slumped into a chair outside the gate.
    * * *
    Later that day, Ted decided to walk to the library. There was a new book on spaceships he wanted to check out.
    On his way there, he passed Lisa on her bike. When she learned where he was going, she asked him to pick up a book for her.
     “It’s the next one in this series I’m reading about girl adventurers,” she said.
    Ted found the book he wanted at the library and sat reading it for half an hour. Then he checked it out and started for home.
     He hadn’t even bothered looking for Lisa’s book.
    “Oops, I forgot,” he said when she asked him for it later. He felt a twinge of guilt, but tried to ignore it.
    Lisa gave him a funny look, but didn’t say anything.
    After dinner, however, she finally exploded. The twins had heard the tune of the ice-cream truck and knew it was heading to
     their street. They were allowed to get a treat but had to pay for it with their own money. Ted had adollar in his pocket, but Lisa had to run upstairs to her piggy bank.
    “Ask the ice-cream man to wait for me, okay?” she hollered. But when she ran out into the yard, clutching her dollar, all
     she saw was the back of the truck as it turned out of their neighborhood.
    She turned to Ted, who was calmly licking his treat.
    “What’s gotten into