"Dad….why do I have to go to this school?" Claire Edwards complained as she and her dad who was also the principal walked up the steps on the first day of school of sophomore year.

"Because I said so" Mr. Edwards replied. He rolled his eyes at his daughter who had become very snobby in the last two years. He and his wife both decided it would be best to take Claire out of Greenland High and transfer her to Apollo High. Claire and her dad walked in the school as Claire scrunched up her nose in disgust. "Now stop it missy! If you can show me that you will stop this little attitude of yours I will transfer you back to Greenland next semester." Mr. Edwards said annoyed of his daughter's attitude. Claire's face lighted up "I promise I'll be on my best behavior dad." Claire promised. "Good oh by the way I'm not your dad anymore I'm your principal now" Mr. Edwards corrected her smiling. "Whatever you say principal" Claire said as she walked away to class.

Claire crossed her arms against her chest thinking that maybe Apollo wouldn't be so bad after all. "Who are you kidding Claire? Apollo High is the worst school in the county last year a girl got raped and a guy got killed." She thought to herself. Greenland High was rated one of the best schools in the county. So what was she the assistant captain of the Varsity Cheerleading Squad doing here at Apollo? As the day continued Claire kept on realizing how much Greenland High was better than Apollo High. First, Greenland High was kept clean and the flowers were always bright and welcoming. At Apollo the flowers were dead, trash flying everywhere, and the girls' bathroom reeked of feet and fish. At Greenland the girls' bathroom always smelled of lavender with mints at the exit.

Lunch time came and Claire looked at what they had to eat. They had chili, peas, celery, and for the main entrée they had a sloppy Joe. "Ugh you have to be kidding me" She thought. She was used to the sushi, ceaser salad, and the smoothie and coffee stand that Greenland had to offer. Claire found a seat in the corner by herself. She slipped on her earphones as she tried to eat her food. She picked at her sloppy Joe and played with her peas. That's when a boy accidentally bumped into her table. "Sorry" he apologized. Claire looked up as she saw a guy in dark jeans and a black shirt with black hair. He had a light skin tone and gorgeous blue eyes. "Ok" Claire said. Instead of leaving the boy sat down on one of the chairs. "So what's your name?" he asked. "Claire." She responded clearly annoyed. Who did this guy think he is sitting down with and talking to her but she had to admit she did kind of like it. "What to cool to say your last name or something?" he joked. Claire dropped her fork, "fine Edwards. Happy? Claire Edwards." She said. He smiled.

"Name's Elli. Elli Williams" he stated shaking her hand. "Great…" Claire said rolling her eyes and pulling her hand away. "So what school did you come from?" He asked.
"Greenland High" She stated. "Whoa if you were already at that rich, snobby school why did you come here to the ghetto Apollo High?" he asked curiously. He didn't know anyone who would leave Greenland. "Because my parents hoped I would lose this attitude I've been having. But I'm only here for the semester then I go back to more edible lunches" She said looking at her food in disgust. He laughed. "Hey you look kind of familiar I wonder where from?" he said. "I don't know" she said. He looked at her for a moment before clapping his hands together. "I got it you're that cheerleader from Greenland that everyone said is the bitchiest cheerleader. I heard you made a girl cry at practice is that true?" he asked wanting to know. "It's not my damn fault that I made her go run because she kept talking about her breakup with her boyfriend. God she was being such a cry baby. I need my girls focused not damn crying over a freaking boy." She said. He laughed as he looked over at Claire giving her look that gave her butterflies in her stomach.

Bring!

"What's your next class?" Elli asked getting up as Claire threw away her food.

"English with Mr. Zabera what about you?" She asked. "Same" he responded. "Cool." She said. "I think we have the same classes." He said. "Really? I haven't noticed." She answered. "Yeah I didn't think you would notice me." He said. "Sorry." She mumbled.

Claire and Elli entered English, Claire choosing to sit in the very back and Elli in front of her. The bell rang and Mr. Zabera started class right away. 10 minutes before the class was going to end he gave them time to read. "Psst Claire." Elli said. "What?" she said smiling. "Want to be partners in P.E. I think we are doing the pickle ball unit today?" The bell rang as everyone exited the room. Claire got up picking up her books. Elli turned to face her waiting for her answer. "Sorry I have tryouts for cheerleading during P.E today" She said. "It's ok good luck" he said as he started leaving the room. "Thanks I'm going to need it." She said. He turned around smiling, "No you won't" he said as he left. Claire smiled biting her bottom lip as she hurried to get dressed out and she ran to the field. 60 other wannabe cheerleaders showed up some were decent while others words can't even describe how terrible they were. Claire felt like her tryouts were a success. She anxiously waited after school so they could put up the list. "Number 14" She repeated to myself. "Hey what are you waiting for?" Elli asked coming up behind her. "To see if I made the team or not." She said. "Ohh... You want to grab a smoothie afterwards?" "There's a smoothie truck around here?" She asked desperately. "No. There's a smoothie shop up the street. Damn you must really miss Greenland." He said. She nodded thinking of all her friends and her so called boyfriend. He said they had nothing to worry about but he hasn't talked to her since June. She sighed she wanted to cry she missed Greenland so much. At that moment a woman stepped outside with the list in her hands. "Girls if your number is up on the list please come inside to receive your uniform and state what team you made." She said taping up the list on the window. Claire looked down the JV list and her number wasn't there. She grew worried as she looked over to the Varsity list. "2, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 18, 21, 25, 33, 45, 52, and 58." Claire and the rest of the girls that made it entered. Claire approached the lady. "Claire Edwards and I made the Varsity." She stated. She nodded handing her a uniform. She smiled wide as she walked outside hiding it behind her back. "Well…" Elli said waiting for an answer.

"I made it!" Claire smiled. "I knew you would I mean that wouldn't make sense if you didn't make it considering trying to make the Varsity team at Greenland High is really hard since they chose less girls." He stated. "True" Claire said as they started walking to the smoothie shop. They approached the little smoothie shop and they ordered. Elli ordered banana berry and Claire ordering strawberry watermelon. They sat down in one of the chairs they had there.

They were having a nice time when some Greenland High students came in. Claire gasped instantly recognizing them as she tried to hide her face. "Hey Elli can I borrow your hat for a minute" Claire asked grabbing her sunglasses from her bag and throwing them on her face. "Uh Sure. Why?" he asked grabbing his hat and handing it to Claire who quickly putting it on hoping not to be recognized. She sank low in her seat as she watched the students grab their drinks leaving as they laughed at how bad the drinks were and cracked some jokes about Apollo High. One year ago that was Claire making fun of Apollo High.