Chapter 1
Torrance Shipman stepped down off the bus, exhilarated at what was ahead for her at her new college. She had received a cheerleading-scholarship to Cal Saint Dominguez Hills and couldn't wait for the classes to begin. Okay, I know Cliff won't be coming to my college, but who says I still can't have a little fun? thought Torrance, missing her rocker boyfriend. Oh well, I still have my best bud Missy.
As well as Missy, the rest of the old Rancho Carne crew had all gone to Saint Dominguez. Unfortunately, so was Aaron. The former cheerleader started picking up chicks as soon as he opened his car door. "Hey hey hey ladies! Wanna see my spirit stick?"
Oh my god, that is so Jan's line! Torrance thought, annoyed. Apart from that whole 'hey hey hey' thing, though. Haha, poor girls. They so don't know what is in store for them. Torrance smiled and giggled at the thought of Aaron's cheating antics.
"Hey Torrance! Torr! Over here! TORRANCE!"
Turning, Torrance spied Missy, waving her arms wildly next to her gleaming blue Beetle. "Hey! Wassup, girl?" Missy exclaimed as the two hugged and slapped hands.
"Not much-just trying to get my head around the fact that my bro is going out with a cheerleader who's like, 3 years older than him!"
"Oh, no way! You know, my bro's going out with a cheerleader too!"
"Hey!" laughed Torrance. "At least I know I have some brains!"
"Oh, that reminds me-Cliff wanted me to give this to you." Missy handed Torrance a little slip of paper. "Oh, and these as well." Missy pulled a huge bouquet of sweet smelling pink roses out of her car and placed then in Torrance's outstretched arms.
"Oh my god, that is so sweet! Give your bro a kiss from me, okay?"
"Um, no. I think you can do that, Torr!" Missy grinned slyly.
"Hehe, yeah." Said Torrance, envisaging herself kissing Cliff. "Mmmmmmmmm."
"Hey, cut that out!" Missy shook Torrance, waking her from her daydream and shaking rose petals everywhere.
"Okay, okay! Lets see what this note says."
Dear Torrance,
Hey! I hope you like the roses-I especially picked them for you, even though I don't really know what your favourite flower is! Sorry…Anyway, just wanted to tell you that I love you so much! Hehe…come back with Missy after college to our house-I've got another surprise for you! Bye!
Love with all my heart,
1 Cliff xxoo
"Oh! He is such a sweetie!" a soppy smile plastered on her face, she held the note against her chest.
"Yeah, alright Torr! Save the mush for my brother. Hey, there's Les and Jan!" said Missy, spying two guys strolling up the footpath towards the college. "Lets say hi!"
Pulling Torrance, Missy ran towards them, locking her car with a beep of her keys.
"LES! JAN!"
The two guys turned. Sure, one was Les, but the other was a cute blonde guy with a baseball cap pulled low on his head.
"Hey Les! How are you? Who's your friend?" asked Torrance, her and Missy greeting Les.
"Hey guys! Um, this is Tim Romlen-I met him at Nationals last year."
"Hey! You must be Torrance and Missy! Les has told me all about you." said Tim, flashing a killer smile and a look of his baby blue eyes, holding his hand out for a shake.
"Yeah…" Torrance said dreamily, shaking his hand.
"Um, Torrance? I think Tim is Le's, you know, partner?" whispered Missy into her ear. "Plus, you have a boyfriend!"
"Oh my god, you're right!" Torrance went bright red.
"Is something wrong?" asked Tim, looking curiously at Torrance.
"No, no, she's fine! She just needs a drink, that's all!" Missy thumped Torrance on the back to make their story more believable. "Er, we'll catch up with you guys later in class, alright?" said Missy quickly, leading Torrance away.
"Whoops…" mumbled Torrance.
"Okay, there's Jan-you can stay here if you want, Torr. You don't want to embarrass yourself again!"
"No, it's okay." said Torrance, smoothing her intricate hairdo, and taking a deep breath. "Lets go."
"Jan, my man, how are you?" rapped out Missy, walking up to him, slapping hands with him.
"Hey Miss! Torr, looking good! Um, this is my new girlfriend, Lina Meudar. Lina, this is Missy and Torrance."
A buxom blonde stood next to Jan and glared at the two, contorting her pretty features, which were slathered in makeup.
"That's her? Hoochie Mama Supreme?" whispered Torrance to Missy, both looking at her in secret disgust.
"U, okay, nice to meet you, Lina." smiled Missy, holding out her hand to shake, a pang of jealousy running through her (Missy, what is wrong with you?! )
"Excuse me? Zat would be Miss Meudar to you. I don't shake hands vith filth like you," said Lina in a strong French accent, looking disdainfully at Missy's outstretched hand.
"Lina! Don't be so unfriendly! These are my friends!" scolded Jan.
"Er, okay then." said Missy, withdrawing her hand and giving Jan the eyebrow (Oh, he is so cute! Missy, stop it!). "Can I talk to you, Jan?"
"Uh, sure Miss. What?" Missy motioned for him to come closer. Jan came closer. Missy grabbed Jan by the collar.
"What the HELL were you thinking, picking an French ho for a girlfriend? I bet she's so stupid she can't even spell her own name!" said Missy furiously through gritted teeth.
"She's nice to me!" whispered back Jan.
"Yeah, not 'cause she actually likes you! Use your brain, Einstein! She's a frigging SLUT!"
"Okay, okay! I'll see you later Miss-maybe you'll have calmed down by then!" said Jan, gently pulling Missy's clenched fist off his shirt.
"Okay, what was that all about?" Torrance asked Missy as they walked away from Jan and Lina and towards their classes.
"Nothing! I just can't believe Jan would go out with a girl like that!"
"You like him, don't you Miss? You like Jan!"
Missy stopped and stared at Torrance. "No, of course I don't! He's got a girlfriend."
"Missy, don't deny it! I know your quirks, your behaviour. You can tell me! I know you like him." Torrance put a reassuring hand on her shoulder.
"Alright, I do! But he'll never like me for more than a friend! He's so into those slutty whore-type girls."
"You never know Missy, you never know." replied Torrance, putting her arm round Missy as they walked into class.
Whitney and Courtney lined up for their lunch in the canteen line. It had been half a day and they still hadn't seen anyone they knew. Not that it mattered anyway, 'cause all they were doing was picking up guys.
Looking around slyly, Courtney slipped a plastic fork off her lunch tray and onto the floor. "Whoops!" she said, a hand covering her mouth. She bent over and snapped her spankys, visible below her short cheerleading skirt, making sure the brown-eyed babe behind had a clear view, then picked up her fork.
Whitney turned and rolled her eyes as Courtney straightened up. "Courtney, that is so yesterday. You've been doing that spanky routine for over a year now. I think you need a bit of variation." She flashed her pearly whites at the guy behind Courtney. He smiled back. Still smiling, Whitney raised her hand over Courtney's shoulder towards the guy. "Hey! I'm Whitney Dow. And you are?"
"Daniel Stevens. I'm pleased to make your acquaintance, Whitney," he said with a smile, taking her hand and kissing it.
"Ooh, I'm liking you already," purred Whitney. "This is my friend, Courtney Egbert."
Glaring at Whitney, Courtney turned and pouted at Daniel, looking him up and down. "Nice." she said at him, glaring at Whitney one more time before stalking off. Finally, a guy all to myself! thought Whitney.
"So, you must be a cheerleader if you go here. What squad did you cheer for?" Whitney asked sweetly of Daniel.
"The East Compton Clovers." Whitney stood there with a shocked look on her face.
"Yeah, I know what you're thinking, I'm white, why was I in the Clovers? Well, I was one of the few in the squad-they always put me at the back, 'cause I was too conspicuous!" laughed Daniel.
"Um, yeah." Whitney said with a little forced laugh, not thinking that at all. "Listen, I gotta go have some lunch, so maybe I'll see you round?"
"Yeah, maybe." grinned Daniel.
"Okay then, later!" Whitney ran off in Courtney's direction.
A few minutes later, Casey entered the canteen. She spied her brother and ran up to him. "Daniel! What are you doing? I thought I told you to meet me outside ten minutes ago!"
"Sorry, Case, but I got caught up." He stared dreamily at Whitney's back.
"WHITNEY!? You like WHITNEY!? Oh my god." Casey couldn't believe it. Out of everyone, her brother had to pick an airhead to have a crush on.
"You know her?"
"Know her? She was in the Toros with me, Daniel!"
"Oh."
"Yeah, oh. Well, I gotta go. Don't flirt with anyone else, okay?"
"Yes Casey my sister dear."
Outside the canteen on the lawn, Carver and Darcy sat.
"You know Carver, I can't believe how fit and thin you are now! All that yoga must have really paid off," Darcy said through mouthfuls of her lunch. "I guess you're all ready for Wolf Wall's now, eh?"
Carver nibbled on a celery stick and stretched out her slender, toned legs. "Yeah, no one can call me a cow now! I'll show Jan."
"Hey, about him, have you seen his girlfriend? She's like, total slut material."
"What, she's a cheerleader too?"
"No, she's like a Penthouse cover-girl or something, met Jan through a mutual friend, so I heard. She came just this morning to see him off."
"Urgh, I hate sluts-though I can't say much more for Courtney and Whitney though."
"Yeah."giggled Darcy, and the two exchanged hi-fives, then sat down to eat the rest of their lunch.
"Missy!" called Jan, motioning for her and Torrance to come over.
"Um, hey!" she said, walking over with Torrance, who had a smirk on her face. "I'm all better now, don't worry." Missy said with a grin and a wink of an eye.
"Yeah, she took her medication." Torrance said evilly, grinning.
"Lina and I are having a party tonight-you guys wanna come? I've invited practically the whole crew."
"Yeah sure! We'd love to."
"Okay, great! So I'll see you girls at 6.00 pm my place!"
"Or maybe earlier!" called Missy to his retreating back, looking at it wistfully.
"Miss, don't make it quite so obvious yet, girl!" Torrance reminded her best bud.
"Oops…"said Missy, smacking herself on the forehead.
"Don't stress! Lets just eat and forget about the whole thing." The two sat down to finish off their food.
Torrance Shipman stepped down off the bus, exhilarated at what was ahead for her at her new college. She had received a cheerleading-scholarship to Cal Saint Dominguez Hills and couldn't wait for the classes to begin. Okay, I know Cliff won't be coming to my college, but who says I still can't have a little fun? thought Torrance, missing her rocker boyfriend. Oh well, I still have my best bud Missy.
As well as Missy, the rest of the old Rancho Carne crew had all gone to Saint Dominguez. Unfortunately, so was Aaron. The former cheerleader started picking up chicks as soon as he opened his car door. "Hey hey hey ladies! Wanna see my spirit stick?"
Oh my god, that is so Jan's line! Torrance thought, annoyed. Apart from that whole 'hey hey hey' thing, though. Haha, poor girls. They so don't know what is in store for them. Torrance smiled and giggled at the thought of Aaron's cheating antics.
"Hey Torrance! Torr! Over here! TORRANCE!"
Turning, Torrance spied Missy, waving her arms wildly next to her gleaming blue Beetle. "Hey! Wassup, girl?" Missy exclaimed as the two hugged and slapped hands.
"Not much-just trying to get my head around the fact that my bro is going out with a cheerleader who's like, 3 years older than him!"
"Oh, no way! You know, my bro's going out with a cheerleader too!"
"Hey!" laughed Torrance. "At least I know I have some brains!"
"Oh, that reminds me-Cliff wanted me to give this to you." Missy handed Torrance a little slip of paper. "Oh, and these as well." Missy pulled a huge bouquet of sweet smelling pink roses out of her car and placed then in Torrance's outstretched arms.
"Oh my god, that is so sweet! Give your bro a kiss from me, okay?"
"Um, no. I think you can do that, Torr!" Missy grinned slyly.
"Hehe, yeah." Said Torrance, envisaging herself kissing Cliff. "Mmmmmmmmm."
"Hey, cut that out!" Missy shook Torrance, waking her from her daydream and shaking rose petals everywhere.
"Okay, okay! Lets see what this note says."
Dear Torrance,
Hey! I hope you like the roses-I especially picked them for you, even though I don't really know what your favourite flower is! Sorry…Anyway, just wanted to tell you that I love you so much! Hehe…come back with Missy after college to our house-I've got another surprise for you! Bye!
Love with all my heart,
1 Cliff xxoo
"Oh! He is such a sweetie!" a soppy smile plastered on her face, she held the note against her chest.
"Yeah, alright Torr! Save the mush for my brother. Hey, there's Les and Jan!" said Missy, spying two guys strolling up the footpath towards the college. "Lets say hi!"
Pulling Torrance, Missy ran towards them, locking her car with a beep of her keys.
"LES! JAN!"
The two guys turned. Sure, one was Les, but the other was a cute blonde guy with a baseball cap pulled low on his head.
"Hey Les! How are you? Who's your friend?" asked Torrance, her and Missy greeting Les.
"Hey guys! Um, this is Tim Romlen-I met him at Nationals last year."
"Hey! You must be Torrance and Missy! Les has told me all about you." said Tim, flashing a killer smile and a look of his baby blue eyes, holding his hand out for a shake.
"Yeah…" Torrance said dreamily, shaking his hand.
"Um, Torrance? I think Tim is Le's, you know, partner?" whispered Missy into her ear. "Plus, you have a boyfriend!"
"Oh my god, you're right!" Torrance went bright red.
"Is something wrong?" asked Tim, looking curiously at Torrance.
"No, no, she's fine! She just needs a drink, that's all!" Missy thumped Torrance on the back to make their story more believable. "Er, we'll catch up with you guys later in class, alright?" said Missy quickly, leading Torrance away.
"Whoops…" mumbled Torrance.
"Okay, there's Jan-you can stay here if you want, Torr. You don't want to embarrass yourself again!"
"No, it's okay." said Torrance, smoothing her intricate hairdo, and taking a deep breath. "Lets go."
"Jan, my man, how are you?" rapped out Missy, walking up to him, slapping hands with him.
"Hey Miss! Torr, looking good! Um, this is my new girlfriend, Lina Meudar. Lina, this is Missy and Torrance."
A buxom blonde stood next to Jan and glared at the two, contorting her pretty features, which were slathered in makeup.
"That's her? Hoochie Mama Supreme?" whispered Torrance to Missy, both looking at her in secret disgust.
"U, okay, nice to meet you, Lina." smiled Missy, holding out her hand to shake, a pang of jealousy running through her (Missy, what is wrong with you?! )
"Excuse me? Zat would be Miss Meudar to you. I don't shake hands vith filth like you," said Lina in a strong French accent, looking disdainfully at Missy's outstretched hand.
"Lina! Don't be so unfriendly! These are my friends!" scolded Jan.
"Er, okay then." said Missy, withdrawing her hand and giving Jan the eyebrow (Oh, he is so cute! Missy, stop it!). "Can I talk to you, Jan?"
"Uh, sure Miss. What?" Missy motioned for him to come closer. Jan came closer. Missy grabbed Jan by the collar.
"What the HELL were you thinking, picking an French ho for a girlfriend? I bet she's so stupid she can't even spell her own name!" said Missy furiously through gritted teeth.
"She's nice to me!" whispered back Jan.
"Yeah, not 'cause she actually likes you! Use your brain, Einstein! She's a frigging SLUT!"
"Okay, okay! I'll see you later Miss-maybe you'll have calmed down by then!" said Jan, gently pulling Missy's clenched fist off his shirt.
"Okay, what was that all about?" Torrance asked Missy as they walked away from Jan and Lina and towards their classes.
"Nothing! I just can't believe Jan would go out with a girl like that!"
"You like him, don't you Miss? You like Jan!"
Missy stopped and stared at Torrance. "No, of course I don't! He's got a girlfriend."
"Missy, don't deny it! I know your quirks, your behaviour. You can tell me! I know you like him." Torrance put a reassuring hand on her shoulder.
"Alright, I do! But he'll never like me for more than a friend! He's so into those slutty whore-type girls."
"You never know Missy, you never know." replied Torrance, putting her arm round Missy as they walked into class.
Whitney and Courtney lined up for their lunch in the canteen line. It had been half a day and they still hadn't seen anyone they knew. Not that it mattered anyway, 'cause all they were doing was picking up guys.
Looking around slyly, Courtney slipped a plastic fork off her lunch tray and onto the floor. "Whoops!" she said, a hand covering her mouth. She bent over and snapped her spankys, visible below her short cheerleading skirt, making sure the brown-eyed babe behind had a clear view, then picked up her fork.
Whitney turned and rolled her eyes as Courtney straightened up. "Courtney, that is so yesterday. You've been doing that spanky routine for over a year now. I think you need a bit of variation." She flashed her pearly whites at the guy behind Courtney. He smiled back. Still smiling, Whitney raised her hand over Courtney's shoulder towards the guy. "Hey! I'm Whitney Dow. And you are?"
"Daniel Stevens. I'm pleased to make your acquaintance, Whitney," he said with a smile, taking her hand and kissing it.
"Ooh, I'm liking you already," purred Whitney. "This is my friend, Courtney Egbert."
Glaring at Whitney, Courtney turned and pouted at Daniel, looking him up and down. "Nice." she said at him, glaring at Whitney one more time before stalking off. Finally, a guy all to myself! thought Whitney.
"So, you must be a cheerleader if you go here. What squad did you cheer for?" Whitney asked sweetly of Daniel.
"The East Compton Clovers." Whitney stood there with a shocked look on her face.
"Yeah, I know what you're thinking, I'm white, why was I in the Clovers? Well, I was one of the few in the squad-they always put me at the back, 'cause I was too conspicuous!" laughed Daniel.
"Um, yeah." Whitney said with a little forced laugh, not thinking that at all. "Listen, I gotta go have some lunch, so maybe I'll see you round?"
"Yeah, maybe." grinned Daniel.
"Okay then, later!" Whitney ran off in Courtney's direction.
A few minutes later, Casey entered the canteen. She spied her brother and ran up to him. "Daniel! What are you doing? I thought I told you to meet me outside ten minutes ago!"
"Sorry, Case, but I got caught up." He stared dreamily at Whitney's back.
"WHITNEY!? You like WHITNEY!? Oh my god." Casey couldn't believe it. Out of everyone, her brother had to pick an airhead to have a crush on.
"You know her?"
"Know her? She was in the Toros with me, Daniel!"
"Oh."
"Yeah, oh. Well, I gotta go. Don't flirt with anyone else, okay?"
"Yes Casey my sister dear."
Outside the canteen on the lawn, Carver and Darcy sat.
"You know Carver, I can't believe how fit and thin you are now! All that yoga must have really paid off," Darcy said through mouthfuls of her lunch. "I guess you're all ready for Wolf Wall's now, eh?"
Carver nibbled on a celery stick and stretched out her slender, toned legs. "Yeah, no one can call me a cow now! I'll show Jan."
"Hey, about him, have you seen his girlfriend? She's like, total slut material."
"What, she's a cheerleader too?"
"No, she's like a Penthouse cover-girl or something, met Jan through a mutual friend, so I heard. She came just this morning to see him off."
"Urgh, I hate sluts-though I can't say much more for Courtney and Whitney though."
"Yeah."giggled Darcy, and the two exchanged hi-fives, then sat down to eat the rest of their lunch.
"Missy!" called Jan, motioning for her and Torrance to come over.
"Um, hey!" she said, walking over with Torrance, who had a smirk on her face. "I'm all better now, don't worry." Missy said with a grin and a wink of an eye.
"Yeah, she took her medication." Torrance said evilly, grinning.
"Lina and I are having a party tonight-you guys wanna come? I've invited practically the whole crew."
"Yeah sure! We'd love to."
"Okay, great! So I'll see you girls at 6.00 pm my place!"
"Or maybe earlier!" called Missy to his retreating back, looking at it wistfully.
"Miss, don't make it quite so obvious yet, girl!" Torrance reminded her best bud.
"Oops…"said Missy, smacking herself on the forehead.
"Don't stress! Lets just eat and forget about the whole thing." The two sat down to finish off their food.