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Something That Happened 2
She's 8 when her parents decide she should be a cheerleader (her older sister is head cheerleader at her high school) and she finds that it isn't the worst thing her parents could force her to do.
But the Junior Cheerios cheer for the Junior football team and a certain boy from her past is the star of the team. He takes off his helmet after a touchdown and she sees he is now sporting a buzz-cut Mohawk.
She thinks he looks pretty ridiculous but kind of cute at the same time, so she hides her smile behind her pompom.
His eyes catch hers and they stare for just a moment before they realize they're supposed to hate each other. It is the persona they've adopted in the last two years because it is the easiest way to deal with how much they miss each other.
The two tear their eyes away from each other and continue on doing what they're there to do.
After the game, he walks up to her and she pretends for just a moment that they're best friends again.
"You look like a freak up there cheering those silly cheers," he tells her.
It stings, but she knows this is the only glimpse of a relationship they have left at this point.
"Yeah, well you look like you fell asleep while shaving your head, idiot."
He's about to make a comeback when her parents walk up from behind her. They give him a look, one that he gets from parents all the time. He may only be 8 years old, but he already has a reputation. He's the boy who throws rocks at the younger kids and broke a window in the gym.
He has no idea that her parents are the reason they now hate each other. He only knows that his best friend abandoned him and he hates that he misses her so much.
When her parents aren't looking, she sticks her tongue out at him and his foot slyly lands in front of her leg to trip her. Her parents continue walking and don't even notice; by the time she recovers, she turns around and he's gone.
She sighs and thinks that this hating each other thing is hard work.
He frowns as he walks away because he wishes he had answers. Why did she abandon him? And does she miss him as much as he misses her?
He wishes that maybe, someday, they might find a way to be friends again.
But instead he becomes more and more cynical, pushing people away.
Because, after his father and then Quinn walking away, Puck can't lose anyone else.