Heavier Things
"Oh my God, that was so gross." Amber said as they walked out of the movie.
"I know, my skin is going to be crawling for the next month." Lacey made a disgusted face. Lacey had gripped Randy's arm throughout the whole movie without noticing.
"I thought it was great." Randy sad.
"No, I liked the second one better." John said.
"Forget those, the first one was the best." Amber said. The guys went to use the bathroom, and the two girls stood there talking.
"Lacey, what the hell are you doing here?" Chris asked as he walked up to them.
"I came to see a movie, why else would I be at movie theatre?" She asked coldly.
"Who did you come with?" He asked.
"It's none of your business." She snapped.
"Did you come with a guy?" He asked as he stepped closer to her.
"So what if I did, we're broken up!" She exclaimed.
"You weren't serious when you said we were over." He told her and grabbed her wrist, tightening his grip around it.
"Yes I was, now let go of me!" She demanded.
"No," He told her.
"Chris let go of her, she said you were over." Amber said to him, stepping in for the first time.
"Shut-up Amber, this is between me and Lacey." Lacey winced in pain as he tightened his grip around her wrist.
"Chris, just leave." Lacey pleaded. He let go of her wrist roughly.
"This isn't over." He told her before walking off angrily. A few second later, the guys came out of the bathroom. The four went to Friday's for dinner.
"Oh, that was so gross, how he broke his ankle and then walked on it." Amber said and then made a face. The four talked and laughed as they ate dinner, the girls had insisted on paying for their own food and the guys reluctantly obliged. John and Amber sat in the front seat this time; the four talked the whole ride. John pulled into his driveway and the four climbed out of the car.
"Alright, I guess we'll see you at the game tomorrow?" Amber half asked.
"Yea, count us in." John said. A silence hung in the air between the four in the driveway.
"Well, goodnight." Lacey smiled as the two turned for their house.
Lacey and Amber changed and plopped down on their beds, which could be separated by a heavy read velvet curtain when needed. Amber turned over on her side to face her sister.
"I had so much fun tonight." Amber sighed.
"I know, I'm glad we invited them." Lacey commented as she got under her sheets.
"I think you and Randy click well." She told her sister.
"I don't know, I don't think I'm going to go for jocks anymore, I think I'm going to go for a theatre guy." Lacey said as she looked up at the ceiling.
"Oh come on, you know how it is at this school, all of the theatre guys are either…" Amber started and Lacey joined in. "Taken or gay, I know." Lacey sighed.
"You shouldn't swear off all jocks just because of Chris, Randy seems really sweet." Amber said to her.
"I know, but so was Chris in the beginning. But enough about me, I think you and John looked really cute together." Lacey gushed to her sister.
"Nuh uh, I barely know him, we'll see how these next couple of weeks play out." She said to her sister. "Goodnight," They said at the same time as they switched off the lamps over their beds.
X-X-X
"So, tell me about these new guys." Torrie said as she started hanging up a 'Go Blue' poster on the wall of the field house. It had been tradition for years that the cheerleaders decorate the field house for the football players before every home game.
"Their names are John and Randy, they are stepbrothers from Boston. What more is there to tell?" Amber asked from the little foot stool she was standing on, she was attempting to put up blue and whit streamers.
"Are they cute?" Maria asked as she hung another poster covered in glitter.
"Yea, they're pretty cute." Lacey said.
"So you and Chris are officially over?" Maria asked.
"Yep, I'm so tired of his immaturity, he's eighteen but he acts like he's eight." Lacey rolled her eyes.
"Torrie, did you bring the cookies?" Amber asked.
"Yea, they're in my car." She told them. Lacey looked out the window, the guys were beginning to arrive.
"Alright ladies, tape whatever you need to tape and then we have to get out of here!" Lacey called around the field house.
The girls began to file out of the field house as the players were coming in.
"Amber, what's up?" He said as he walked up to her and hugged her in a friendly way.
"Hey Mike, are you going to give me a reason to cheer today?" She asked.
"Are you going to wear my number on your face today?" He asked.
"Of course, every game." Amber smiled up at him.
"Now we can talk about that date." He said suggestively.
"Eww, you're like my brother, dating you would be like…dating Lacey." They both laughed and then parted ways.
X-X-X
John and Randy arrived at the game right as the first quarter was starting. They sat on the bleachers by the cheerleaders. The four captains were in the front row from left to right it was Maria, Lacey, Torrie, and then Amber. The lines were staggered so that every girl could be seen. Lacey looked up and saw John and Randy, she smiled at them and waved. Torrie leaned over to her.
"Is that them?" Torrie asked and Lacey simply nodded. Amber started a cheer.
"How does it feel to be a bulldog, how does it feel to be way up high! How does it feel to go lower, we don't know we don't stoop that low!" Amber yelled out as she went through the motions of the cheer once by herself and then the second time everyone else joined in and the band added drums to it the second time. Torrie whispered something to Lacey and the two nodded before starting a cheer together. They did the same thing Amber had just done, started it and then the rest followed. The game went on with Montclair pulling out in the lead by twenty points.
Here comes number 27 Mike Mizanin going for yet another touch down. The announcer could be heard over the loud speaker. John looked and saw the number twenty-seven painted on Amber's cheek and frowned, she had a boyfriend. As Mike ran for the touch down the cheerleaders turned towards the field.
"Yea Mike!" Amber yelled out. He dove into the end zone, picking up another touch down. The band started playing and the cheerleaders did can-can like kicks timing them with the band.
"Eat 'em eat 'em up, go blue go!" They shouted at the same time and did a toe touch. The cheerleaders then split into two lines facing one another with a hue gap in the middle for talents. Torrie went out first, she did a toe touch, another jump called a herkie and then slid one leg back into a split. Amber and Lacey did back flips past each other from the opposite sides, they stopped in the middle and did Russian splits in unison.
The rest of the game was pretty much in favor of Montclair high. After the cheerleaders did their half-time dance to Fergalicious it had ended with the four captains in a very complicated lift, John, Randy, and all the other guys at the game found appealing.
Montclair won the game, John and Randy went down onto the track, Lacey smiled big when she saw them.
"Hey," She said. She pulled Torrie, who pulled Maria.
"Maria and Torrie, this is John and Randy, John and Randy this is Torrie and Maria." Lacey introduced them.
"Nice to meet you." Maria said shaking each of their hands. A boy in black rim glasses with a camera came up to them.
"Can I have a picture of the captains for the year book?" He asked shyly.
"Oh sure," The four said.
The twins stood in the middle and then Maria and Torrie stood on either sides of them, the four scooted close together, pressing their cheeks together and smiling. The kid snapped the picture, they shifted and he took another.
"And one more picture." He said, and just as he was about to take it, Mike jumped in the middle, crouching in front of the girls.
"Miz, you ruined our picture!" Torrie exclaimed as she lightly hit him on the shoulder.
"Torrie I only made it better." He said.
"Oh wait, Miz this is John and Randy, the guys from Boston." Amber told him.
"Oh, the Boston guys, nice to meet you." He shook each of their hands. "I see you've met my future baby mama Amber." He said.
"How about…no that is so gross Miz." Amber told him.
"I am so hungry." Maria complained.
"I think everyone is heading over to the Soda Pop Shop." Lacey said.
"Of course, we go there after every game." Amber said.
X-X-X
The Soda Pop Shop was a fifties style diner, Randy, Lacey, Torrie, Maria and John shared a booth, they had ordered their food and were sitting around talking. The diner was filled up with football players and cheerleaders sitting around and talking.
"Lacey, what the hell did you trip over?" John asked and the whole table started laughing.
"I did not trip." She said in defense.
"Oh yes you did, I don't know what you did, but me and John were cracking up." Randy said as everyone continued to laugh.
"Kiss my ass." Lacey said to him across the table and quickly gave him the middle finger.
"Umm, grow one." Maria shot back and they all started laughing. Just then, two guys in football jerseys passed by, and Amber quickly stopped them.
"Hey wat up Amber?" One said.
"Guys, these are your new teammates John and Randy, these guys right her are Dave and Shelton." Amber introduced them.
"Ah, the Boston boys, you guys have some pretty big shoes to fill." Dave told them as he shook their hands.
"Yea, see you guys at practice Monday." Shelton said as the two walked off.
"What exactly happened to those other two guys?" John asked.
"They failed the first drug test of the year." Lacey said.
"Oh, ouch." Randy commented.
"They found signs of all kinds of steroids in their urine samples, they were booted from the team almost immediately." Amber said.
"I'm a little shaky about this whole auction thing." Lacey said.
"Why?" Torrie asked her.
"Well, last year my highest bidder was Chris, he doesn't get the fact that he doesn't own me." Lacey huffed as she took a sip of her root beer float. The six ate their food laughing and talking. After they finished their food and paid the bill, John, Randy and the twins stood up to leave since the twins had ridden to the game with Torrie and were now catching a ride home with John and Randy.
"Bye guys, see you Monday." Lacey said as she stood up.
"Party at my place tonight," Mike told her.
"I can't come tonight, I've got a history paper to write." Lacey said to him.
"What about you Amber?" He asked.
"Sorry, same here, maybe next time." The four walked out to the car and drove home.