CHAPTER 4- THE TRYOUTS AND FOOTBALL
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ONE WEEK LATER
Okay today is the day of the tryouts. I think I'm about to hyperventilate, Lord help me! Last night I had the most horrible dream. I was in the gym at school doing my cheer when people started throwing things at me and saying YOU SUCK! Really cliché, I know but it was horrifying.
"Bella." crap what does my dad want. Doesn't he realize that I am trying to get into my cheer attitude so that everyone can witness the cheergasm that is me.
"BELLA!!"he screamed.
"WHAT!!"I yelled right back. I had been waiting for Jessica in my room because for the past couple of days me and Charlie hadn't been getting along very well.
"Jessica just called and said she would be here in a few minutes."
"Fine."
"No problem, and hey Izzy good luck with the tryouts today." he said gruffly
"Oh..er, thanks."
About five minutes later Jessica got to my house and said, "Bella change of plans, we are not going to have the tryouts in the gym because the principal won't let us into the school without teacher supervision and since our sponsor is out of town we are going to have the tryouts in Alice's backyard since it's about the size of the gym."
Once we were in her car she said, "Be forewarned Alice's gorgeous brothers are going to be watching us." She then said, "Because you seem like a nice person I'm going to give you the down low on these three Greek gods. Alice also has a sister. All of her siblings are adopted because Mrs. Cullen can't have kids. Two of the guys are taken. Jasper and Rosalie Hale are twins and they kept their last names. Jasper, who's is the blonde guy , is dating Alice. Emmett, who is a Cullen, is dating Jasper's sister Rosalie. Edward is a Cullen and has reddish-bronze hair, is completely and totally single. He is the hottest of the brothers in my opinion but he doesn't seem to think that any of the girls at school are good enough for him, so he doesn't date. Now all three of them are on the football team. Jasper is running back, Emmett is one of the wide receivers and Edward is the quarterback, making him the most desirable one of them all. "
I soaked up this information. I've never been one to gossip but I have to admit that that would have caused gossip even in Phoenix. We started into the woods and I noticed that there were several cars following us. I looked curiously at Jessica and she just shrugged and said, "Nobody really knows where the Cullens live. They like to keep to themselves. Alice is very outgoing when you get to know her though."
I just nodded and tried to relax. Once I saw the huge white house my butterflies in my stomach kicked up a notch.
Once we got out of our cars we headed up the steps were there was a reception waiting for us. "Hello, my name is Esme and I'm Alice's mother. Please follow me. Those of you who have already changed may go to the back yard while those who need to change can follow me upstairs to the guest bedrooms."
Me, Jessica and a girl with brown hair and honey highlights followed Esme upstairs. She looked at me and said, "I don't recognize you, are you new to the town?"
"Yes m'am." I replied politely, "my name is Isabella Swan; it's very nice to meet you."
"Very nice to meet you to dear, I hope you like it here in Forks. Ah, here we are ladies you may change and go out to the backyard when you are done."
As soon as she shut the door I peeled off my pants to reveal shorts and put on a tank top. I waited for Jessica and the girl whose name I discovered to be Angela and went outside.
Jessica quickly took her place beside Lauren who was holding a Polaroid camera and a clipboard. In the middle of the squad was Alice. She was small and very pale but unbelievably beautiful. Seated behind her was I'm guessing her siblings and to my discomfort they were the people I had been caught staring at.
I quickly hid that when I saw Edward smirk and started muttering to Emmett who started laughing really loudly. What surprised me was that they were quiet as soon as Alice looked at them. She stood up and said, "My name is Alice Cullen and I'm your captain this year. I only say this because I see a few faces I don't recognize. If you are new I would like you to stand up and introduce yourself. Name, last name, nickname and age will do. Whoever would like to go first the floor is yours."
I thought that I was the only one so I stood up and said, "Hello everybody my name is Isabella Swan, but everyone calls me Bella and I'm seventeen years old." I quickly sat down and it continued like that with Angela introducing herself after me. Several other girls did this as well and then Alice said, "We are going to call your name, you are going to perform a cheer of your choice and we are going to ask you to do a couple of stunts. Based on your performance will determine whether or not you will get on the squad."
They went through the name seeming to go in alphabetical order. All of the girls cheers seemed to start off with 'Ready Okay'. Finally my name was called, "Swan, Isabella." I walked onto the marked off section of grass and waited for instruction. "Okay Bella," said Alice, "it says here that you were head cheerleader at your old school and you were captain for two years. Do you think you'll make the squad here?"
"I really do hope so because where I come from you're not a cheerleader unless you're a 'cheer or die' cheerleader."
Alice smirked and said, "Okay then, whenever you're ready."
'AWESOME OH WOW LIKE TOTALLY FREAK ME OUT I MEAN RIGHT ON ... COUGARS SURE ARE NUMBER 1'
Alice looked surprised and said, "You know I was expecting a 'Ready Okay' cheer. But I liked that short, sweet and to the point."
I just smiled and waited for the rest. Lauren on the other hand had a sour look on her face and said, "Okay that was good but we need you to do a standing back tuck. It's standard procedure, you understand?"
"Is a standing back handspring, back tuck okay?" I asked
"Whatever floats your boat new girl."She answered smugly.
I did the combination with perfect discipline and composure.
"Where's this girl from, Romania?" Lauren asked.
"Actually I'm from Phoenix, Arizona and is that all you've got?"
Edward was whispering intently to Emmett, who was looking at me in awe. Jasper seemed very confident and carefully unsurprised.
Then Alice spoke up and said, "Well Swan, you want more. If you can't do this combination that I'm going to give you, I can personally guarantee that you will never cheer in this town. Understand?"
"Of course I understand Ms. Cullen."I replied
"Okay then I want you to do a front handspring, step out, round off, back handspring, step out, round off, back handspring, step out, round off, front handspring, full twisting layout." she said smugly.
I just smirked and turned around while Lauren said, "The front door is the other way Swan."
Then I turned around and did the entire combination landing lightly in front of them. I looked around in amazement when the other girls started clapping and Alice's sibling started cheering as well. Then Alice stood up and said, "Congrats Bella, you're on the team."
After I went to sit down my phone started to vibrate. Everyone looked at me and I quickly apologized and turned my cell off.
While I was doing that Angela was performing and she was doing really well. I was happy she seemed like a good person and a good friend. I hoped she was as nice as she seemed.
Alice even made her own sister Rosalie tryout. Man she was good and just being in the same room as her made me take a hit to my self-esteem.
By the end of the tryouts Alice announced those people who had made it on the team. It was Rosalie, Angela and ME!
Everyone else left with dejected looks on their faces. Alice approached all three of us and said, "Rosalie you can sit down because I know that you know this already. But Weber and Swan, do you know your football knowledge?"
"Of course," I answered, "four years of going to games you do pick up quite a few things."
Angela on the other hand said she was a little rusty.
"Well my brothers are going to take you individually into the living room and ask you questions about football. Then you will proceed out here where me and the other girls will ask you questions about fashion. However good you do will determine how much time you will be studying each subject. Okay?"
"Yeah, lets do this!"Both me and Angela replied enthusiastically.
"Okay then,"she said, "Bella, the boys will take you into the living room and Angela you will stay here with me, Rosalie and the rest of the squad to test you on fashion. Depending on your knowledge of these two subjects will determine how much time you will be spending with us or the guys. Good luck to both of you."
Angela looked very nervous all of a sudden and Alice smiled reaasurilingly to her and said, "Angie, don't be nervous we won't bite." She and Rosalie smiled like they were enjoying some sort of inside joke.
We looked at each other, whispered good luck and went our separate ways.
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