The next day at school the list was posted and all the people who had tried out the day before were crowded around the small board, some were in tears and others were screaming of joy. Jess had not yet approached the board and was just coming walking up to it now when she was pulled aside by Amber and Ashley. Jess looked surprised as Amber pulled her into an empty classroom and stood in front of her with her hands on her hips. Jess crossed her arms and looked at Amber and Ashley with a confused look

"What's up?" Jess asked and looked between Amber and Ashley who quickly shared a brief look

"Listen here Cameron, we don't usually say things like this but we thought this was needed in the current situation" Jess was now even more confused as Amber continued "Since you made it on to the cheerleading team" Jess looked very surprised by this and that caught Amber off guard "You haven't even looked at the board yet?" Jess shook her head and said

"No, I was on my way now"

"No time for that, anyway as I was saying, since you made it on to the Squad we feel that we should congratulate you and offer you a spot in our friendship circle" Jess' eyes widened and she chocked on air

"E-excuse me?" Jess asked and Amber rolled her eyes, Ashley stepped forward and said

"We want you to be apart of out group" Jess slowly nodded her head and thought about it, 'This is an opportunity to be popular, be like Allison and Jake, be one of the people everyone notices and cares about' Jess thought to herself and then said

"Why me? Are you going to offer this to everyone on the squad?" Amber and Ashley laughed and said

"No way, have you seen some of those people" Jess' brows furrowed in confusion "You are pretty, smart, talented and you are a Cameron, you deserve to be popular and we think you have what it takes unlike some of those dweebs out there" Amber said and pointed to the closed door. Jess didn't know what to say, she had wanted this for a long time and finally she decided.

"Amber, Ashley, thank-you I would love to be apart of your group" Amber and Ashley smiled and Ashley rushed forward and hugged Jess

"Welcome to the group" Ashley said and pulled away from the smiling Jess.

"Thanks" Jess said and together the three walked out of the classroom, Jess smiled at them "I will see you guys in class" They nodded and as Jess was walking away

"Don't forget who your new friends are" Amber said and turned away from the grinning Jess. Jess continued to walk down the hallway and approached the board where the Cheerleading list was posted, it read:

Following is the list of the people who made it on to the Senior Squad; to those who made it we are holding practices tomorrow in the gym at lunch.

Captain: Allison Cameron

Vice-Captain: Courtney Gardner

Head Cheerleaders: Timothy Krop

Christopher Wary

Junior Cheerleaders: Casey Burtwood

Rachel Collins

Jamie Hollow

Jolene Mary

Hayley Naught

Isabelle Porter

Carrie Stevenson

Michael Tamworth

Sophomore Cheerleaders: Brandon Brandie

Jessica Cameron

Amber Fitzgerald

April Handle

Ashley James

Brittany Simpson

Leslie Smith

Coach: Miss. Harriet Daniels

Managers: Lucy Green

Remy Hadley

Thank you to all those who gave it a shot and tried out, we are very sorry that we couldn't put everyone in but please come back and try again next year. We kindly ask for the support of you all through the year to come to games and cheer on your fellow students.

We hope to see you again next year

Allison Cameron and Courtney Gardner

Jess smiled when she read her name on the list of Sophomore Cheerleaders, her eyes then traveled downwards to see that Remy was also on the team but was a manager 'How did that happen?' Jess thought to herself as she read her sister's kind note at the bottom, she smiled at the end and walked out of the hallway and onto the playground. Jess looked around for a second and then saw her sister standing with her friends near a tree. Jess practically ran over there and gave her sister a bone-crushing hug. Allison was caught off guard by the hug and toppled backwards nearly falling over but managing to catch herself.

"Thank-you" Jess said and hugged her sister tighter. Allison smiled at the hug and put her arms around Jess, when Jess finally pulled away she was greeted by a laugh from her sister and Jess just smiled at her

"It wasn't me, everyone agreed you were a good choice" Jess beamed and dragged her sister away from her group of friends

"You'll never guess what happened"

"What?" Allison asked eagerly hoping to hear some gossip

"Amber and Ashley asked me if I wanted to be in their group" Jess said with a huge smile

"WHAT!" Allison yelled and Jess nodded her head excitedly

"What did you say?" Allison asked hoping that her sister had turned down the offer.

"Well of course I said yes, now I can be popular like you and Jake"

"Jess you idiot!" Jess looked taken aback and shot her sister a nasty look telling her to explain, "Jess, what about yesterday? In the gym" Jess furrowed her brows in confusion "Jess they tore apart your best friend because she is gay and then had a go at Remy who was just sticking up for her, which should have been you. Do you really want to be friends with people like that?" Allison asked with concern evident in her voice

"Ally, Eva is not my best friend, she hasn't been in a very long time" Jess was about to continue when Allison interrupted

"What happened with you too?" Jess suddenly went wide eyes and looked everywhere but at her sister who was raising her eyebrows

"Uh, she liked someone and well…" Allison nudged her to go on "Do you know what they were arguing about yesterday?" Allison shook her head 'No'. Jess took a deep breath and said "You" Allison was surprised to say the least and told her sister to continue

"Well, about a year and a half ago Eva told me she liked you and well I sort of freaked out and ignored her for a few weeks. I didn't feel comfortable around her, I got over it and we agreed to just not talk about it. I started to feel weirder as the year went on and we stopped hanging out together and now we hardly even speak. That's why I didn't yell at Amber yesterday because she was right, Eva is gay, enough said" Allison's mouth was wide open and she was gaping at her sister

"And you tell me this now?" Cameron said and Jess slightly nodded, Allison sighed

"Jess, I know it must have been weird for you to be in that position but that is no reason to give up your friendship, Eva will soon get over her crush and she will be all alone with no friends and as for you not standing up for her that was just you being a coward. So what if Eva is gay, we know heaps of gay people and it hasn't bothered you before. You should have been the one in Remy's position yesterday, I care about you and I just don't want you to get hurt" Jess was angry now, Allison was supposed to support her on this and yet she was giving her a lecture

"Allison why the heck do you care so much that Remy was hurt, you don't even know the girl and to tell you the truth I don't really like her, she never talks, she never smiles and is always so emotionless. I don't want to be friends with someone like that and she probably stuck up for Eva because she is gay as well!" Allison was fuming, Remy was nothing like she described, and Allison had only known the girl for 2 days and knew that. Remy always smiled when she was around her and even laughed sometimes, at first she was shy and nervous but she isn't like that anymore.

"Jess, Remy is my friend and I thought she was your friend too, she smiles and laughs and she talks like any normal person does"

"Yeah around you" Jess said and rolled her eyes

"What is that supposed to mean?" Allison asked

"Nothing" Jess said and rolled her eyes, she stormed away from her sister and left Allison fuming. 'What was she talking about?' Allison thought but shook it off and went back to talk to her friends.

Jess sighed, right now she was walking to her English class for a double period, and this was going to be torture 'all we do is read a stupid war book' Jess thought as she walked into her classroom to see that most of the class was already there. She saw Remy sitting by the window looking outside, she saw Eva sitting at the front of the class already reading and then her gaze traveled to the back of the room where she saw Amber and Ashley with people all around them. Jess was about to take a seat in the middle of the classroom when she heard Amber yell

"Jess! Come and sit up here" Jess looked surprised and walked up to the back of the room, she saw Ashley sitting down on Amber's right side so she walked over and sat to Amber's left. Jess smiled at Amber and Ashley and got her book out. Jess looked around the room for a second and saw Eva who was looking at her in disbelief and Jess could tell that she was hurt. Jess sighed and quickly looked elsewhere, Jess then looked to where Remy was sitting and saw her smirking, she caught Jess' gaze and Remy shook her head and went back to looking out the window. This time Jess rolled her eyes and looked down at her desk, she turned to her right to see Amber and Ashley flirting with some guys from the class. Jess reached into her bag and pulled out 'Pride and Prejudice' By Jane Austen, which was the current book they were reading for class, and sat there reading until the teacher walked in to begin the lesson.

Remy heard the bell ring and she quickly grabbed all of her books, shoved them into her bag and ran out of the classroom in a rush. Remy wanted to speak to Allison to see whether or not she knew about Jess' move of groups. Remy walked to where Allison's locker was and waited for 5 minutes until she saw the brunette walking up to her with a group of friends. Remy kept her eyes locked on her for a while until Allison noticed her gaze, Allison looked up and saw Remy looking at her; Allison smiled and noticed that Remy was leaning against her locker. Remy saw Allison look back at her friends and say goodbye and then walk towards her.

"Hey, this is a nice surprise" Allison said and Remy smiled at her

"Yeah well I sort of have something to ask or rather tell you" Allison shot her a confused look and made a motion to continue

"Did you know that Jess is now "Best Buddies" with Amber and Ashley?" Remy said in a sarcastic, snarky type of way and Allison smiled at the tone. She loved the way Remy's personality would leak out even though she tried so hard to stop it. Allison then sighed and groaned.

"Yes, we had a fight about it at lunch, she said they pulled her into an empty classroom and asked her to be apart of their 'Group'" Allison said and made a motion with her fingers and she said the word 'Group'. Remy shook her head and said

"They are absolutely pathetic; you do know why they did that right?" Allison shook her head in a negative way and Remy gave her a grim look

"Amber is like in love with you, she would do anything to be one of your friends" Allison looked at her shocked and then sighed, she leaned forward and placed her head on Remy's shoulder

"I thought they did it so they could be popular in the cheer squad, I mean I am always nice to my sisters' friends even if I don't like them" Remy smirked and gently put her arm around Allison so that they were in a half-hug

"She is going to get hurt isn't she?" Allison asked even though it was more of a statement than question, Allison lifted her head to see Remy's guilty expression, Remy slightly nodded her head and Allison sighed and lent back into Remy embrace. This time Remy put both of her arms around Allison and Allison put hers around Remy. They were now in a hug and the contact of skins gave both girls shivers. They stayed in the position and neither of them wanted to pull away from the hug that was making them feel like they were floating on cloud nine.

The two girls in the embrace didn't notice all the weird looks they were getting from the people walking by, they also didn't notice the whispering going on but the biggest thing they failed to notice was that Jess was standing a few meters down from them staring at them with wide eyes.