The Cheerleading Fiasco
~*-O-*~ Try-Outs Part 3 ~*-O-*~
Sammy's POV
Marissa gave me a hug before I went up which made me feel bad because I didn't give her one. But anyway, Heather sneered at me when I walked up, and I had no doubt that she would purposely fail me. Casey smiled at me and since I had a good feeling about making the team, I smiled back at him. He would give me a good grade or marking or whatever.
"Samantha, you may start now." Coach Hanley informed me and I started with the back handspring. Which I totally aced, along with the other required moves. I decided to do the herky last since it was a show-stopper. And I would've aced it...if Heather hadn't 'coughed' and made me momentarily lose focus and I fell, while twisting my ankle.
Coach Hanley, Marissa and Casey all came rushing up to me and asked if I was alright. I've had a lot of sprained ankles so this wasn't new and I was used to the pain. So it didn't hurt much. Casey helped me up and I announced that I was fine.
"Well, Samantha, you only messed up once which is very good. I hope your sprain isn't too bad. Fortunately, tomorrow we are going to test you for your cheers so you won't have to move to much. Put an ice pack and pressure on your leg, and you'll be fine for the next few days." Coach Hanley informed me. I nodded and smiled, said thank you to Casey for helping me up and then hobbled back to my seat on the bleachers using Marissa for support.
"That was so low, even for Heather." Marissa said once we sat down.
"She doesn't want me on the squad, she'll do whatever it takes to make me fail because she knows that I'm better than her." I said glaring at Heather. She smirked back.
"Is it bad?" Marissa asked me referring to my ankle.
"I've had a lot of them, this one is no different." I said with a -It's-Okay-I'm-Definitely-Coming-Back-Tomorrow smile.
She smiled back. "Good, because tomorrow we're going to knock her off her feet and hopefully off a cliff." Marissa said.
I put my hands together in a praying gesture and looked at the ceiling with my eyes closed. "Please let that happen...please let that happen...please let that happen..." I murmured out loud.
The last of the people tried out and then Coach Hanley stood in front of us smiling. "Okay, so everyone here was very good, maybe a few haven't passed but you all did very well. Thank you all for trying out." Then she looked over at the cheerleaders. "Now, the Cheerleaders and I have to have a little meeting in my office to pick the kids who will come back tomorrow. Please be respectful while we are gone. Talk amongst yourselves, do homework or practice your moves but don't leave yet." She said and then her and the cheerleaders left toward the Coach's office.
"Do you think I'll make it?" Marissa said nervously while chewing her fingernails which were manicured and painted and had little designs on them.
"Okay, two things," I said pulling her hand out of her mouth. "One, you're going to mess up your nails and that cost a lot. And two, of course you are. You only messed up twice." I reassured her.
"Yeah, I know but we told Heather off and she's going to like beg the Coach and the others to not let us come back tomorrow."
"She can try, but they want the best and I think, judging from everyone else, that we are the best." I said.
"Your right." Marissa laughed happily. (Not in a conceited way.)
"Okay, everyone please listen." Coach Hanley said, making the room quiet a few seconds later. I didn't notice when they came out. But now the cheerleaders were in a U shape around the Coach.
"Alright, we have come to a conclusion. We will have to cut thirteen of you." Heather said and then she started reading off names of the people who didn't make it and thankfully Marissa and I weren't on the list. I already knew that I wasn't on the list but I mean, still I was pretty happy.
"If you have made the team so far, get a bracelet from Alison," She pointed at Alison, who was holding the light green bag that I saw earlier. The bracelets were blue. "Don't forget to come back tomorrow, we will be testing you on your cheer abilities so prepare an original cheer and practice it because you will have to memorize cheers once you make the team so might as well get you guys started on that." The Coach said.
"Once you get your bracelet, you may leave. If your name was called earlier, then you will not be coming back tomorrow. Sorry, and good luck." Heather added and then she grabbed her bag while pulling Casey out with her.
"We made the team!" Marissa squealed.
"Yeah, I'm so surprised." I said sarcastically.
"Come on, let's get the bracelet before Alison leaves!" Marissa tugged me.
"Marissa, heeelloooo! My ankle is still sprained!" I screeched, when she accidentally made me put pressure on my foot.
"Oops, sorry." And then she kept trudging forward. Dang, she was eager to get to that bracelet.
"How about I get our stuff and meet you outside and you grab me a bracelet." I suggested. Someone pushed me and I shoved them back. Jesus people, it's just a bracelet!
"Okay," Marissa said. "See you outside." Then she started pushing forward again.
I sighed and then tried to get to our stuff. Which wasn't easy because there was like eighty something people trying to get to the bracelet.
"Excuse me!" I screamed at someone who almost knocked me down. God, people are so ugh.
I finally got to Marissa's and my stuff and I picked up everything that was ours and used the nearest exit which was a few feet away and empty due to the bracelet fiasco that is on the other side of the gym.
Fortunately, my exit was also kind of nearest to the front door so I hobbled down the hallway toward the door. Hobbling is easier said than done. I had to make sure that I didn't put too much pressure on my foot.
When I made it to the door, I quickly got outside to escape the flow of people who were leaving the gym and knocked into someone, and both of us almost fell but I guess whoever I knocked into found their balance and saved themselves. But not me.
So yeah, I fell and whoever it was started laughing. And I instantly knew who it was.
"How about instead of laughing, you help me up before those wannabes trample me, Acosta!" I said in a very low voice which started rising by the end. He stopped laughing instantly and settled for a smirk.
"Okay, sure. I mean, you are the cripple here." He said.
"Thanks to your frigbat of a sister." I said. He held out a hand and I took it immediately seeing as the horde (Spellcheck?) of cheerbies was coming closer.
Marissa was among them, wearing two blue bracelets. Geez, I never said she could put mine on!
A/N: Okay, so how was this chapter? It was very long in my opinion. And I'm very late updating. Yeah, sorry about that by the way. But uh, I originally planned to update this every 3 days and Silent Screams every Sunday but now my schedule is all mixed up thanks to my frigbat of a mom. -_- I'm not actually mad, it's just now, I'm gonna have to update Silent Screams every Monday and this every 3 days again, but instead starting today. So tomorrow is day 1.. But anyway yeah..
Oh and I keep forgetting to put this up. You guys know the speech that Coach Hanley did in chapter 1? You know with the S.T.A.R.S.? Yeah, that wasn't me. I got that from a book. 'The Accidental Cheerleader' by Mimi McCoy. It's a Candy Apple book.
But anyway, I think that's everything that I had to say. Review please.
