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Chapter 7

When we pulled away from our little cheer, the driver informed us that we were almost at the trailer park. We were excited, but really nervous as well. Hey, you'd be too if you were acting with popular movie stars!

The first thing we saw in the parking lot was an explosion. An explosion of Coke and Mentos, that is. I never knew that Naruto was such an idiot! He had decided to conduct his stupid experiment in the middle of the parking lot! He could've gotten run over. Thankfully for Naruto, the trailer's headlights picked up on his metal zipper, so he was fine.

The rest of the night was pretty uneventful. I slept in a huge bed accompanied by Ino, Tenten, and Hinata. Thankfully, none of them rolled around in the bed, because I was on the end of the bed, and if any of them accidentally rolled into me, I would've fallen off the bed. Don't laugh, the floor was as hard as a rock.

The next morning, we woke up to a bullhorn screaming. Couldn't the wake up call be more pleasant, or have a snooze button? Obviously, my friends were thinking the same thing.

"UGH! Couldn't we have a nice alarm to wake us up?" Ino moaned, while rolling… Right into me.

"AAAHH!" I screamed as I fell off the bed. "Ouch!" I yelled. I hit the floor with a hard THUMP! The floor was cold. Unfortunately, I also took all the bedsheets with me, leaving my other friends mad at us for taking the sheets down with me. Pretty crazy, huh? Yeah, I REALLY hoped this wasn't going to be a regular thing for us.

We all stumbled out of the trailer in our pajamas. In the trailer's reflection, I saw dark circles under my eyes. Tenten's buns were messed up, Ino looked wrong without her eyeliner, and Hinata's hair looked like a rat's nest. Long story short, we looked AWFUL.

"Ugh. Mornings. What a PAIN." No mistaking it, that's Shikamaru. At least we have somebody on our side.

"Mornings are excellent, Shikamaru, my friend! They mark the beginning of a youthful day!" I guessed the rumors were true about Lee. He really is obsessed with youth, and it's just as annoying as Teen Queen magazine says.

Shikamaru rolled his eyes. I kind of felt bad for him.

"Okay, girls, come with me to the hair and makeup trailer," said an overly perky lady who I assumed was a stylist. She had big bouncy blonde hair and red lipstick that looked disgusting. At the moment, none of us cared. All we wanted to do was get out of our pajamas.

"Boys, over here!" yelled a man that had clearly overdosed on hairspray. I assumed this was the stylist for the boys.

"Sakura, come on! We know that the boys are hot, but you'll be with them pretty soon," Ino smiled.

"I don't agree with the last part, but you should get going," Tenten added.

"Yeah," Hinata finished. For some reason, she lost her stutter. I found this really strange, because she had it yesterday. Maybe she was more used to the environment.

We all walked into the styling room. It was pretty cool that all of this could fit inside a trailer, but then again, the trailer was pretty huge from the outside. Shortly after we walked in, four other ladies escorted, well more like dragged, us into cushy chairs. When we sat down, the stylists immediately started putting makeup on our faces for our first scene.

Tenten had a slight grimace on her face when they started putting on foundation, but I think she knew that she had to do this for the movie, considering that she was a cheerleader in the film.

About an hour later, we were completely finished with our hair and makeup. As the stylists raced to get our clothes for the scene, I looked in the mirror and was amazed by what I saw.

I looked nothing like myself with makeup on. A small application of glitter liner enhanced my eyes. Lengthening mascara and a few false lashes made my lashes look longer than they would in real life. My lips were slightly boosted by pink gloss. They didn't work around the pink hair, which I was shocked at because Karin was in the role that I "stole" from her, and her hair was red.

My friends looked gorgeous as well. Ino had her classic eyeliner and mascara, but I guess her stylist had decided that she just needed ruby red gloss. Her hairstyle was in her usual high ponytail except for one bang. Tenten also kept her twin buns. Her eyes were also enhanced with eyeliner, but she had plain brown instead of my slight glitter. She also was wearing lipstain instead of gloss, probably because she wasn't her best with clearly visible makeup.

Hinata had light purple eyeliner on and juicy pink gloss. She was the only one who actually had her lips be the main part of her look. I hoped this didn't mean that Hinata was going to have a lot of kissing scenes in the movie. If that was the case, then Ino might have to swap in for her.

After our clothes were put out for us, I wasn't sure what I was going to do. My outfit was a cheerleader's uniform that showed off my legs and arms. The top part was also clinging to my body, and the skirt was short. I guess Karin would've been totally comfortable in this, but to me, it felt awkward. Yes, I've worn clothes that show skin before, but it felt really awkward knowing that you would be shooting a movie with six famous people wearing this outfit.

I sucked it up and put it on. Then I was given some foam, which the stylist insisted I put in my bra to pad it. This is where I drew the line. I loved the makeup and hair, I would deal with the cheerleader suit, but I refused to pad my bra. I was comfortable the way I was, and nothing else.

"I'm sorry, but I don't want to pad it. My boobs don't have to be as big as Karin's, do they?" I ask the stylist.

"Your part in the movie is head cheerleader. She can't have small breasts. They have to demand attention," the stylist insisted.

"No, they don't," a voice interrupts. I looked around for my savior. Then Takara walked out of the dressing room, and she had her hands on her hips, frowning at my stylist.

"Can't you see this girl isn't used to the movie world yet? Besides that, most people act better when they're in their own skin. I mean, look at me!" she exclaimed.

It was true, Takara was practically flat chested, and she was still fit her part as a cheerleader really well.

"Don't worry about Hatare. She tries to make every girl that she gets her hands on a slut. I've had her before," Takara puts her arm around me and steers me out of the dressing room, where the other girls are waiting. She seemed to be the only one on set with naturally wavy hair.

"Hey! I'm sorry I didn't introduce myself before. I'm Yuki, fellow cheerleader in the film, and Takara's best friend!" Yuki is really bubbly, with long periwinkle-colored hair and ice blue eyes. She seemed friendly as well.

Then the loud and obnoxious bullhorn sounded, meaning it was time for our first shoot. This was also our first encounter with the boys. Great.

Once we got there, we walked into a room that was supposed to be for our scene.

"Hi, girls," said the assistant director.

"Hey, Mr. Takahasi," Tenten replied.

"We've just received some news, girls. You're not on yet."

"Why?" asked Ino.

"We're having a problem with the boys right now," stated the director.

"What's the problem?" I asked.

"The boys are supposed to be on the soccer team in the film. Neji's supposed to be a midfielder, but he just informed us that he can't play soccer at all! This is a true disaster!" Mr. Takahasi panicked.

The room was quiet, but Tenten broke the silence about a minute later with a nervous response.

"Mr. Takahasi, would it be all right if Neji and I took the day off? I can teach him how to play soccer."