Alright, so I am sorry for any delay. anyway, this chapter is for the celebration of my birthday (very first day of june actually), and since school starts already.

hope you like it! :D

xoxox

ladyinblack

Chapter 13:

Double Trouble

It was their literature class when Ga Eul felt her phone vibrated by her uniform's pocket, knowing that it was a txt. She looked at her teacher who is busy speaking in front while holding a book, reading and explaining busy each part of the Trojan War. She looked around, seeing Jan Di is almost to sleep in her seat while the usual four boys are much active and alive at the class. Jae Kyung was even playing with her gum and making it pop which their teacher didn't even heard, making Ga Eul giggle. She eyed her teacher, and seeing that he seems that he won't even seem to see her check her phone, so she pulled it out and immediately saw on the flashing screen that it was a text from her coach in cheerleading.

She put it in between her book and immediately put on a surprised, worried face which Yuna managed to see.

"Something wrong Ga Eul?" It's been months, days and weeks that they have been seatmate and they rather grew more closer with each other. Ga Eul just felt that she is one of the greatest seatmate ever that she had.

"My coach texted me to see her after class, maybe training will start soon."

"Why look so sad about it then?" Ga Eul didn't realized that her tone was a bit sluggish.

"I don't know, maybe because I was actually hoping that my track trainings will begin earlier than my cheering practices. But since I wasn't there to perform during the freshman orientation with my cheer team, maybe I can make a come back again, since I even feel sorry about not joining our presentation for the freshman orientation last summer."

Yuna looked at their teacher first before talking, making sure that he won't spot them talking to each other. "really? Why didn't you join their presentation?"

"Well, I was attending practice first but to review a little with our supposedly subjects this year to earn very high grades, so I'd chose not to attend every day. They have decided to not allow me to joing the presentation since I wasn't able to practice four times a week, and even missed practice for the dance part. I just screw up, and felt bad." Ga Eul sighed and kept her phone back to her pocket.

"Oh, I see. I suggest you should go back training to your cheer team then." Yuna looked at her but Ga Eul only managed to show a small smile on her face.

"do you love cheering?" realizing that Ga Eul is still undecided whether to attend practice or not. Being her seatmate, she finally understand how the different expressions and voice tones of Ga Eul does.

Ga Eul looked at her, "of course! I love cheering for our school and improving my flexibility." She cheerfully exclaimed.

Yuna smiled widely to her, "Now I guess you better get your butt back there and practice, arrasso?"

Ga Eul smiled back at her, "arrasso" she said gladly, happy that Yuna unknowingly reminded her the reason why she joined the school's cheering team.

"miss Chu Ga Eul, can you read the next paragraph for the class please?"

Ga Eul was surprised, but she do knows where and what they are reading, so she nodded to her teacher and stood up, reading loudly for the class.

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Classes just ended and Ga Eul was with Jan Di, waiting for her to finish fixing and getting her things from her locker. While waiting, Ga Eul told her about their recent agreement with Yi Jung regarding their project.

"I just can't seem to understand why he just seemed to hate me when I am not even doing anything against him." She told Jan Di.

"well, I assure you that he hates everybody's presence." They started walking towards at the gym's direction which is their both destination where Jan Di is going to have her daily training and Ga Eul will talk to her cheer coach.

While on their way, Ga Eul was silent for a while, thinking what was the reason why he have become a huge hater and in return, being hated big time by everyone else. Jan Di thought that she snapped out of her friend that she felt worried instantly.

"You okay Ga Eul-shi?"

Ga Eul remembered the reason why people hated Yi Jung, but it doesn't mean that she must hate him instantly just like that too. She is not the type of person who is quick in hating other people simply just by rumors or so, but she always wishes to find out the real deal.

She raised her head and smiled to her, "yeah I'm fine! You go ahead to your team now, you might be late already."

Jan Di didn't realized that they were already at the gym's gate. "Oh, how about you Ga Eul-shi?"

Ga Eul pointed at the bleachers, at its bottom end was her cheer coach who seemed to be preoccupied and writing over her notebook. As she waved good bye to Jan Di, even if she can perfectly see her just by the corner side of the school gym, she still felt a little shaken up in approaching her coach since she can clearly see that she was the only one that has been informed with today's meeting. Coach might scold me for putting the team down. She is completely aware how her team needed her and her flexibility, and yet she have put her and her team down, she was not able to perform last summer for the freshman orientation. She was supposed to be their but she was not able to show up at the final, and take note, most important practice of all. She has a responsibility with all of her clubs and organizations, and she feels she failed with this one.

I'll accept any punishment that coach will give me. She advanced her steps as she found herself in front of her mentor and this time, she is busy talking into the phone. When Ms. Hyun, her cheering coach saw her, Ga Eul immediately let out a smile to her. Ms. Hyun did returned the smile back to her but signaled to her to wait for five more minutes or a few more. Ga Eul nodded, and eyed for her friend who is just nearby. Jan Di was busy doing a spinning law kick all around, but she still managed to show her two thumbs up as Ga Eul let out a giggle and responded back with two thumbs up too.

"alright," as Ms. Hyun puts down her phone and keep it on her pocket, "It's good to see you've come here as I said, Ga Eul." Ga Eul was a little shaken up by those words, since she always obeys every order and commands coming from her coaches, except for a little part where she didn't showed up in some practices under Ms. Hyun, making her feel a little guilty about the words that came out her mouth just this moment.

"I am happy to see you too, Ms. Hyun. How have you been lately?" as she tried to smile and hold on to her books that she is embracing.

"Well, I'm doing a bit great recently. You might want to seat down here beside me, I would be telling very important things to you and you better listen to me." Ms. Hyun told her as she saw Ga Eul with her books and seems that she'll have a hard time just standing in front of her as she will talk to her just like that.

Ga Eul no longer hesitated. She immediately sat beside her coach, still not placing her books down. They seemed to be the one receiving all of her nervousness that she is feeling, saving herself from looking like a nervous walking stick in front.

"The school intramurals is going to be next quarter, and that a month, three weeks and two days from this day." Ms. Hyun said as she looked Ga Eul directly into the eyes, and Ga Eul looks at her back too, which Ms. Hyun finds good since she is indeed listening to her. "We will start having practices starting next, next week, after your exams so you will be not stressed out from your projects and exams." Ms. Hyun paused, giving her some time to take in all the things that she is telling her. "and the squad will truly need you this year. We needed to fix most of our liftings and have a better routine. Your flexibility will help the squad look better and deliver better performances, and I want you to be the cheer captain for this year." At first, Ga Eul was lowering her looks, looking down as she hears that she felt that she had just failed her squad last time and she needed to show better this time. But when Ms. Hyun mentioned the latter part, her eyes immediately got big in surprise and opened her mouth to respond but no voice came out.

"You do not need to worry, I have arranged a meeting yesterday with the squad and have every single one agreed for you to be the new cheer captain. There are also a new set of officers, you just talk to them if you see them on your way." Ms. Hyun handed her a piece of paper from her notebook containing the names of the new set of officers.

As Ga Eul read it one by one, only one question is on her mind, why me? And why this year?

"Now, ms. Captain, for your first assignment before our daily practice starts next next week, I'd like you to think for a new costume that you may suggest before our performance for the intramurals begin. You have any more questions?"

She didn't even asked me if it's alright for me to be the cheer captain this year! But Ga Eul was left with no choice, she cannot back out this time, not this time, most especially that she had just seemed to failed them at their performance for the Freshman Orientation so she needed to make a full come back and double her efforts to gain back the entire squad's trust.

"But, why me? Joo Shin have shown great interest for being the next cheer captain." She manage to say to her mentor. She felt a little bit shy of asking that of course, as if she's complaining about her new role.

Ms. Hyun paced her hand in both of Ga Eul's shoulders, "I know you are surprised about your new role for this year, and it is going to be hectic for you, most especially you're a senior and part of the star section as I've heard. But, your squad needs you and you are the best person who can handle this job. You're beautiful, smart, and flexible, you have a wide knowledge in giving the squad the best that it can with your creative, skillful mind and all. I did not recommend for the squad to hail Joo Shin since she had a failing remark from last year, and she will need extra effort to get back on track with her academics. I wanted the best for her and I wanted her to focus on the most important thing, I hope you are following Ga Eul." Ga Eul nodded, but deep inside, she didn't know whether to be truly happy, but what she is sure of is that this is going to be one, hectic year for me, she said to herself.

"Besides, you are way responsible than her, I know I can count on you and I know you can handle your squad really well. They voted for you, not for Joo Shin." Ms. Hyun smiled, as Ga Eul found all the strength to return that joyful smile back to her.

"I, I really don't know what to say Ms. Hyun. From what I've showed this summer to our squad, I didn't even think I'd still be in it. I admit that I have failed to show in every important practices that made me unable to present for the Freshman orientation. I was expecting more of like a punishment, not a reward this year." She dumb fully told her cheer coach as they both let out a giggle.

"Well, you have your priorities that time I believe. I can't blame you; you needed to prepare yourself for senior year. I'm placing my bets on you to graduate on the top five of your batch!" she winked and laughed as Ga Eul laughs back.

"I hope I can Ms. Hyun, and I'd like to say thank you this time, very much! I still want to apologize for my actions last—"

"It's okay! Just do your best this year, arrasso?" Ga Eul though that she Ms. Hyun didn't want to talk about her poor performance last time, but now she gives her a new hope to aim for a better performance and to get back to the squad.

"all right, off you go then. Mr. Chow is looking for you, he said to drop by his office right after we talk." Ga Eul was surprised to hear that, she didn't expect that one coming.

"Oh, alright Ms. Hyun. Thank you for telling me!" as Ga Eul stood up from her seat. She told Jan Di that she will just go to the Physical Education Department to meet Mr. Chow, but Jan Di just motioned a text sign and waved, meaning she'll just text her tonight, thinking that Ga Eul will go home.

Ga Eul didn't explained nor argued if Jan Di would still want to wait for her until she finishes her training, since she gave her the text sign, it means that she wanted for Ga Eul to go home and not wait for her anymore.

As Ga Eul walks back and go to the main office of the Physical Education department, she keeps on feeling a bit more scared as her heart seems to pump blood faster. She just keeps on getting the feeling that training in track might start already, which she have longed for ever since school starts. But being the new cheer captain this year and with two weeks to go before the first quarterly examination starts and take note that practices in cheering will start next next week, just a week after her exams, making her no time to relax after suffering herself with projects and deadly examinations.

Finally, she has arrived. When she was about to open the door of Mr. Chow's office, she was surely hoping right at that moment for trainings to start next quarter, hopefully just after the school intramurals. She doubted that. She remembered that they will need to train hard for intramurals of course, how could she even forget. With a sigh, she pushed open the door.

"Well hello there Ms. Chu Ga Eul! Come on in!" Mr. Chow gladly told her and motioned his hand to step inside.

They just needed to stop calling me Ms. Every once in a while. She still clutched onto her books, letting it receive every possible shiver that is crawling back and forth just by thinking of the upcoming stress days.

"have a seat Ms. Chu." Mr. Chow beamed at her as she smiles back.

"Ms. Hyun told me that you were looking for me sir?" Ga eul said.

"yes indeed I am. She just said that she will talk to you about being the new cheer captain of this year cheering squad, and I'm telling you that I just can't be more than happy for you my darling." Ga Eul grinned at the man in front of her, she just missed her coaches after so many months of not seeing them both.

"thank you Mr. Chow! Just in time to make my senior year a bit special!'' Ga Eul exclaimed as a nervous laugh came out of her lips. She just feels troubled about what Mr. Chow is about to say. She didn't expected to be the cheer captain this year with her squad, what more to her track club?

"I've been thinking lately, since school intramurals is about to start and you're the most active and dedicated member of this club, how about if I tell you that you'll be the leader of our track team?" Mr. Chow cheerfully asked her.

Ga Eul's smile turned into a wary one. Oh no. Not good. She cannot just not refuse that position just like that, she might offend Mr. Chow but she don't know if she can still handle the given position to her.

"Mr. Chow, I don't want to disappoint you but-"

"I know, you're in senior year, you've just been selected as the new cheer captain, you're now also included to the section of the cream of the crops, and exams is on next week. But I do assure you Ga Eul that you this won't be a big responsibility for you,"

"But, what if I failed being the leader of the club?" Ga Eul protested, she can't just fail this year. She wanted this year to be the best and most memorable for her, not by being lousy and a failure in everything she does.

"Relax my darling. All you just needed to do is be to be there every training and be the head leader just in case I'm not around. You only needed to remind all of your members with informations and reminders every now and then, that is all." Mr. Chow explained.

Ga Eul made a reconsideration, placing her hands on her chin and thinking, saying to herself that surely it does sound easy but I guess I can still manage to do that. Doesn't seemed hard to do anyway.

"alright Mr. Chow, count me in. I don't have any bigger responsibility to think about?" ga Eul worriedly asked.

Mr. Chow chuckled, his laugh can be heard even to the other part of the world. "No, I am sure you can do this very well. Also, you just needed to attend some meetings and represent our club, I believe you don't mind representing two clubs in your case?" Mr. Chow clasped his hands, arching his brow waiting for a positive reply from her.

"of course sir, I don't mind. I think it'll be fun too." Ga Eul sweetly smiled to assure him that it is indeed alright.

"very well then. You just inform every one of our club that training will start after exams, so basically it is two weeks from now. By that time, you are done stressing yourself with projects from the first quarter. I wish you good luck Ms. Ga Eul!" Mr. Chow smiled, making her feel comfortable just like before.

Ga Eul stood up, "yes sir I'll inform them, thank you very much!"

She waved good bye and exited the room. She didn't notice that is night time is coming, almost six on the clock when she looked at her wrist watch.

She immediately texted her mom that she will be home soon and that she needed light meal for tonight, she can't seem to find the appetite to eat well tonight. Now all she just need to settle is to think for a new costume for the squad, inform her track team about their practice and finish a few projects tonight.

She texted Jan Di that she's on her way home and told her to take care on her own way too. She needed to make an extra speed if she wanted to finish her projects. She can feel her heart beating inside her chest, not scared of going home alone at night, but rather scared for failing her mentors.

I cannot fail, no matter what.

She promised to live by those words throughout the year, I promise, she vowed to herself.

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