Prompt #37:Lexie tries out for cheerleading. Not her thing really.
Alright,she had maybe pret too much,but she had really really wanted to try. Lexie wasn't one of those girls who needed to be in a team,because it was cool. She did blend into the school corp just fine,even if high school had just began,but since she could use some power the girl had decided to go for. Go for the glory,according to many,of being part of the cheerleading squad in her school. Whatever had come to her mind when she had had such brilliant idea? Carter would always tell her to keep away from this shit,but she couldn't avoid it. Ever since she had been born,Lexie had been the curious child,which had brought her some serious issues,above all when she had found Carter doing it with his future wife. Said so,she had stopped being so curious,according to her family,in favour of being carefully curious. Now this,was the last of her interests but she needed to try. What made cheerleaders?How come they were so cool and famous?Why did they get all the good lucking,fashionable kids,though frankly she was a tomboy so she didn't care much?The only eyes she had,were for a junior boy,William that was his name, who would've totally never looked at her,like never. And now she was drooling like a dog right behind him,with a tight skirt on,which was frankly very uncomfortable,and going through the routine she had tried out,which she had forgotten,and he was looking. Holy Rao. God save her.
"Danvers"
"Yeah"she skipped up,almost zapped,as if Livewire had escaped her mothers'stories,and started her routine.
One look at him,and she was done for.
How was he so handsome,and those brown eyes like chocolate,and wavy hair. And ew what the hell had she turned into?Lexie Danvers Grant didn't do the romantic thing. She just didn't. Out of the way,nope,no,het.
Flips,back tucks….and some flying actually did the trick at first.
Well,at last 'till he didn't look her way.
She got transfixed by him mid air,and back tucked to the floor with a bang which almost shock the pavement of the gym,and wore an hole into it,that she stayed on the floor afraid she might have broken something,and blushing like crazy,grimacing madly.
Some people,mostly the girls who were directing the try outs actually appeared above her.
Mm,unusually gentle,the true bitch was apparently the captain,who had chosen to delegate the tryouts to her right hands,because she was too high for that.
"I'm alright"
She was,really.
Made of steel. Steel and humanity,a good mix.
He was there too.
Death. Social death. In front of the boy she liked.
Some others moved and he stood there,slightly bent forward,extending his hand at her,as if he wished to help her up.
He wanted to help her up?
Take it,take it,genius. It's him,right him doing this for you.
She extended her own and he held hers firmly helping her up in one quick motion. He wasn't in the varsity,a jock or anything,but she had heard he wanted to be a lawyer and he let himself be respected through words,never hands like bullies. He was the perfect boy.
William didn't let go of her hand.
He kept his into hers,and walked her further from the centre of the room.
Luckily,she hadn't worn any hole on the floor apparently,so everything was safe,even for those to come.
"So,not exactly a lucky strike"
She smiled,and said nothing. If she could've looked into a mirror,Lexie now she would've looked like a stupid,beaming with all her teeth in the open,and her eyes darting left to right scaredly fearfully,giggling madly like before.
"Are you ok?"
"Yeah,not really lucky at that,I don't think it's my thing"
"They said they'll think about it,but I think you don't need that,you're pretty good this way already"
"Well,maybe I should give up the idea"
"Nah,I thought you looked good at that,but maybe this is not what you want to do. You look like the type who might like justice."
"My mama is sup..sort of like a policeman you could say?I sort of spent my whole life living into it"
Luckily he didn't seem to have noticed the slip up,and they kept on walking,as their hands separated.
She missed the heat right away. His hand was soft,and warm,and…what the hell?There she went with the romance again. Carter was gonna make fun of her,she was sure. And Lily and the twins too,as soon as they had spoken.
"I gotta go now,I got class,where are you going?"
"I don't know. I'm sort of free,you know…try outs and everything. Maybe I should get back to the gym,see where they're going"
"Alright. Would you mind if I walked you to the next class?"
She giggled nervously again.
"Of course"
He smiled at her and turned around to reach his next class,as she walked back into the crowd of her school squealing with her hands up in a sign of victory.
So not romantic,Lexie,uhm?