Nicole did the best that she could while cheering. She watched as the Titans scored goals and how Veronica would scream encouragement to Ray only. All of the other cheerleaders did the same since they had been told to do so, by the captain. I'm not cheering Ray on after what he did to me, she thought placing her hand on her cheek. I'll show the both of them that I'm no sissy. "COME ON GERRY. YOU CAN DO IT." Veronica almost lost her balance while doing a flip when she heard Nicole call out to another player. "GO REV. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK." She walked over to Nicole.

"What are you doing?" she hissed through her teeth. Nicole looked her straight in the eye with a look that said 'go fuck someone else.' "I'm cheering for the TEAM."

Veronica growled. "I'm the captain and I said that EVERYONE has to cheer for Ray, so do it."

"Why should I?"

"Well, if you don't I'll just tell ray that you failed to follow orders. I'm sure that he'll hit you again."

"Go ahead. I don't care."

Before Veronica had the chance to say something else, people started cheering. The Titans had won the game. Nicole smiled and jumped up and down. "YEAH. GO TITANS." She ran of to change into some comfortable clothes. As soon as she had changed, she waited outside for Gerry and the others to come out. "There she is Ray." Turning around, she saw Ray and Veronica walking towards the both of them. Ray grabbed her by the shirt collar.

"Why didn't you follow Veronica's instructions?"

She struggled a little to get out of his grip. "Her instructions were for me to cheer for you but I didn't."

"Liar," Veronica said from behind Ray. "I told you to cheer for the team, not for Ray only. See Ray, she's lying just the way that I told you that she would." He put her down and glared at her before turning around to leave. "SHE'S A LYING SON OF A BITCH RAY." He turned back around and hit her hard on the face. She bit back a scream of pain. "Come Veronica. Lets go." Quickly she ran to the girls' bathroom to see the damage. Walking up to the mirror, she could see a large bruise on the right side of her face. I hate him. She stormed out of the bathroom and started making her way to street. "NICKY." She turned around and saw Gerry, Julius, Alan, Rev, Blue, Petey, Louie, and Sunshine walking up to her. I can't let them see this. Grabbing her hair band, she pulled it of and let her long hair cover the side of her face.

"You want to come with us? We're going out to celebrate."

"I was going to go home and do some stuff."

"Oh come on now girl," Blue said. "You need to experience some fun."

"Yeah but, Ray?"

They could tell that she was scared of him now, by the way that her voice shook when she said his name and by the look in her eyes. "Don't worry. He's going up to the hill with Veronica." She looked up at them and smiled. "Alright then. I'll go." They cheered and dragged her of to the streets. Nicole would walk in front with Rev, Louie, Blue, Petey, and Sunshine for a while and then go back to walk with Gerry, Alan, and Julius. While she was walking with them, they heard a car beep at them. "Gerry," a voice called. They saw Emma, Ray, Veronica, and another boy, all in a car. Ray saw his sister and narrowed his eyes at them. She backed up until she was beside Julius. Gerry stepped back, and watched the car go.

"YOU BETTER NOT TELL THEM ANYTHING OR I'LL BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF YOU," Ray yelled as they drove away. Gerry and Julius looked at Nicole; she was shaking like a leaf. "I…I gotta go home now." Quickly she turned around and ran towards home. At that time, Blue, Petey, and Rev dragged Julius away from Gerry, Alan, Sunshine, and Louie. Gerry grabbed Julius's arm before he left. "See if you can catch up with Nicky and find out what happened. Tell me tomorrow at school." He nodded and went after the others.

Julius looked up ahead and saw Nicole walking. He ran after her. "YO JUL. WAIT UP." They all followed Julius. He caught up with Nicole and gently grabbed her arm. "Nicole. What happened between you and Ray?" She looked up at him and then at the other guys. "Nothing." Rev noticed a little spot on the side of her face. He moved her hair away to reveal a bruise.

"Did he do that?"

"N…no. I slipped and fell."

"When?"

"Outside, when we were doing our warm-ups."

"You're lying. I can tell by look in your eyes."

"I…I can't tell you anything." She wrenched out of his grasp and ran away from them. I wish I could tell them, but I don't want Ray to be mad at me. Finally reaching her house, she opened her door, and saw Ray seated on the couch.