7th Period was here. Manny had decided she would compete. She changed into her uniform and took her pom poms out. She
walked out of the locker room and walked to the gym where the rest of the Spirit Squad was. They all looked at her with
disgusted looks on there faces. Manny quietly sat down as people started to whisper. Paige then stood up and started to
speak.
"It's here," she said, "The time we've waited for since the begining of the school year. The Cheer Off. Our main competition is
Quincy High School. We gotta beat them girls. I know we can do it! We've been practicing this routine since November and I
know with our spirit and school pride we can win! So let's do a quick run through of the welcome cheer and then our
cheer-dance mix before all the other schools get here."
Everyone got in formation and they shouted there cheer, "Degrassi is here and yes we're ready to cheer! Our spirit's on our
game is tough you'll live in fear!"
Manny did a cartwheel with 3 other girls and moved to the front. She had a huge fake grinning smile on her face.
"Us girls got game! Most of us you can't taim! We so got it all so we'll watch you all fall," the cheerleaders yelled.
"We are the panthers we'll fight through and through this cheer off has begun and we're coming after you!", the squad yelled.
Manny and Hazel held Paige up and everyone jumped and cheered. Manny felt a little quesey but she ignored it.
They then got in there dance formation and the music started. They were great including Manny. Then came Manny's solo
part. She was so nervous. She did a cartwheel on 1 hand, then a round up, and a tripple backword flip. She landed perfectly
and continued the dance. Once it was over everyone walked outside to greet the other teams.
"Look at that slut," a girl on the squad named Pamela said, "She thinks she can have any man she wants!"
"I so do not think that!" yelled Manny without thinking.
"Right," said Pamela, "So why didn't you just leave Craig and Ashley alone."
"Craig lied to me to," said Manny, "But it's not like this is any of your buisness."
Manny walked away and waited for the busses to arrive. The pulled in 2 minutes later and everyone from the school and the
teams walked into the gym.
"Welcome all Spirit Squads," Mr. Raditch said, "I'd like to thank all of you for being here today and I wish everyone good luck
today and have a fun and safe time."
Everyone in the stands and squads cheered very loud. Degrassi started since it's there school.
"Ready?" asked Paige.
"Okay," Everyone said back.
They did the hello cheer perfectly. Manny saw JT and Emma in the crowed together and smiled. She saw Craig and waved.
Everyone else did there hello cheer and then it was time for the real competition. The squad got in formation and the music
started. Manny was dancing, cheering, and smiling. She was very into it. Her solo was coming up and she got ready. Her
stomach hurt so bad though. She hoped she'd do okay. It was time. Manny did the one hand cartwheel perfectly. Then the
round up perfectly. She did the 1st flip great and jumped for the second one. Her stomach did a huge flip and she fell on her
face. Everyone looked at her. The spirit sqaud stopped dancing and someone shut the music off. Manny held in her cries. She
then ran to the nearest bathroom to throw up.
A judge stood up and said, "Degrassi must forfit the competition due to this mistake."
"BOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!" the crowd yelled.
"What this isn't fair!" yelled Paige, "We've been working our butts off for this day! Can't we just start over? I'm sorry that Manny
made a mistake but does this whole team have to suffer?"
"I'm sorry but it's in the rules," said the judge.
Ashley then stood up. She glared at Craig and said, "I guess this would be the perfect time to make my oh so joyful
anounsment."
Everyone went quiet and looked at her. Manny walked out of the bathroom and looked worried with Ashley standing up.
"Craig why don't you stand up this concerns you," Ashley said, "And Manny please step foward. You have a lot to do with
this too. Please come over don't be shy."
"Ashley," Craig said, "Don't think of..."
"Excuse me Craig do you wanna tell the crowd or should I?" asked Ashley with a smirk.
"Ash..." Craig started to say.
"These two morons, Craig and Manny, are pregnant. I guess they never heard the word birth control!" yelled Ashley.
Manny looked shocked as everyone stared at her. She started to cry and ran to the bathroom again and hid and cried in the
stall. She couldn't believe what Ashley just did.
Everyone started laughing and talking. They were saying how Manny is such a slut and Craig is a player. Craig was so
embaressed that he also ran off the stands. He ran out of the gym while Emma followed Manny into the girls bathroom.
"Manny," said Emma, "I know you're in here."
Emma heard Manny sniffing and crying.
"I can't believe Ashley did that," said Emma, "It was so not called for."
"It's just," Manny said from inside the stall, "I didn't want anyone to know."
"But they would have found out eventually," said Emma.
Manny opened the stall and stared at the wall, "No. They wouldn't have."
"What do you mean?" asked Emma.
"Nothing," said Manny, "I mean nothing. I just can't show my face in school again."
"It'll all be fine," said Emma.
"Easy for you to say!" shouted Manny.
"Come over after school," said Emma, "We'll think of some as Paige would say 'Damage Control'."
"Sure," said Manny.
Emma and Manny hung out in the girls washroom until the end of the day. Manny waited in the bathroom while Emma packed
Manny's books from her locker and her own books.
"Thanks Em," said Manny, "You're the best."
"Let's just go home," said Emma.
The two girls walked to Emma's house and saw Craig sitting on the front steps.
Manny and Emma exchanged looks and then Craig said, "I though you'd be coming here."
"Yeah, I'm staying at Emma's for a while," said Manny.
"I'll go wait inside," said Emma, "So you two can talk."
Emma walked inside her house.
"Look Craig, if this is about Sully..." Manny started to say.
"This isn't about Sully," said Craig.
"Well then..." Manny started to say as she turned to walk into Emma's house.
"Manny," said Craig, "I know right now things look bad right now with Ash and all but..."
"Craig," said Manny, "I...I...well you see I..."
"You what?" asked Craig.
Manny wanted to tell him that she wanted to have an abortion. But Craig, he looked so happy like being a father was the # 1
thing in life he wanted to do.
"I can't wait to have this baby," said Manny with a fake smile.
"Niether can I," said Craig, "And you, me, and this baby we'll be a happy family together...forever."
"Forever?" asked Manny.
"I love you Manny," said Craig as he gave her a quick kiss.
"I love you too," Manny said as she hugged Craig. She had a sad, lost, and confused look on her face.
walked out of the locker room and walked to the gym where the rest of the Spirit Squad was. They all looked at her with
disgusted looks on there faces. Manny quietly sat down as people started to whisper. Paige then stood up and started to
speak.
"It's here," she said, "The time we've waited for since the begining of the school year. The Cheer Off. Our main competition is
Quincy High School. We gotta beat them girls. I know we can do it! We've been practicing this routine since November and I
know with our spirit and school pride we can win! So let's do a quick run through of the welcome cheer and then our
cheer-dance mix before all the other schools get here."
Everyone got in formation and they shouted there cheer, "Degrassi is here and yes we're ready to cheer! Our spirit's on our
game is tough you'll live in fear!"
Manny did a cartwheel with 3 other girls and moved to the front. She had a huge fake grinning smile on her face.
"Us girls got game! Most of us you can't taim! We so got it all so we'll watch you all fall," the cheerleaders yelled.
"We are the panthers we'll fight through and through this cheer off has begun and we're coming after you!", the squad yelled.
Manny and Hazel held Paige up and everyone jumped and cheered. Manny felt a little quesey but she ignored it.
They then got in there dance formation and the music started. They were great including Manny. Then came Manny's solo
part. She was so nervous. She did a cartwheel on 1 hand, then a round up, and a tripple backword flip. She landed perfectly
and continued the dance. Once it was over everyone walked outside to greet the other teams.
"Look at that slut," a girl on the squad named Pamela said, "She thinks she can have any man she wants!"
"I so do not think that!" yelled Manny without thinking.
"Right," said Pamela, "So why didn't you just leave Craig and Ashley alone."
"Craig lied to me to," said Manny, "But it's not like this is any of your buisness."
Manny walked away and waited for the busses to arrive. The pulled in 2 minutes later and everyone from the school and the
teams walked into the gym.
"Welcome all Spirit Squads," Mr. Raditch said, "I'd like to thank all of you for being here today and I wish everyone good luck
today and have a fun and safe time."
Everyone in the stands and squads cheered very loud. Degrassi started since it's there school.
"Ready?" asked Paige.
"Okay," Everyone said back.
They did the hello cheer perfectly. Manny saw JT and Emma in the crowed together and smiled. She saw Craig and waved.
Everyone else did there hello cheer and then it was time for the real competition. The squad got in formation and the music
started. Manny was dancing, cheering, and smiling. She was very into it. Her solo was coming up and she got ready. Her
stomach hurt so bad though. She hoped she'd do okay. It was time. Manny did the one hand cartwheel perfectly. Then the
round up perfectly. She did the 1st flip great and jumped for the second one. Her stomach did a huge flip and she fell on her
face. Everyone looked at her. The spirit sqaud stopped dancing and someone shut the music off. Manny held in her cries. She
then ran to the nearest bathroom to throw up.
A judge stood up and said, "Degrassi must forfit the competition due to this mistake."
"BOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!" the crowd yelled.
"What this isn't fair!" yelled Paige, "We've been working our butts off for this day! Can't we just start over? I'm sorry that Manny
made a mistake but does this whole team have to suffer?"
"I'm sorry but it's in the rules," said the judge.
Ashley then stood up. She glared at Craig and said, "I guess this would be the perfect time to make my oh so joyful
anounsment."
Everyone went quiet and looked at her. Manny walked out of the bathroom and looked worried with Ashley standing up.
"Craig why don't you stand up this concerns you," Ashley said, "And Manny please step foward. You have a lot to do with
this too. Please come over don't be shy."
"Ashley," Craig said, "Don't think of..."
"Excuse me Craig do you wanna tell the crowd or should I?" asked Ashley with a smirk.
"Ash..." Craig started to say.
"These two morons, Craig and Manny, are pregnant. I guess they never heard the word birth control!" yelled Ashley.
Manny looked shocked as everyone stared at her. She started to cry and ran to the bathroom again and hid and cried in the
stall. She couldn't believe what Ashley just did.
Everyone started laughing and talking. They were saying how Manny is such a slut and Craig is a player. Craig was so
embaressed that he also ran off the stands. He ran out of the gym while Emma followed Manny into the girls bathroom.
"Manny," said Emma, "I know you're in here."
Emma heard Manny sniffing and crying.
"I can't believe Ashley did that," said Emma, "It was so not called for."
"It's just," Manny said from inside the stall, "I didn't want anyone to know."
"But they would have found out eventually," said Emma.
Manny opened the stall and stared at the wall, "No. They wouldn't have."
"What do you mean?" asked Emma.
"Nothing," said Manny, "I mean nothing. I just can't show my face in school again."
"It'll all be fine," said Emma.
"Easy for you to say!" shouted Manny.
"Come over after school," said Emma, "We'll think of some as Paige would say 'Damage Control'."
"Sure," said Manny.
Emma and Manny hung out in the girls washroom until the end of the day. Manny waited in the bathroom while Emma packed
Manny's books from her locker and her own books.
"Thanks Em," said Manny, "You're the best."
"Let's just go home," said Emma.
The two girls walked to Emma's house and saw Craig sitting on the front steps.
Manny and Emma exchanged looks and then Craig said, "I though you'd be coming here."
"Yeah, I'm staying at Emma's for a while," said Manny.
"I'll go wait inside," said Emma, "So you two can talk."
Emma walked inside her house.
"Look Craig, if this is about Sully..." Manny started to say.
"This isn't about Sully," said Craig.
"Well then..." Manny started to say as she turned to walk into Emma's house.
"Manny," said Craig, "I know right now things look bad right now with Ash and all but..."
"Craig," said Manny, "I...I...well you see I..."
"You what?" asked Craig.
Manny wanted to tell him that she wanted to have an abortion. But Craig, he looked so happy like being a father was the # 1
thing in life he wanted to do.
"I can't wait to have this baby," said Manny with a fake smile.
"Niether can I," said Craig, "And you, me, and this baby we'll be a happy family together...forever."
"Forever?" asked Manny.
"I love you Manny," said Craig as he gave her a quick kiss.
"I love you too," Manny said as she hugged Craig. She had a sad, lost, and confused look on her face.