Chapter 5
Max
"Damn it!" I heard Liz shouting and I got out of my bed, I pulled on my jeans and hurried into the living room where she was rubbing a towel through her hair.
"What's up?" I asked, I noticed that she was wearing a towel around her body, she spun around, startled.
"What is it with you Evans?" She demanded, "You seem to make me jump all the time!" she exclaimed and I smiled.
"Sorry, I heard you shouting so what happened?" I asked and she rolled her eyes before pointing to the boys that were still parked out on the couch only the difference was…there was now sickness on the floor.
"I'm gonna kill them!" I hissed out and she nodded.
"Mother will go nuts if she ever finds this." Liz stated and I sighed.
"Actually, I'm not gonna do anything, they can clean up after themselves when they wake up, I have to get washed so we go to the gym for the game." I told her and she nodded as she followed me.
"What about Michael and Kyle, they will have a major hangover when they wake up, will they be able to play?" she asked and I shrugged.
"I make sure I have a couple of guys on the stand by, you know, in case of something like this happening." I told her and she giggled.
"Well, I never knew that you were a scout boy Max, always be prepared." She teased and I pinched her hip slightly, causing her to giggle a bit more as she jerked her hip out of the way. "Watch it." She warned and I shook my head.
"You better go and wake everyone up before mom gets and up and decided to scream the house down." I told her but it was too late.
"MICHAEL JOHN GURIEN! KYLE JOHN VALENTI!" My mother screamed and Liz giggled as she buried her face into my shoulder.
"Too late." She stated and I bit my bottom lip, trying not to laugh.
"We better hurry up before she gets out of the living room and see us standing here." I told her and she nodded, I bolted into the bathroom and she bolted into the bedroom, both trying to stop our giggles from coming out.
I shake my head, days with the gang is certainly never a boring day.
Liz
I hurried into the bedroom and shut the door behind me, I saw that Isabel has found her way into our bedroom and smiled slightly; the girls were all sitting up, rubbing their eyes, confused.
"Was that mom shouting?" Isabel asked and I nodded.
"Why?" Tess asked and I smiled.
"Kyle and Michael were sick on the floor, I don't think mom is too happy to see her carpet ruined." I told her and the girls looked at me, gob smacked and I nodded. "You heard me right."
"They are dead now." Isabel muttered and I nodded.
"Yep, mother was pretty loud when she found out." I replied and Tess shook her head.
"So, when should we prepare the funeral?" Tess asked and we all burst into laughers.
"I can't believe they would get drunk on the night before the game!" Tammy exclaimed as she got out of bed and headed into the bathroom and I snickered.
"Max says he has back up waiting in the wing just in case something like this happens, I don't think Michael and Kyle will be so happy though." I stated.
"Tough, Max said they weren't to get plastered." Tess stated as she sat up on the bed when I sat down on it.
"And we have to do the cheerleading as well, what the bet that some girls will have hangovers?" Isabel asked and I rolled my eyes.
"Blame Tommy, he had the party so he should cop the blame." I told them, teasingly and she laughed.
Tess and I looked at each other in a stunned shock, we were actually joking around with Isabel! We both looked back at her,
"Okay, spill girl, just what did Alex do to you last night?" Tess demanded and I bit my bottom lip, trying not to giggle at Isabel's blushing face.
"Nothing." She denied, hotly, but her eyes were bright and her cheeks were rosy.
"Like nothing happened, come on, you are blushing and your eyes are telling us something happened!" I told her and she let out a small giggle.
"Okay, we talked and he cracked a few jokes. I guess you could say that we got to know each other." Isabel stated and we smirked.
"You fell for the Whitman charm didn't you?" Tess squealed and I saw Isabel's smile dim slightly.
"The Whitman charm?" she asked and I nudged Tess in the stomach and she quieted.
"Isabel, Alex has this way of drawing people toward him, we tease him that it's the Whitman charm, he doesn't go around using it on all of the girls, the fact that he actually used it on you shows that he really cares about you." I assured her and she smiled, shyly at me.
"Really?" she asked, both Tess and I nodded, assuring her.
"Yep, he told me that he knew that you weren't an Ice Queen as you set yourself up as, that the real you were underneath that image and he wanted to know the real you." I told her and she smiled brightly.
"Thanks Liz." She told me and I shrugged.
"No problem, but if you hurt Alex, I have to hurt you back." I warned her and she smiled.
"No problem there." She whispered and that when it hit Tess and I, she had fallen for Whitman big time, Tess leaned into me so she could whisper as Isabel turned to go through the wardrobe.
"Yep, definitely something in the air." She whispered and I giggled.
Tammy
Everyone found himself or herself in the kitchen, my mother was pacing the kitchen, muttering under her breath as she ran a hand through her blonde locks.
"Mom?" I asked and she turned to Kyle and Michael.
"Okay, you two are gonna stay here till you have cleaned up that living room floor." She stated, Michael and Kyle made to protest but she was quicker. "Forget it, you made the mess, you can clean it up and I don't care if you have a basketball game this afternoon, I'm sure Max had made sure he made precautions in case something like this happened." She told them and turned to the rest of us with a smile. "Right, hungry?" she asked and we all nodded, we were ravished, spending most of the night dancing could make you hungry.
We all sat around the counter, talking and laughing as we picked out what food we wanted. "How was the party last night?" mom asked.
"Great, we have a great time." I told her and she nodded.
"Did anything happen?" she asked and I smirked.
"The band completely rocked the place." I told her and she nodded.
"Good, I'm glad you had fun today, now eat up, you will need your energy for the game today." She told us.
"Do you think the North will be rough again?" Liz asked from where she was sitting next to Max and he nodded.
"I would bet on it, these guys really hate being on our turf." He explained and she nodded.
"Just try and not have an argument this time." She told him and we all bit back out snickers, they sound like boyfriends and girlfriends they way they were going on.
"Do you think the guys will be able to play?" Alex asked and Max shrugged.
"Yeah, I spoke to a few of them last night, as far as I could see, none of them were drunk." Max told us and I shook my head.
"With the exception of two boys I could say." I teased and Kyle glared at me.
"Hey, it was a party." Kyle stated and I rolled my eyes.
"Max told you not to drink plus you knew that you had a game on, so you have no one to blame but yourself." I told me as I finished off my juice and looked at my watch.
"We need to leave if we want to make it there in time, you know what's the head is like if we are a second late." I muttered and the rest of the girls nodded.
"We'll come too, coach wants to have a word with us, see you two at the game if you can make it." Max told Michael and Kyle as we all placed our plates and glasses in the dishwasher before leaving, leaving the two boys scowling and my mother smirking as she handed them a tub of hot soapy water and two hard brush.
Liz
We found ourselves in the locker room, dressed in our cheerleading outfits; they were a mixture of Blue and Gold, Red and Gold. We were allowed to wear whatever colour we wanted, Maria and Tess wore blue, caused they loved the colour, plus Michael and Kyle wore blue outfits while Isabel, Tammy and I wore Red, due to Max and Jake wearing red. Isabel just loves wearing red because it suits her.
The cheerleading's outfits were a vest top and a short skirt with our sneakers and pom poms, while the boys' outfits were vests and shorts with their names and number on the back. Max was number 7, lucky number.
"Why on earth did we become cheerleaders?" Tammy complained as she picked up her pom poms.
I laughed as I picked mine up.
"Because Isabel made us try out." I reminded.
"Figures." She muttered as we walked out of the lockers.
"Come on, it's not that bad." Tess told Tammy, Maria nodded in agreement, I just shrugged, not really bothered.
"Lets hope that none of us will fall." Tammy stated as she opened the door to the hall and we bumped into the boys.
"Hey guys, good luck!" Pam stated with a toss of her hair before batting her eyes and walking off, swinging her hips.
"Was it just me or did it look like she had something in her eyes?" Tammy asked as we walked by the boys, causing them to snicker.
"Have fun boys!" I told them with a wave and they waved back. "Tammy, you need to start being nice to Pam." I told her and she looked at me.
"Why do I want to be nice to the girl who is practically stalking my brother?" she asked. "The poor guy can hardly sleep thinking that someone is out side his window."
"You are such an exaggerator." Maria told her and Tammy flicked her a sly look.
"Compare to you being a drama queen?" she asked, innocently, causing Maria slapped her lightly on the butt.
"Watch it missies." Maria teased and Tammy shook her head as we entered the Gym Hall, time to start cheering!
We walked into the gym hall and smiled when we saw the gym was packed up, the other team's cheerleaders were on the other side, scowling at us causing me to roll my eyes. They have always hated us for some reason that it drove me up the wall; they wore their black and white outfits.
"What is their problem with us?" I asked the girls and Sarah Bell – the head replied.
"It's because one of their star players has a crush on one of us, I never could figure out which one it was." She replied and I looked up at her.
"What player?" I asked and Sarah thought before hitting on it.
"Grant Sorenson." She told me and I wrinkled my nose as I turned to Tess.
"Isn't that the guy who is always hitting on Isabel?" I asked and she nodded.
"Yep, you got that right. Isabel was forced to tell the headmaster what was going on because Grant wasn't taking the hint that she wasn't interested." Tess replied and I nodded.
"I remember that, Max got into a fight with him." I murmured and Tess nodded and looked toward the benches and smiled.
"Alex there." She told us and we walked over to where Alex was sitting on the bench with the other members of the school.
"Hey Alex." We called, waving our pom poms and he smiled as he waved back.
"How is it going?" Alex asked and Tammy shrugged.
"It's okay, as long the teams stay civilised, everyone will be happy." Tammy told him, we heard some loud noises and spun around to see Max talking to a team member of the other team.
"What is going on?" Tess asked.
"Max is arguing with one of the guys from the other team." I told her.
"Figures." She muttered as she stalked over to the bench where Alex was sitting. I smiled, each time we have a game, Max argued with someone all the time that it has become a traditional for him to do so, not that he noticed of course,
"He'll calm down soon." Tammy stated as she sat down next Alex.
The next thing we hear was a loud thump, the guy had punched Max and he was lying on the ground as the other guy kicked him hard in the stomach. I hurried over to Max's side as Kyle and Michael grabbed the other guy, holding him back.
I, vaguely, hear Tammy laying into the other guy as I knelt down beside Max. I looked up at Sean.
"Help me carry him over to the bench." I told him, he nodded as he bent down and helped Max up; we both draped an arm over our shoulder and helped Max over to the bench.
We sat him down and I grabbed a towel from the bench before dipping it into the ice bucket next to us and placed it on Max's lips. He winced from the stinging pain before relaxing into the towel. "What happened?" I asked.
"The usual." Max muttered and I rolled my eyes.
"Max." I warned in a tone. Sean snickered and Max flinched, everyone on the team knew what that tone meant.
"Liz, it's nothing to worry about. Trust me." He pleaded, looking into my eyes with the puppy dog eyes; I glared at him before giving in. I would get the answers later.
I turned around to see what was happening only to see Tammy kneeing the other guy and I rolled my eyes.
"This is just my luck today." I muttered.
"She just kneed him!" Tess stuttered from my side.
"What did you expect, she is an Evan after all." I told her. "Completely Max's sister." I muttered, getting an offended noise from Max and I spun around. "And don't you sit there acting innocent mister, you know fully well that you two are the same!"
"Prove it." Max countered back, I planted my hands on my hips and rose and eyebrow.
"James?" he blanched before looking at his feet, muttering how girls knew him too well under his breath while Tess giggled from next to me. "Next time, think before you speak." Before turning around and calling Tammy over.
Even though I'm the youngest one out of everyone in the group, I feel like that I am the oldest one of them all as I had to keep them all in line. I noticed that Jake had his arms wrapped round his girlfriend, holding her back from the guy while Michael was biting his lip to keep from laughing outright at the whole situation.
"Who says the games is boring?" Maria asked and I smiled at her, not giving into my laugher. I will wait till Tammy and Max got their turn then laugh.
We arrived at the Evans' house after the game and before you ask, yes we won the game. It was 49 – 46 so it was close. I think the whole of West Roswell is going to have a party tonight so they can celebrate they had won against the North.
We stepped in only to step back out when a loud voice rang through the house.
"TAMMY MELISSA EVANS!" Diane shouted the minute the door opened. "MAXWELL ALEXANDER EVANS!"
"Looks like you are in trouble." I stated to them as Diane came into sight, her blue eyes flaring with angers, she stood in front of us with her hands on her hips, waiting for an answer to the problems they had caused.
"I got a phone call from the school telling me that two of my children got into fight during the game! That my son decided to have an argument and was knocked out and that one of my daughter decided she'll knee the person responsible!" Diane exclaimed.
"We can explain!" Tammy blurted out and we all looked at her, waiting for an answer before she winced. "Okay, so we can't explain." Tammy muttered and Diane huffed.
"Every times this happens, I do not remember bringing you two up so you can act like this!" Diane exclaimed and calmed down. "Fine, for your punishment, you will have to do the house chores and the garden along with the garage, the basement and the attic, you two are grounded for the weekend too. No phone, no TV. Yes, you can have friends over and no, you can not ask them for their help." She informed them before stalking off to the kitchen.
"Well, at least it's not a bad punishment." I piqued up, receiving glares from them. "What?" I asked, completely innocent.
"You could have helped out." Max pointed out and I shook my head.
"Nope, you got yourself into trouble, you can save yourself thank you." I told him and he glared at me. "Now, now, now Max, you never know if the wind might change and keep your face like that." I told him and Tammy snickered.
"I'm gonna head to my room so I can get changed, we better get a start on the chores now so we can get them done." Tammy stated and I nodded.
"I gotta get home so I can start on my homework, see you tomorrow." I told them.
"Am I picking you up?" Max asked and I nodded.
"Yep. Later, have fun." I told them before hurrying out of the house.
I arrived home and saw my parents standing in the hallway.
"What time do you call this?" they demanded.
"I had a game this afternoon, I had to cheer for them then I went home with Tammy and Max to let them know about the work schedule." I told them and my dad shook his head, he grabbed my arm and dragged me into the backroom with my mother following right behind.
"Don't you talk to me in that tone missies." My mother snapped to me and my whole world went back as pain shot through me.
TBC