Chapter 8

"Wes, are you and the guys coming to cheerleading tryouts?" Cordelia asked walking next to Wesley as people hurried out of the school

"Yeah, I believe so. You know I'll be there." He said putting his arm around her waist

Out of nowhere came Angelus, "Yeah, Cordy you know we will be there to see the newbies." he said smirking

"Oh, thanks for the support Angelus." Cordelia said walking off to the girls' locker room

"So Buffy are you ready?" Willow asked a little nervous for her friend

"Yeah, I mean I've been taking gymnastics forever and my mom is kinda making me." Buffy said shrugging not really caring how it turned out

"So what you don't really care if you make it?" Willow asked sitting in the locker room watching Buffy stretch

"I mean if I don't make it's not the end of the world." Buffy replied, signaling that she didn't want to talk about it

At four o'clock all of the girls trying out came out onto the gym floor. Their gym was a little different, the stands were on ground level but the gym floor was sunken down so in the stands you looked down on the court no matter where you sat. "Okay girls here's how it works, you are all going to divide into groups by year. Freshmen over there, sophomores over in the back, juniors behind the sophomores and then the seniors. Freshmen first." And with that the music began and they began tryouts.

Even those who had been cheerleaders the year before had to re-tryout. Buffy was a senior so there really weren't that many trying out, a few new girls, the veterans were pretty confident.

Finally, after many boo's and applause the woman who was announcing when it was each classes turn called out the last group – the seniors. The gym went dead quite, not that there were tons of people occupying it, just the judges and about thirty people in the stands.

"Alright girls we'll begin with a group dance then individual performances, that you of course choreographed."

The group performance wasn't anything spectacular, just some simple moves and some shouting. But when the individual performances began things heated up, especially in the stands. Each girl had some one shouting their personal vote for her after her performance.

"And last but not least Buffy Summers." The lady said and Buffy stepped up. Willow was so nervous she was practically shaking and Xander was giving Buffy the thumbs-up. Of course Angelus and his gang were there supporting Cordelia.

"There's your girl Angelus." Gunn whispered into his ear

"Shut it." Angelus bit back

Just then the music came on and Buffy began. Her performance consisted mainly of gymnastic moves but every now and then she shouted out cheers she had memorized. When she was done everyone in the crowd, well everyone except a stunned Angelus.

"You go B!" Faith yelled from the doorway, she had shown up right before the seniors went on. Buffy just smiled happily, glad to know that everyone liked her performance.

"Thank you. All of you. Tomorrow morning those who made the squad will be posted at the office window." The woman said and the girls filed out of the gym into the locker room.

Buffy was the first one out, her hair still in a pony tail while she was dressed in a black mid-thigh skirt and a pink tank top. As she walked out into the gym she was assaulted by compliments. When she finally made it to her group of friends they had their own way of congratulating her, "Buffy I never knew you were so good, I mean I've known you forever and I knew that you had always been in gymnastics but wow!" Willow said giving Buffy a hug

"Yeah, Buff you were amazing." Xander said after Willow released her, and then gave her a hug himself

"B they don't even have a word that could describe how great you were." Faith said giving Buffy a hug

"I didn't know you were coming." Buffy said as Faith hugged her

"Well I heard about tryouts and I remember your mom." Faith said grinning

"Thanks for coming it means a lot." Buffy said walking towards the exit with her friends crowding around her

"Hey! Hey Buffy wait up a sec!" Cordelia yelled running rather ungracefully from the locker room

"Uh…yeah Cordelia?" Buffy said stopping and turning to face the girl who ran the school

"I just wanted to say that you were spectacular. I mean…" however Angelus decided to comment at the moment

"Yeah, Buff you were…" Angelus said taking in her full appearance

"Wow B! Angelus is at a loss of words because of you!" Faith said elbowing Buffy the side

"Thanks for the compliment, both of you, but I'm going to be leaving now." Buffy said calmly

"Wait!" Cordelia spoke up before Angelus could, "Do you want to come to the Bronze with us?"

"Well, you see I'm kinda with my friends and I don't want to ditch them." Buffy said over her shoulder as she walked out of the doors.

"That's okay, we could all hang." Spike said sliding his arm around Faiths waist, "Right babe?" he asked her

"That's sound pretty cool, come on B." Faith said

"Fine." She sighed, not really looking forward to an evening of Angelus

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Okay first off, I'm not a cheerleader and I've never been to a cheerleading try-out so I just made it up. Sorry if you're a cheerleader and I got it entirely wrong. Also, I have most of the next chapter written out and it's so much longer!

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