Title: Stick It 3?
Author: Melissa
Characters: Veronica, Wallace, Meg, Duncan, Logan,
Pairing: Duncan/Meg, LoVe (eventually)
Word Count: 616
Rating: PG-13
Summary: What if Veronica had a secret no one knew about? What would happen if someone found out?
Spoilers: Takes place at the beginning of Betty and Veronica. It goes AU during her meeting with Clemmons
A/N: The title is taken from the gymnastics movie, Stick It. And just so you know, my cheers really suck. And thanks to GymnasticsRevolution website for the helpful gymnastic terms and visuals. Short chapter but I promise the nest one will be much longer, I promise! And just a another little thing, lollipops are these tight shorts that cheerleaders and dancers wear under their skirts so when they do jumps and flips, you don't see their underwear. Also, really BIG hugs to my beta, Erika!
The next morning Veronica arrived at the Manning's house at 7 o'clock. Meg opened the door and gaped at her friend in her cheerleading uniform.
"Veronica! You look great! See! I knew I was right. That is an awesome look for you. The boys are gonna be DYING at school!" Meg exclaimed. Veronica shrugged self-consciously and looked at Meg in her uniform.
"You don't look half-bad either Meg. Duncan's gonna be in heaven today." Meg giggled and began to blush. Once she recovered, she grabbed Veronica's arm, pulling her upstairs.
"C'mon! We gotta go and make you look hot for today!" Meg cried enthusiastically. Veronica followed Meg with an uncertain look on her face as Meg shut the door to her room
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As Veronica, Meg and Wallace entered the hallways of Neptune High, catcalls and whistles were directed at Veronica. Guys she didn't even know were trying to peek under her skirt. Throughout the day all she could think of was 'thank god to whoever created lollipops'.
Finally the administration cancelled sixth and seventh period so the cheerleaders could get ready one last time before the pep rally and the big game against Pan High. While the other girls finished their primping and redoing their face make-up, Veronica sat on one of the wooden benches wringing her hands nervously.
"Hey Veronica, you want me to redo your make up…" Meg began to say but trailed off once she saw Veronica "Hey? You okay?"
Veronica sniffled a bit and smiled. "Yeah… its nothing. Just realizing what Wallace said about me when we first met."
"What was that?" Meg asked quizzically
"He called me a marshmallow. He was right, I'm a big gooey marshmallow." She replied with a hollow laugh. Veronica jumped to her feet and her face brightened. "Let's go kick some Pan High ass!" she giggled to herself "Wow. Never thought I would ever be this excited to go out in front of a crowd of a bunch of people who hate me."
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"L-E-T-S G-O! LETS GO PIRATES, LETS GO!" All the girls cheered in unison. "Neptune Pirates are the best, everyone else should give it a rest. We can kick Pan High's ass and we do it with a smile and sass! Don't forget that we're number one! C'mon everybody! Have some fun!"
The crowd cheered and Veronica began to do her routine consisting of three aerials, two front fly springs, one back tuck and around 6 front handsprings. When she finally stuck her landing, the crowd went absolutely wild. There were whistles, screams, catcalls and stomping of feet.
By the time the crowd calmed down, reaching a lower volume, Veronica was climbing her way to the top of the pyramid. Halfway through her solo cheer, one of the girls towards the bottom of the pyramid began to sneeze. When she brought up her hand to her mouth to catch the sneeze, the pyramid came tumbling down; Veronica taking the hardest fall.
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When Veronica woke up in the hospital 5 hours later, she felt like a six hundred pound gorilla had decided to nest on her head. On top of that, her left leg was in a cast. She looked of to see her father asleep on one side of her hospital bed and Wallace on the other. She shifted in the bed, trying not to increase the pain in her head. The slightest movement of the bed woke up light-sleeping Wallace, who lifted his head groggily. His face brightened once he saw Veronica was awake and okay.
"Gee, V. Gravity defying flips, leg casts? You go girl." He quipped. Veronica let out a small laugh and smiled at Wallace.
"Blame Clemmons."