Walking out of the shower, and into her bedroom, with her towel tied around her small but growing form, she pauses as she looks down at her cheerleading outfit that's laid out on her bed, thinking of what she should do. She loves cheering, it probably one of her favorite things in the world and it reminds her of good times she had but things have changed now.

She lets out a sigh, not really wanting to give any of it up but knowing it's for the best. In a way this will be the an end but in another way it won't be, it's just a change and sometimes change is okay. She knows she doesn't need to give up cheering completely, that she can still go to practice with the girls and join in where she can but she knows she can no longer perform or do allot of the things she did before.

She does end up changing into her uniform, tying her hair up into a pony tail with a ribbon. With how the cheer skirts are designed it conceals her growing bump perfectly, the skirt is high waisted so it only leaves about two inches of skin showing of mid torso, not reveling anything and the elastic in the band of it is a life saver. Her top feels tight against her chest as her breast have gotten larger since the last time she wore this but the top isn't too uncomfortable but just enough telling her she needs to go up a size or a few.

Alexis looks at herself in the mirror, taking in her appearance, with a sad smile because this will be the last time in a long while she'll ever wear this again. She doesn't even need to be wearing it for tonight as she has no intention of doing the performance only instructing and helping girls through their routine before hand but she she wanted to wear it for like one last hooray.

"Are you thinking of quitting, to?" She hears her speak up from behind her and Alexis looks over her shoulder to look at her sister. She looks at Elena, she's dressed in casual clothes and her cheer is outfit is still on the bed so Alexis can already guess that she's quitting cheer. Elena just seemed like she felt out of place the other day, and honestly, to a lesser degree Alexis did to. Alexis doesn't blame her one bit.

"Are you?" The younger twin asks, just to confirm it.

"I'm a quitter." She laughs softly at herself, shaking her head.

"I think I'll stay on the team." Alexis admits and Elena is honestly not too surprised by that, she feels like saying something but then Alexis looks up to her in a soft but knowing way to assure her sister. "But not actually perform just help the girls with their routines."

"That's good, now come on we only have a few minutes until we're meant to be there."

Once the girls arrive at the football fields of the school they spot Stefan waiting for Elena. Elena turns to her sister to say something but Alexis beats her to it. "Go, I need to catch with Matt and get to the girls. Oh and I''ll break the news you're quitting to Care."

"Thanks, I'll find you before the game starts." Elena suggests and Alexis nods.

"Deal." Alexis agrees and Elena throws her a smile before hurrying off to Stefan. Alexis shakes her head before heading over to the team. Bonnie is the first to greet her, wrapping her arms around her before pulling back and giving her a look, silently asking which twin it is. The girl just laughs sweetly, she finds it so amusing when people mistake her sister and herself for each other. She lets Bonnie know who she is and explains everything, Bonnie seems pretty understanding of it. Bonnie gives her a smile as she sees Caroline heading over before leaving, letting Alexis deal with the blonde girl.

"Alexis?" Caroline questions and the girl sighs as she nods. The blonde stops in front of her pregnant friend looking so apologetic. "Look, I'm so sorry about last night. I-"

"Caroline." Alexis tries to cut her off but Caroline is having it. She looks at the pregnant teen desperately as she continues.

"It's was unfair and wrong to say that." Caroline admits, she looks so truly upset with herself. "I am so sorry, you're my best friend in the world..I love you, Alexis," The blonde girl confesses, her voice full of honesty and Alexis lets out a sigh, lips twitching into a smile before she just steps forward, wrapping her arms around Caroline in a tight embrace.

Caroline practically melts into the hug, squeezing her friend, feeling so relieved she didn't screw thing up. Through everything, it's always been Alexis by her side and has always been there for her unlike everyone else who has been she quick to turn. When they fight, it feels awful and wrong, it usually lasts about a week but now they know they need each other or want to be there for each other.

"I love you too, Caroline." Alexis swears softly, still holding the blonde. They stay holding each other for quite a long while before eventually parting, their friendship and trust restored.

"So cheer?" Caroline question, after a moment voice soft and Alexis uses this as the perfect time to tell her about Elena.

"Elena quit cheer."

"Okay." Caroline nods and lets it go, not making it into a big deal because the girls only just made up.

"I only want to be an instructor now and join in practice where I can."

"Thank god! I was going to suggest that." Caroline tells her, seeming even more relieved before grabbing Alexis by her hand and dragging her to the the other cheerleaders.

She gets through the warm up easily before the girls individually practice what they need to before they practice again as a whole. She's helping one of the girl's, Tiki, with her flip form as she often looses balance and is now put at the front since Alexis has stepped down. Tiki's a sweet girl, probably the kindest on the team, questioning why she can't cheer anymore and Alexis just tells her things are different now. Tiki promises her it'll be fine in such a sincere way Alexis believes it and Alexis feels lucky none of the other girls questioned her own it since they aren't as kind and would pry way too far.

She steps away from the girl about to go over to Caroline when she sees Matt jogging over to her. He comes to a stop, a little surprised to see her wearing her cheer uniform but happy to see her. "Hey Lexy." He greets her as she turns so him. They need to talk but now is not the time, not with the first game of the season.

"Matty." She sweetly smiles back at him before looking down at his jersey then back up. "Look at you in your jersey." She laughs, teasing him softly as she loosely grabs the front of his jersey. He laughs softly, shaking his head and she lets go.

"Says the one wearing the cheer uniform." He counters, teasing tone is his own voice.

"Hmm..Last time I'm wearing this for a while though." She tells him thoughtfully before presses her lips together and tilting her head.

"You're quitting?" He asks, a little relieved at that.

"No." She's quick to answer and he looks worried, eyes flicking down to her stomach then back up. She can see the concern flash on his face. "Don't worry, Matty, I talked to Care, I'm just an instructor now. So cheering without really cheering but still getting extra credits and if in the future things get to busy or I can't handle it, then, I will quit." She explains, knowing smile still on her face and he seems to calm, relax, at the information.

"Good, so you feeling okay?" He checks in slowly nodding.

"Oh, I probably going to help out for another half hour then sit down till the pep really in a few hours." Alexis explains before looking up at him softly. "But how are you?"

"Coach has us practicing passes and kicks 'till then. It's miracle he's even giving us breaks every hour." He huffs out softly.

"I'm sure you'll do great tonight." She tells him, hand reaching out to rest on his lower arn.

"I hope so." His mind has been all over the place lately with everything that's going on, he hopes he doesn't get too distracted on the field.

"'You will." She assures him firmly, squeezing his arms gently.

"I will." He nods, speaking with more confidence and she smiles. Matt makes his way back to his team quickly as he sees the other player doing so and Alexis helps the girls for a while before finding Elena.

It's dark now, the school is going wild with cheering, the bon fire is lit and drums are being played as the girls make their way to the front line of the pep ralley. Elena and Alexis stand side by side looking over to the football players as Tanner starts speaking.

"Let's be honest here. In the past, we used to let other teams come into our town and roll right over us!" Tanner shouts into the microphone causing the crowd to boo. Alexis smiles widely over at Matt and he smiles back as the coach continues. "But that is about to change. We've got some great new talent tonight starting on the offense, and I'm gonna tell you right now, it has been a long time since I have seen a kid like this with hands like these. Let's give it up for Stefan Salvatore!" The teacher shouts into the microphone and the entire school goes wild with cheering at that.

The smile starts to fall off her face as she sees Tyler leaning over, whispering something in Matt's ear before walking off, as if on a mission. She frowns but she pushes herself forward, to see what he's doing as she has a feeling he's up to no good. He stops for just a moment with Vicki before he sees her brother.

Protectiveness cuts into her as she realizes he's bee lining to Jeremy and his friends who are drinking. She steps forward until she's by Vicki as Jeremy stands up, discarding a bottle of alcohol to the side to stand up to Tyler.

"Don't look so down. You can have her when I'm done." Tyler sneers at her brother and it happened so quickly. Jeremy swings, slamming his fist into Tyler's face

"Tyler, stop it!" Vicki shouts when the two boys fall to the ground, Tyler still punching Jeremy even though she's down. Her instinct to protect her family cut in but in that moment, she somehow forgotten she was pregnant as she darted forward to intervene. Vicki reaches an arm out, trying to grab the pregnant teen, to stop her, but misses.

"Stop! Get off my brother!" She shouts, fury in her voice as she manages to grab Tyler by the shoulder and he acts on reflex. He stands up, swinging around with his fist raised. His fist collides with her face before he even realizes what he's done, all the air feels as if it's forced from her lungs, she doesn't feel the pain though, she's gone straight into shock. Around them suddenly everyone was quite and in shock but that only lasted a moment.

She staggers back a few steps, her vision's blurry and she feels so dizzy, as if the ground is moving beneath her. She can barely see the complete panicked look of Tyler's face as he realizes what he's done before she looses balance and her eyes lids feel to heavy. She drops as if she was a rag doll, falling to her side, before she hits the ground someone manages to catch her, she can hear screaming and fighting but it sounds all so distant as her world goes dark.

Thanks for reading, Hope you enjoyed! Let me know what you think! Sorry for leaving it like this, Poor Lexy. Unsure of how i did this but you know what adding a character switches things up abit even though ouch. Sorry this chapter to a bit long, couldn't decide how to end this but decided this was best so there will be a hospitable in the next chapter.

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