Chapter 3: An Unwanted Encounter

"What did you think of your first practice?" Ali placed her backpack onto her back before turning around and looking at Veronica Lodge. "It was definitely eventful." Ali answered the question.

"Well you're definitely coming back to the next practice. You're now a Vixen for life." Cheryl came from around the corner of the change room.

"I'll remember that. Well, I'm going to get going now." Ali tried to walk out the room, but she stopped when the blonde girl, Betty, called her name.

"Do you want to come with us to grab something to eat?" Ali turned around and made eye contact with the blonde girl. She could see Veronica pleading with her eyes for Ali to join them, so she could continue to talk and get to the new girl.

"I'm good. I'm just going to head home. Have fun." Ali awkwardly waved to the group before turning back around. When she grabbed the door handle and opened up the door she heard Betty say one last thing,

"Thank you, for helping with Pop's." Ali didn't say anything or turn around. She just raised up her right hand above her head and waved before walking out the door. Ali didn't care about what happened during practice. The curly haired girl just wanted to make her way home. She walked down the corridor and turned the corner while looking down at her phone before bumping into someone's broad chest.

"Whoa, look out newbie." Ali looked up when she felt two large hands hold onto her upper arms. She looked up and was met with the same tall Korean man from before.

"Oh yes, it's the pervert." Reggie let go of Ali's arms and placed a hand over his heart – pretending that he was hurt.

"That hurt, new girl. My name's Reggie, football team captain." Reggie winked at Ali, but she just crossed her arms over her chest and leaned on her left leg.

"Why are you winking? Got something in your eye?" Reggie was taken a back by Ali's comment. Who did Ali think she was? Did she not realize that she was being hit on by one of the most popular and hottest guys in the school?

"I see that you joined the cheerleading team. Looks like you're going to have to get used to me." Reggie took a step forward, so he could slowly close the gap between Ali and himself.

"I know that every girl cheers for someone and I'd be honoured if you cheered for me."

"I'd rather cheer for your blonde friend that joined you at my locker yesterday, sorry." Ali placed her hand on his chest and lightly pushed him back, so she could walk around him. Ali placed her headphones in her ears as she began to walk away.

Meanwhile, Reggie starred at the curly haired girl who walked away from him for a second time. The sight of her walking away was beautiful as his eyes traced every curve and watched her waist sway from side to side. Her jeans fit her perfectly and her hair swayed in its ponytail. Reggie was attracted to the mysterious girl that wasn't attracted to him in the slightest. He was trying to figure out how he was going to talk to her without her leaving him again, but maybe joining the Vixens was a sign that this would get easier for him? Little did he know, there was a black haired girl watching the whole transaction.

She stayed to see how Reggie looked at Ali longingly as she walked down the hall. Veronica Lodge believed in love at first sight and she believed that Reggie had now fallen for the girl known as Alita Dubois. Veronica ran after Ali down the street. She tried calling her name, but she noticed that she never turned around, so she was probably listening to her music again. Veronica quickly reached the girl in front of her and grabbed onto her shoulder. Ali spun around, grabbed onto Veronica's wrist and bent it outwards before she saw Veronica's face.

"Why did you sneak up on me?" Ali asked the dark lipstick wearing girl in front of her before letting go of her wrist.

"You've got one hell of a grip, huh?" Veronica said as she rubbed her wrist.

"I wanted to talk to you." Veronica and Ali began to walk together down the sidewalk.

"So what is it that was so pressing that you needed to speak with me now?" Ali questioned.

"Reggie." Veronica said his name so simply like Ali would know where she's going with this.

"And?" "I saw you two talking outside the gym. Was that the first time you've talked to him?"

"No, he stopped by my locker yesterday to be a pervert." Ali explained her previous interaction with the captain of the football team.

"Oh really? And what do you think of Reggie?" Ali clocked on where Veronica was going with this conversation as they made their left.

"Look, I'm not interested in being in a relationship. It's too much hassle for someone who doesn't even plan on staying here." Ali told Veronica.

"Well, I saw the way that he looked at you and I will tell you this, Reggie Mantle doesn't look at any other girl in the entire school the way he looked at you tonight while you were walking away." Veronica smiled at herself as she thought back to the way Reggie looked at Ali. She wanted everyone to be in a happy relationship since she was happy with Archie.

"It's only because I'm new. I also know that you Americans are so in love with an English accent that you think all of us are gorgeous just because of it." Ali waved off the idea of Reggie being interested in a girl that he barely knew.

"That's part of it, not going to lie. Even I find you attractive and I have a boyfriend." Veronica joked with her new friend.

"Well anyways, Reggie's hot, I'll give you that. He looks like he should go into modelling and I bet sex with him would be out of this world, but I'm still not interested in him and he isn't interested in me, so you can get that fantasy out of your head." Ali told Veronica.

"Alright, but I'm going to put money down on this fantasy of mine." Ali rolled her eyes at Veronica's comment.

"This is my turn. I'll see you tomorrow." Ali waved goodbye to Veronica before turning down her street and walking towards her new house. She placed her headphones back in her ears for the remainder of her walk. Once she walked in through the front door she was asked many questions by her parents who had dinner covered and in the oven – waiting for her.

"I joined a team." Ali announced as she sat down at the dinner table with her plate in front of her.

"Vraiment?" Theo looked at his daughter stunned. Within one day, she took her parents advice and joined a club of some sort. He began to think that his precious daughter was changing for the better.

"Oui." Ali confirmed.

"Which one?" Cecile asked her daughter as she held her husband's hand.

"The River Vixens." Ali took a bite of the pasta that was in front of her.

"My old cheerleading team?" Cecile looked at her daughter with a stunned expression, but Ali took no notice of it since she was eating her pasta.

"Oui."

"That's great news, mon chou." Theo congratulated his daughter. Ali shrugged her shoulders as she continued to eat.

"Well, being on that team were some of my best memories and some of my worst. Il y a beaucoup de politique dans cette équipe." Cecile explained to her husband and her daughter.

"Well I can't go back now. I'm pretty sure that they'll knock down our front door if I do." Ali laughed at herself and her parents took note that they had finally seen their daughter laugh and smile for the first time in weeks.

"Did you make any friends?" Cecile asked her daughter. Ali shrugged her shoulders as she began to eat her salad.

"I don't know if I'd call them friends, but there's this one girl who won't leave me alone." Ali was talking about Veronica Lodge, the girl who seemed to have taken a real liking to the curly haired girl.

"Well maybe you should give her a chance, please? Fais le pour moi." Theo said. All he ever needed to do was ask his daughter to do something nicely and she would give him the world. Cecile rolled her eyes at how easy her rebellious daughter cracked for her father.

"D'accord." Ali sighed as she took the last bite of her salad.