"How could you NOT make the tryouts!?"

Nabi was just as surprised as Doki was. But at this point, as she was sitting with Nabi at his house, all of the surprise in her turned to sadness, and right when they made it to Nabi's house, she sat down and let it all out. His scarf was stained with a few tear marks.

"I…don't know! I mean…I-I thought I did pretty well, and most of them looked amazed, b-but then I went in and…" She looked like she about to start crying again. But before she could Nabi held her real close. Then he said:

"What do you mean most?"

She blew her nose and said: "Well, Jessica, who is the captain of the squad, didn't look very concerned at all. In fact, she didn't even look like she cared at all. I thought it wouldn't matter, but…"

But before she could even make her face again, he hugged her again while thinking:

"Something here isn't right…"

Right when he was about to comfort Doki again, someone knocked on his door.

"Wonder who…?" said Nabi

But before he finished, they knocked ever harder, and Nabi rushed over and opened the door. He was surprised who it was…

*Huff*…*Puff* "Oh, hey Nabi!" said Lip Cat

"Oh hey! Haven't seen you for a while…" said Nabi

Lip Cat sighed "Yeah, I know. Listen, is Doki with you? I tried her house but she wasn't there…"

"Uh, yeah. She's back here…"

Just as Nabi was going to say something else, Lip Cat rushed in to se Doki. Nabi followed right behind her. As they sat down, Doki said:

"Oh. Hi, Lip Cat…" She blew her nose again.

Lip Cat looked around to find the trash can was full of tissues. "Man, I can't believe Jessica would do something like this!"

"What do you mean?" Nabi said as he sat down next to Doki.

"Well, I kinda now why Doki didn't make it on the cheer squad…"

They both looked at her in an instant. "You do?!" said Doki "How?!"

"Well, I saw you crying a little when you were walking out of school this afternoon. And then I remembered you both had tryouts this morning, so I went over to the gym to ask Jessica why you didn't make it, and I overheard her talking to another cheerleader, and I heard them say why.

Nabi looked at her really seriously. "Well. Why didn't she make it?"

She took a deep sigh and said "You, Nabi…"

To be continued…