Saved by the Bell: A New Generation

Chapter Six

Practice had concluded and once every one who had decided to try out had cleared out of the change room, Sierra doodled over the list of girls she would appoint to join the squad while she waited for her best friend to finish fixing her hair and make up. Kayla refused to go anywhere until she had pampered and refreshed herself.

"So, the try outs were a blast," Sierra mused.

"I thought they sucked," Kayla chimed in while applying mascara to her eyelashes.

"Kayla, what are you on? We've found some talented people. Now comes the hard part of choosing only four people to be on the squad. That part sucks."

"No, it should be easy," Kayla slipped her mascara into her hot pink make up carry bag. Glancing at the list her friend was holding, Kayla spoke. "I'll help you. Who did you think was the best?"

"I don't know," Sierra shrugged. "There were a few stand out performers like…" Sierra looked down at the list, searching for a name she was after. "Like Claire and her friend Ariana whom I've never seen before."

"Oh yeah, she's new. I met her yesterday and—"

"And she's a great dancer. I think she and Claire would be an excellent addition to the squad. Don't you think?"

Kayla looked Sierra square in the eye and squirmed. "Uh…I mean they were okay but they weren't the best. The squad can do better though."

Sierra lifted her head up at her friend with an intrigued look. "That's right, the squad can do better. And I think if we had these two on our squad, we will be better."

"Whatever," Kayla tossed her blonde hair back with her hand. "You're the captain. So are we going to the mall now?"

Sierra rose from the bench with her back pack over her shoulder. "Actually, no. I think I'm just going to head home. I've got homework to do."

"OK."

Making their way out of the change room, Sierra sighed. That's right, she was the captain. It was her squad and as much as her best friend disapproved of her choice for the squad which was a frequent thing, Sierra still knew she was going to choose the right people, whether Kayla liked it or not. And if Kayla didn't like it, then she'd deal with her friend's shady tactics in due time.

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Wednesday morning after homeroom had finished, she embarked on her journey to English class when she spotted a white piece of paper pinned up on the bulletin board as she made her way down the corridor.

Nearing closer to the board, Ariana became surrounded by other girls whom she vaguely remembered seeing yesterday at try outs. Obviously they too were keen to see whether they had made the squad or not.

Squeezing her way through, she just managed to snag a quick look at the board before being bombarded with the other girls as she hurriedly searched for her name upon the list but instead having no luck and so she scrambled away from the crowd.

"Hey, I see we're going to be on the squad together," a voice said from behind Ariana.

Ariana turned her head to see Claire holding a wide smile on her face.

"I'm in?"

"Uh-huh," Claire replied.

"Thanks for letting me know. I barely made eye contact with the list. But I can't believe I actually made the squad—we made the squad."

"So, we have English now. Do you want to walk together?"

"Sure," Ariana smiled.

"Beside," Claire started. "At least we're not going into the shark infested waters alone."

"Infested water?" Ariana asked, sounding confused. Was the cheerleading squad supposed to be like shark infested water? She had never heard of that phrase before.

Claire laughed as they made their way to class. "You'll see," she said. "You'll see."