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"Alex you can't join cheerleading that's social suicide!" Jason said quickly.
"I already have," I stopped and looked at him funny. I lazily pointed. "You need to stop watching Mean Girls." He laughed.
"Why cheerleading? I didn't know you were into that."
"I do choir as well. We all chose choir." I said. "And cheerleading, I don't know… the girls there just seem so glamorous… like real-life Barbie dolls!" I said looking off into space. "You should see the attention they were getting from the boys as well! I've never had a boyfriend, and I think it's about time I got my first. I mean I'm sixteen this year and never been kissed how lame is that!" I said placing my hands on the bed.
I was currently in Jason's room, with Jason just chilling and chatting about my first day of school. Nate, Shane and Mitchie had run down to the shops to get something I think. I got here just after they left so I decided to chill with Jason.
He shook his head. "Not true." He stated. I sat up.
"Aw thank you, it means a lot coming from you. I'm so glad you don't think i'm lame." I joked putting my hand on my chest, and fake crying. He laughed and shook his head. His hair was currently straight and spiking up. He had sex hair at the moment. It's sexy as. Just thought you guys should know.
"I mean, you have been kissed before!" He said laughing. I frowned and tried to think who I've kissed before.
"I can't believe she dumped you! That's such a dog act." I said to my best friend. We were twelve, and Nate had just gotten his first real girlfriend. They had dated for two months. We were out the front of his house, sitting on the grass, facing towards mine.
"I know… I don't care about her anymore. If she wants to dump me, fine screw her. I'm not gonna be sad over her anyways." He said strongly. I rested my head on his shoulder.
"You're so strong Nate." I said truthfully, wrapped my arm around his back. "You're an awesome guy Nate, you're dream girl will come soon. I promise." He nodded and stayed silent for a moment.
"I didn't even get to kiss her." He said sadly. I dropped my arm and sat up shocked.
"Are you serious?" I giggled. "You dated her for two months and didn't pash her?!" He stayed quiet.
"Shut up Alex."
"Don't worry I think it's cute." I smiled. "Have you even kissed a girl before?" He sat their quietly. I poked him. "Nate?"
"No." he said sadly. I sighed sadly. I felt bad that he was sad.
And sure I had no experience with this, but I did it anyways. "Nate?" he didn't budge. "Look at me please." He slowly looked up sadly. I grabbed his arm and put it around my shoulder. he looked confused but went along with whatever I was doing. I leaned in and placed my lips on his. Sure it only last about four seconds, but it sure as hell made him smile.
I burst out laughing. "Oh my gosh! How did you know! I totally forgot about that." I giggled. Jason laughed.
"Once you went home, Nate was weirdly happy just after he got dumped… so I asked him what went down with you and he told me." I laughed.
"Ew, now I think about it… ew." I giggled. "I can't believe I kissed Nate! I wonder if he remembers." I said looking up at the ceiling.
"Oh he does." I looked up at Jason, question in my eyes. "I tease him about it all the time, as does Shane." I rolled my eyes and looked at the floor. Should have known. Poor Nate. I giggled.
Suddenly Nate popped his head around the door. "Oh hey Alex!" He said and then walked in. "What are you guys laughing about?" He asked and sat down next to me.
"The fact that Alex kissed-"
"Nothing!" I quickly butted in. I stood up and grabbed Nate's hand. "Let's go Nate." I said pulling him out the door.
Once we were out of Jason's room and walking down the hall he asked, "Who did you kiss?"
I laughed.
"No one, don't worry. Jason was just being… Jason." I giggled. Nate nodded and laughed.
"Yeah, he's a weird one." He said.
"Aw," I said giggling. "So where's Shane and Mitchie?" I asked noticing they weren't here. I let go of Nate's hand, realizing I was sill holding it from when I dragged him from Jason's room.
"They've gone down to the beach." He said as we entered his room. He sat down on his basketball shaped beanbag, while I laid down on his bed. He reached over and grabbed his guitar. He started strumming a random tune. I rested my chin in my hands, while my elbows on the bed and stared him down intensely. He truly was amazing. He could do so many things. He had so many talents. I was really lucky to have him as my best friend. He continued playing his guitar. I watched the cute look he got on his face while he was concentrating. He looked up and smiled, then looked back down. I smiled back at him.
"That sounds good." I said honestly.
"Thanks." He said looking up and grinning again before looking back down. I sighed and rolled over to my back. I pushed myself to the edge off the bed, so half of my body was hanging off the bed, and i was looking at Nate upside down. My hair, which was currently down must look crazy right now. I started laughing. Nate looked up.
"What are you laughing?" He asked, amused at how I just start laughing at nothing.
"I don't know," I started then giggled again. "It feels cool to be upside down." He scoffed and placed his guitar down. He stood up and walked over. He sat on the bed making me slip a bit, due to the bed sinking. Not that he's fat… but you know what I mean. I put my hands on the floor for support. He laughed.
"Almost fall?" He asked.
"…Maybe." I said slowly. He laughed.
"Shame."
"Yep."
Suddenly he lifted up the bottom of my shirt and started tickling me. I started laughing and squirming around trying to get him off me. "Screw you Nathaniel!" I yelled laughing. He laughed but continued to tickle me. I grabbed his hands and pulled them towards my head, which made him fly forward on to the floor. This also made my legs fly over my head and made me land on my head.
We both instantly burst out laughing.
"See what you do Alexandra."
"Shut up Nate." I said laughing, holding the back of my head which I must admit, did hurt a little.
"Oh wait, you okay?" He asked realizing I was holding my head.
"Yeah I'm good. I landed on my head." I said then did thumbs up." I giggled.
"Where does it hurt?" He asked.
"Here." I said pouting and pointed to the back off my head. He laughed at my fake sadness. He crawled over and sat behind me and kissed the back of my head. I laughed and turned to face him. "In that case it hurts here too." I said pointing to my cheek. He laughed and kissed me on the cheek.
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I heard the car horn beep, and knew Jason was here to pick my up for school. Sure I could just run across the road and jump into his car, but I was currently running late. I quickly ran from the kitchen to the front door and poked my head out. They waved. I waved and mouthed 'One Minute'. He did thumbs up to let me know that he knew what I meant. I quickly ran back inside and grabbed my bag. I shoved my trainers and a pair of black tracksuit type shorts in there, cause I knew I had cheerleading today. Once I had everything I opened the door and before I shut it I yelled,
"See you later dad, love you." Just cause I felt like it. Today, I don't know why but I felt angry. I was angry my dad wasn't here when he was supposed to be. I hadn't seen him in months and I was sick of living by myself. Only Nate knew I was home alone. I wasn't ready to tell anybody else. I rolled my eyes at the empty house and shut the door, locked it and shoved the key into my bag. I ran down the three stairs and over to the car. I opened the door and smiled at all my friends. I noticed Tess was in the front. She didn't even look at me. Good. I threw my bag in and got in. I had to sit on Mitchie's lap since all the other seats were taken.
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"Hey Guys." I said walking over to 'our' table. Shane, Mitchie and Nate all smiled and said hey back. I placed my food down and sat down next to Shane. It was morning tea, and I was bloody starving. "How was football?" I asked Nate who had it first period. It wasn't really a game just a whole period of getting the uniforms and stuff sorted. That's pretty much what is going to happen with cheerleading too, I think.
"Yeah good. Got some good guys on the team too."
"Aw awesome." I said taking a bit into my chocolate muffin.
"What number are you?" Shane asked.
"Thirty three." He replied taking a sip of water. I perked up.
"That's my number!" I said excitedly pointing to myself. He laughed a nodded.
"Yeah we got to choose, and I thought I'd get a number that reminded me of you."
"You're too sweet." I said fake sniffing. We all laughed.
"Alex," I heard my name being said. I turned around and saw Brooke, the head cheerleader. And of course she had Gigi and Annie, her two followers being… followers. Gigi is seriously my worst enemy, but I think we've grown out of that a bit.
"Oh hey Brooke!" I said happily, putting my muffin down and smiling. "Hey Gigi, Annie." I said waving. They pretty much all looked the same, pink cheerleading outfits, long blonde hair, over-loaded, thick eyeliner and pink glossy lips. They looked amazing. I wanted to look like that so badly. I wish I was as skinny and gorgeous as these girls. I even saw boys checking them out.
Brooke smiled and put both her hands on her hips. "Just wanted to tell you that we are meeting at lunch for the uniforms and a group meeting, and also after school for practise." She said in a bitchy tone, which I to be honest, didn't notice.
"Oh okay!" I replied happily. "Cool! I'll totally be there." I said grinning. They smiled and walked off. I turned back in my seat properly and grabbed my muffin.
"Oh and Alex," I heard Brooke say. I smiled and looked over,
"Yeah?"
"Don't eat that muffin." She said winking and walked away, with Gigi and Annie laughing behind her. My smile faded. I put the muffin down and sunk in my chair.
"Well that was rude." Mitchie said disgusted.
"Yeah, someone has to teach that girl a lesson." Nate said shaking his head watching her walk off. He's had something against her since kindergarten. Not sure what, but he sure as hell hated her guts!
"No… she's right." I said sadly. Mitchie, Shane and Nate all snapped their heads towards me at once.
"What!?" They all cried in unison.
"I probably should cut down on these things." I sighed. "You can't have a fat cheerleader." I said sadly and stood up. I grabbed my tray and walked to the bin dumping it all in there. I felt so much better after that. I went back and sat down with my friends.
"Alex, you're not fat if that's what you are saying." Mitchie said seriously.
"Maybe so, but if I keep eating like that I will get fat. And that's not good." I said looking at the floor. "I should probably start going to the gym too."
"Alex you're perfect just the way you are." Nate said staring at me.
"Yeah… whatever." I said standing up. "I'll see you guys in music." Which was in two periods. I pushed in my chair and left.
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I was so relieved when I got to music class. Music was fun, and it made me happy. Today was just kind of muck around day, since it was the start of the year and all. Of course we had to do our vocal warm ups which was okay. And yes, I do hate singing. But in choir I was always in the back, and I sung quietly anyways. Sometimes I didn't even sing I just mouthed the words.
Once our warm-ups were down the teacher had to do some paper-work for this semester so we just sat around and talked. I went over to my desk, and sat down. I pulled out a piece of paper. Mitchie, Shane and Nate were talking about some crap that I really couldn't be bothered talking about so I decided to write a 'To Do' list.
I titled it,
Alex's To Do List;
1. Get Hair Extensions.
2. Buy New Make-Up
3. Buy New Belly Rings
4. Work Out & Tone Up
5. Get Skinnier
6. Lose Like, 20 Pounds
7. Buy New Clothes
8. Get A Boyfriend
9. Kiss A Boy By The End Of The Semester
10. Become Friends With Brooke, Gigi & Annie
Once I was done and satisfied I shoved the piece of paper into my pocket. "What was that?" Nate asked. I rolled my eyes. Hard to mind your own business? Gee.
"Nothing Nate." I said bluntly.
"Sorry I asked." He said unsurely and turned back around on his heels and joined the rest of the group. I sighed and placed my head on the desk. I wanted to just get home so I could get on the exercise bike. I still had cheer after school so at least there was some exercise I could get then.
"Alex," She heard Mitchie say. She sat up and saw her three friends walk over. "Do you want to come to the mall with us after school?" She asked.
"I have cheerleading." I sighed. She nodded.
"Yeah, I mean after that." She said. I thought about it. I could get some stuff I need off the list after cheerleading. Maybe I should go then…
"Yeah sure." I said sitting up happily. "That'd be good. I have to buy a few things anyways."
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"Okay girls, when I call your name, please raise your hand and say you're here and then call out your size for your uniform." Brooke said. She stood there glamorously with her hand on her hip, looking a clipboard that Annie was holding. She flipped her hair over her shoulder and began reading out names.
"Angela?" She called out.
"Here." The freshman said. "Oh and I'm XXS please." She said and stood up. She was short and skinny, so double extra small would have been her. Gigi handed her, her uniform.
"Go put this on and wear it for the rest of the day." She said smiling a, what I could tell was fake smile.
Regular;
Brooke looked down the list and next was Alex Russo. She and Annie exchanged a look and smiled deviously at each other. Brooke cleared her throat. "Alex Russo?" She called.
Alex grinned and sat up straight. "Here!" She called raising her hand.
"Oh good," Brooke smiled as Gigi ticked Alex off. "You'd be a size… large?" She asked seriously.
Alex's smile faded. She knew Gigi was probably right. Alex wasn't fat at all. She was regular size, but prepared to the other girls here, she was a bit bigger. "Actually… I'll take small thanks."
Brooke looked at Alex. "Oh… you sure? You might not fit into a small sweetie." She said as all the other cheerleaders in the room snickered amongst each other.
"Small please." Alex said, as her throat started to dry up. She wouldn't cry though. Crying wasn't Alex's thing.
Brooke smirked and grabbed a small and handed it too Alex. "There you go hun." She said as Alex took it. Brooke continued to call out names as Alex went to get changed.
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Nate couldn't help but wonder if Alex was okay. After Brooke approached the lunch table today, Alex had seemed really down the whole day. And even grumpy as well. He wanted to go check on her, but he couldn't get out of class anyway.
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Alex went to the back of the lockers to get changed. She took off her white tank and her grey bootleg, ripped jeans and put the skirt on. She then pulled the top her head.
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Alex's;
The cheerleading uniform looked fine. What the hell was Brooke talking about? She went back out to wear everybody else was, all dressed and ready to go and grinned.
"Oh, it fits perfect!" Brooke said running over. "You look fab Alex!" She said clapping. She leaned in and whispered in Alex's ear, "Sorry about before… I was just jealous."
"Of me?" Alex stood back stunned.
"Yeah… you have a great body… you should just show it off more!"
"Yeah… I should." Alex said getting a boost of confidence.
Brooke grinned. "So are you going to wear your uniform proudly all day?" She asked. Alex nodded and smiled.
"Yeah… thanks Brooke." She smiled and walked towards the door. "I'll see you after school!" Brooke waved and walked over to her friends. Alex turned around and heard everybody snicker. She turned back around but they had stopped. She thought of it as nothing and pushed the door open. Suddenly she got pushed and heard the door shut and lock. She frowned.
"Gee thanks guys." She muttered.
Regular;
"Yeah that was hilarious!" Mitchie laughed. Shane and Nate joined in thinking back on old memories. "Hey there's Alex!" Mitchie cried running over to hug her. She was wearing her cheerleading uniform which looked like it fitted perfectly. Shane and Nate both agreed she looked great. They looked behind her and everybody was laughing.
Alex grinned. "Look at all the attention I'm getting from the guys!" Alex giggled.
"Oh my gosh girl." Mitchie said giggling. "Turn around let's see!" She said laughing. Alex rolled her eyes, smiling. She did a slow twirl. Mitchie gasped and looked to Shane and Nate her face covered in panic. The boys had shock written all over their faces. Nate quickly took off his hoodie and ran to Alex.
"Alex put this on." He said shoving it in her hands.
"Why?" She asked laughing. He groaned grabbed it and shoved it over her head. "Nate! What the hell are you doing!? She cried. He grabbed her hand and dragged her outside.
Mitchie and Shane watched on helplessly. Mitchie turned to the crowd of laughing teens.
"SHUT THE HELL UP!" She screamed at them.
"Yeah this is real funny guys!" Shane yelled. "Come on Mitch." He grabbed her hand and they both ran out in the direction of Nate and Alex.
Alex's;
"Nate what is your problem!" I yelled, pushing his hand of mine. He looked at me sadly.
"Alex..." He began.
"What Nate!?" I cried angrily. He walked over and took of my hoodie.
"Turn around." He said quietly. I did as I was told and slowly turned around. I heard a click noise and turned back around. He handed me his phone. I hesitated but took the phone. I sighed and looked at the phone. I froze. I looked at the phone and saw something I did not want to see. Written on the back, of my black cheer uniform, in white chalk was 'Fat Bitch, Slurry, Whore, Wannabe' all with ticks next to each word. Another thing I noticed is that my hip-flab stuck out heaps. My eyes watered. But I wouldn't cry. I sighed.
"I should have known." I said quietly.
"Turn around." He said. I turned around again. I felt Nate's hand rubbing my back. He was obviously rubbing the chalk off. He stopped. I turned back around. "All gone." He said quietly.
"Thanks Nate." I whispered. He opened his arms out wide and I leaned in, pressing my face against his chest. I took a deep breath and exhaled loudly. "I don't think they really want me on the squad." I guessed out loud. He sighed.
"Are you going to quit?" He asked rubbing my back up and down. I hugged him tighter.
"It's only the first day of cheer. It can't get worse then this."
"You're really strong Alex."
"I have to be."
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naw.
doesn't alex and nate just warm your heart. mm.
poor alex.
that wasn't cool.
but i wanted to add a little drama. well not drama, just a little tiff or whatevss.
reviewwwwwww!