Clare walked to gym feeling really giddy. She couldn't help it. She walked into the locker room and saw Alli changing.
"Hello bestie best bestie friend of mine" Clare said
"What's up with you Giddy McGee?"
"Can I just be happy Alli? Without something being up?" Clare said
"I guess." Alli said looking kinda dreamy herself "you should have eaten lunch with us. God Drew is so perfect! I can't believe how awesome he is." Alli said
"Good I am glad for you. But I thought you kinda liked Dave." Clare said but Alli shushed her
"Shhhh… I don't. I mean I kinda did last year but, Dave is just a friend. I don't think that he thinks about me like that." Alli said
"I think he thinks about you all the time." Clare said. She had noticed how much Dave liked Alli.
"Whatever lets get out there." Alli said "Just tell me you will go to the big game with me." Alli pleaded
"No. I hate football." Clare said
"Oh and I loved basketball?" Alli pointed out "How many games did you drag me to last year to support KC?" Alli said
"But that's different. You and KC were friends too." Clare said
"Just think about it." Alli said
"Fine when is it?"
"Friday."
"Ok I'll think about it." As she looked around the gym. "I hate gym." Clare said. Just then Jenna and Coach Armstrong came up in front of everyone
"Ok will you all sit down please. Jenna has something to say." He said
"Hi everyone. I, Jenna Middleton, you r cheer co-captain want to invite everyone and anyone who wants to join power squad. Come this week only. Thank you!" she said. Alli made a gagging face and Clare giggled. Jenna sat down and gave them a dirty look.
"Ok everyone start warming up." Coach said. Jenna walked over to Clare and Alli
"Well I can understand why you too would be so rude. You couldn't do it." Jenna said
"Oh please any monkey can do this" Clare said and kicked high everyone was impressed "Oh and this is so complex" and she did a back hand spring "and your right its so hard to wave pom poms in the air!" and Clare grabbed two pom poms and waved "oh I forgot you have to rhyme to." And she did a cheer perfect. Everyone just looked at Clare with shocked. She threw it down." your right Alli and I can't do this." She walked away. Alli ran up behind her.
"What the hell was that?"
"What?" Clare said
"Where did you learn to do that?" Alli was in shock
"Well Darcy was captain and she used to make me practice the cheers with her. That I did ballet and gymnastics for years when I was younger." Clare shrugged off like it was no big deal. Just then Trish, the captain came over to them
"You're Clare?" she said
"Yeah." She said
"Ok, I just saw hat. You have to come to tryouts. Please." Trish said. Clare shook her head
"No I don't think so. Cheerleading isn't my forte." Clare said
"Think about it." She said "we could really use you." She said. And she walked away.
"Come on Clare you have to do it." Alli said
"I don't know. Why should I?"
"Give you 3 reasons. One, to piss off Jenna. Show she isn't as special as she tries to be. Two show KC that you're a better cheerleader than Jenna. And make him sorry for dumping you." And Alli said looking at Clare "And three, cause it would be funny o be on the team." Alli said "if I could I would join." Alli said "but my parents would kill me."
"Ok whatever." They were hanging out until gym was over.
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Jenna left gym really mad. She couldn't believe Clare had shown her up like that. She comes to school all made over, having all the guys drool… even KC. And now Trish asks her to try out for the team? Could this day get any worse. As she thought about when she saw the new kid Adam being harassed by Fritz.
"you are just a freak. What are a girl or a guy?" he and his friends were being jerks. Jenna new what it was lke to be the new kid and she felt bad
"Hey." Jenna said going over there "Leave her alone." Jenna said
"Its ok." Adam said and she looked at Fritz "I am more of a man than you will ever be. And I am more of a women than you will ever get." And all his friends were all laughing at him. Jenna smiled.
"Hey Adam. Wanna go to the music room?" Jenna said
"Sure." And the left to go there. Once they were out of sight, Adam said to Jenna "Thanks Jenna, you didn't have to do that." Adam said
"No I know what its like to be the new girl and how hard it is." Jenna said
"Yeah but it must have gotten easier, your on power squad, you are dating KC and all." Adam looked at Jenna with a silent aww. "And you look well like a girl." Adam said
"Well.." Jenna said
"I have always been a tomboy.." Adam said "I hate girly things. I like dressing like this." Adam said
"Well.. I don't care how you dress. You have to do whatever it takes to be comfortable in your own skin." Jenna said
"Yeah." Adam looked at Jenna. "your pretty cool Jenna." Adam said
"Your pretty cool Adam" Jenna said
"I am glad I met you. A friend who isn't judgmental is nice."
"For me a friend would be nice." Jenna admitted
"Don't you have friends?" Adam asked surprised
"Not really." Adam looked at Jenna surprised. "I was friends with Clare and Alli, but they accuse me of stealing KC form Clare last year."
"Did you?" Adam asked
"In a way I did. Now everyone calls me a boyfriend stealing bitch." Jenna said
"Well than they don know you" Jenna looked at Adam. "You aren't being a bitch now."
"I guess not." And Jenna felt something weird in her stomach. Something she had felt before but could not explain. She was scared but thrilled. She wanted to hang out with Adam again