Edited 2019

AN: So, having the internet not working when you want it to can suck. Anyway, a new chapter, have fun reading, I know I did writing. Thanks for reading!

To answer a question that I got in my reviews from bluejay- What do you imagine Sookie looks like?

To me, Sookie is about 5'4'', busty, blonde, with blue eyes. She also has hips. I feel like she is a curvy ballerina, not a stick. She is a pretty girl that doesn't know just how lovely she is.

As a reminder, I will answer all my reviews/ questions, but I can only do that if you have your Private Messaging on.

Disclaimer: As Lala would say "Hookas this is real, real fake."

Chapter 17

Mr. Merlotte was in top form today. He was more entertaining to watch than most teachers. The best part is that he actually likes what he is teaching and he knows what he is teaching. I would rather sit in Chemistry with Hoyt and learn about the SI system then sit though one more lecture of Ms. Flanagan's. I think that I would do if she was the only English teacher. At least I had Coach Davis to look forward to. He taught English to higher grades.

When Chemistry was over walked slowly to Mrs. Fant's room. I was kind of excited and kind of dreading her class today. We were going to be playing a game to see where we were with the vocabulary. The only thing that she had said about it was that we would be moving and that we need comfortable shoes. When I entered the room I could see why. She had moved all of the desks to the middle and had written the vocabulary upon the board. Sitting ever so inconspicuously on the desk was a pair of flyswatters. Several of my classmates were spread about the room talking excitedly.

Preston saw me and waved me over. "Have you figured out what the game is yet?" He asked.

"Not entirely but I am guessing that we will be racing to find the words and hitting them with the flyswatters." I postulated.

"As the lovely Ms. Susanna has hypothesized we are in fact racing to find the words. You will be split into two teams. One at a time a member of your team will go to the board and compete against a member of the other team to locate the vocabulary word first. As you can see some of the words on the board are in English and some are in Swedish. I will be alternating between the languages. When I say the word in English you will need to find it in Swedish or vice versa. Each word is worth one point. The team that has the most points at the end of the class will get a prize. Each person on the winning team can pick which of these two options they want. Twenty free points to be used however you need or a pass on an upcoming test. My only stipulation with the pass on the test is that is cannot be the midterm or the final otherwise you can choose. For example if you do poorly on one of the tests and you choose to use it I will give you the twenty points to raise your score or you can have a pass which will give you a C. I will let you pick your teams but I am selecting the captain of the teams and he or she will select the members. Also to help me in deciding if we have a tie Mr. Northman will help choose the winner. So now that I have overloaded you now the rules and possibility of fabulous prizes, I will pick you, captains. Freyja is captain of one team and Petter for team number two." She said and went to stand at the back of the room.

"Don't worry Sookie I will pick you for my team cause I know that we will win," Preston said before he went to stand at the front of the room. Once we had gotten chosen for the teams the real fun started. You would not fathom just how fun hitting a flyswatter against the board can be. The class only needed Eric twice and sorry to say he picked my team both times. Some of the students on the other team said that he was being biased but he said that if they moved faster than they would have gotten the point. In the end, our team won by those two points. When Mrs. Fant asked me which prize I wanted I asked her if I could wait to see which one would be more useful. She smiled at me and wrote a note down next to my name.

The game was so much fun that I had completely forgotten that Debbie and Arlene would be back in class today. I had not given them a second thought since Monday. I walked into the band room with a smile on my face that quickly vanished when I saw them tuning their instruments. Arlene did not look too mad. It was Debbie that scared me. When she saw me, her face broke into a scowl that promised my demise. I hastily made my way to the storage room and got out my cello. I was not in the mood for their drama so when I reentered the band room I made a beeline for one of the empty practice rooms at the back. One I was in the room I locked the door. I took a deep breath and then got my cello out to practice. I was so far into the music that I did not notice when there was a knock at the door. It made me jump when it got louder. I looked up at the window to see Godric standing there with his cello. I quickly went to the door to let him in. Once he was safely in the room I relocked the door.

"Is there a reason you are locking the door. Don't want to let the music escape." He with a bemused look on his face.

"No, I am trying to hide from your crazy cousin and her homicidal friend," I said taking a seat.

"They won't do anything right now. My aunt has grounded Arlene till Christmas. As for Debbie, I would try to stay out of tripping distance with her. I think she might try to take you out of action so that the dance team loses one of its better dancers. I saw one of her friends at the tryouts yesterday Tanya. I think they sent her to see just how good of a team you all can have." He reassured me taking his own seat.

"I will have to tell Lafayette and Tara about that. I know that they had put her on the shortlist for the team this will change the dynamics of the teams." I said thoughtfully.

"Have you figured out who you want to be your co-captain? " He asked.

"I think so, but I want to see how the rest of the tryouts go before I ask him," I answered. "I need to practice for tomorrow. Will you listen for me?" he nodded his head and listened while I played. After a while, we switched, and I listened to him play. We did this until the end of the period. "Are you going to come to watch the rest of the tryouts?"

"No, I have to go home that is why I stayed yesterday. I will see you tomorrow. I am looking forward to the game." He said as he left the room. I waved packing my cello up. I was taking it with me today so I could practice tonight. I put it on my back and picked up my bag leaving the room. I got to the auditorium and made a beeline for where Tara was standing.

"We got to talk I found out that Tanya is spying for the cheer team specifically for Debbie and Arlene cause they lost being on the team. I think if we keep her she will try to sabotage us." I whispered to her.

"That is good to know cause she was going to be on the Varsity team if she made it through. Oh, I got to go talk to Lafayette. Stay here, have people sign in so we know who came back and then we can group them up." She said handing me the clipboard and then scurried off to find Lala. I did as I was asked and had people sign in. We had Claude, Halleigh, Luna, Marnie, Portia, Barry, Claudine, Claudette, Judith, Kenya, Sarah, Remy, Amelia, Diantha, Holly, Kevin, Gladiola, Dawn, Jessica, Maudette, Tanya, Bobby, Jannalynn, Denise, Selah, Crystal, and Mel. We seem to have lost a few and would lose some more. Lafayette came in with Tara on his heels.

"Bitches take a seat. I am in just a fabulous mood right now so if y'all ruin it with shitty dancing then I will make your lives miserable. Today you will be split up do the choreography and then get off the stage. The list will be posted tomorrow if you mess up you might as well leave the stage." Lafayette shouted and then sat down.

"When I call your name get up there and get ready we want to get out of here before four. Crane triplets you are up first. Halleigh, Diantha and Gladiola you are up next." Tara continued sitting next to Lafayette. We ended up having nine groups of three. It only took us forty-five minutes to get through everyone. "You all heard Lafayette you will find out tomorrow if you made it. If you get in you are invited to come with us to the game tomorrow night. Now get we have some things to decide so git." We waited till everyone had left the auditorium to start talking.

"Cheer Hoe is gone and Bobby those two just rub me the wrong way. I am happy with your cousins and I think you should have Claude as your co-captain." Lafayette said the instant the door shut.

"I was debating between him and Barry but if you think Claude would be better than I am good that. How many guys were you thinking for the all-male team? You said that you wanted five couples for the so are you planning on having only five?" I asked turning to look at him.

"Five for the team and two alternates I think that we should keep all the guys that are left. So that would be Claude, Godric, Barry, Kevin, and me for the team and then Mel and Remy. I know that he did it for a joke but he should have sucked if he did not want on the team." He answered.

"As for the girls, I think like we already said Holly, Amelia, Claudette, and Claudine. Then Glad, Dia, Dawn, Halleigh, you and me for the all-female team. Then for the other five to fill out the teams I am thinking Luna, Marnie, Portia, Kenya and Crystal plus Jannalynn, Denise, and Selah as alternates. I kind of want to keep Sarah and Judith but I don't know." Tara said contemplatively.

"Portia might be a better dancer, but she has an attitude problem. Do you really want to deal with her drama? I think you should have Sarah instead. Also, Marnie can be creepy I would rather have Judith on my team and have to work with her a little more than have Marnie being weird." I added to the conversation.

"If you think so. Then we need to make the varsity versus JV lists. Obviously Laffy and I then Barry, Kevin, Dawn, Kenya, Luna, Crystal, Halleigh, and Sarah. On JV you, Claude, Claudette, Claudine, Gladiola Diantha, Godric, Holly, Amelia, and Judith. Then we can say that Marnie Portia, Jannalynn, Denise, Selah, Mel and Remy as the alternates for both teams. Are we agreed?" Tara asked.

"I am good with that." I agreed.

"It is fine with me as long as I don't have to deal with the crazy girls. We can post it when we get here tomorrow." Lafayette interjected.

"If that is it can we get out of here I need to practice for tomorrow for my next audition for orchestra?" I asked.

"Yeah, we can go. See you later Laffy." Tara answered standing up. I waved goodbye to Lafayette following Tara out of the auditorium. We sang along to the radio on the way home. Or as Tara put it she sang and I walked on a cat repeatedly. Of all my many talents I just can't sing to save my life. When we got to my house I hoped out and thanked her. I opened the front door to a rather tense environment.