AN: here's chapter 8! really really REALLY sorry for not updating soon but I've been super busy. But anyway, enjoy(:

Chapter 8: Tryouts

With Jayden

Jayden sat on the bleachers, waiting for the coach to call him forward. Coach Hammond, he's also the football coach, was talking to Grant. Jayden couldn't do regular tryouts cause they were already over, but Grant promised that he would try to make an exception for him. He heard the sound of footsteps coming towards him, so he turned to see Mia and Kevin heading his way.

"Hey Mia, Kevin. I thought you two were trying out for stuff." Jayden said.

"We are. We had a couple of minutes to throw away, so we decided to come see your tryouts. Why aren't you out there, trying out?" Mia asked, sitting down next to him.

"Grant's talking to Coach Hammond over there; so I have to wait." Jayden explained, looking out to the football field. He noticed Coach waving his arm franticly, signaling him to come out. Jayden quickly stood up and started making his way down the bleachers.

Mia stood up, "Well, there goes Jayden. Let's go, Kev. I think it's time to start heading out for our tryouts." As Mia started walking, she came to a sudden stop. "Kevin! We forgot to tell Mentor we were coming to this tryouts!"

"Don't worry, Mia. I reminded Jayden and he told Mentor this morning." Kevin informed. He gave her a little push to keep her moving. "Come on. I don't wanna be late for swimming tryouts."

Meanwhile, Jayden jogged over to Coach. Coach examed him, looking like he was thinking hard. "Ok, Jayden. What we will first do is go to the locker room; getting you weighed and fitted." Coach explained, heading to the locker room.

In the locker room, Coach wrote down Jayden's weight, height, and got him fitted into the uniform. At first, Jayden was confused; he thought this was a tryout. Coach explained to him that he was in the uniform to make sure that the uniform would fit and work for him. After that, they went out to the field, away from the players practicing.

"Jayden, I want you to run from here to that right goal, then back here. Go!" Coach ordered.

"Piece of cake." Jayden mummered to himself as he ran there then back. Coach nodded his head, writing down something on his clipboard. Coach waved his hand, signaling Jayden follow him; leading over near the tackling dummies. Coach bend over and grabbed a football.

"You see this." Coach displayed the ball infront of Jayden. "This is what we call a football. Grant told me you never heard of football."

"Yes, sir; I haven't. But I believe that I could learn to." Jayden replied. He stood straight to show Coach that he was ready to do anything.

"Good, I like the way you think. Here, think fast." Coach threw the football at Jayden with excessive speed. Jayden caught the ball easily. Coach took a couple steps back. "Now, throw the ball back to me with as much strength as you can."

Jayden nodded, then hurled the ball at Coach. When Coach caught the ball, he let out a stiff grunt from the football's speed. Coach caught his breath, then grabbed his clipboard. "Impressive. You have a very excellent chance of making the team."

Jayden broke out in a smile, soon starting the next drills Coach assigned him to do.

With Mia

Mia listened closely to the captain of the cheerleading team, Sally, teaching Mia the moves and cheers she had to do. Mia nodded everytime Sally asked if she got it or not; Mia is a very quick learner.

"Wow, Mia. It's only been 20 mintutes and you've learned the routine faster than we learned in a week. Very impressive, Mia." Sally smiled. "Now on this part, you'll going to be the base; meaning you're holding the flyer from the bottom. Can you do that?"

"Of course! No sweat!" Mia said, confidently.

"Great! Come on and mix the other cheerleaders. We're just about ready to practice the routine." Sally said, walking over to the team. "Ok girls, this is Mia. Let's give her some applause because she just made the team."

The team cheered and clapped for Mia, making Mia happy and excited. "OMG! Oh my gosh, I'm a cheerleader? Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!" Mia bounced up and down, hugging Sally with joy.

"Of course, Mia! Everyone, I want everyone to make Mia feel welcomed as we're practicing." Sally instruted, watching the team go their spots in the gym. She then turned to Mia. "You see, we're like one big group of sisters. We want anyone who's joining our team to feel welcomed."

"Thanks! I think I'm really going to love it here!" Mia giggled, ranning out to her spot to practice.

With Kevin

Kevin walked into the school's pool house, finding it very nice-looking. He noticed a group of guys talking around the small bleachers.

Kevin walked over to them and asked, "Hey, this is where the swimming tryouts are, right?"

"Yeah man. You're just in time too; our coach is just about to start. By the way, I'm Jake." Jake offered his hand out to him. Kevin shook it.

"Nice to meet you, man. So, have you swam before?" Kevin asked.

"Of course! Been swimming since I was a baby. If I could live a second life, I would probably be a shark or something that lives in the water." Jake laughed over to his friends. "I'm a varsity swimmer."

"Awesome! At my old school, I use to be a varsity swimmer too." Kevin explained.

"Really? Then you'll have a really good chance on making the team."

Kevin seemed very pleased about that idea. Suddenly, Coach G came out of the locker room and yelled "ALRIGHTY KIDS! Let's start off doing some strokes!"

Kevin hurried off to the locker rooms to change and came back out feeling more confident than ever.

AN: so there you have it. Btw, I have no idea this tryouts actually go so I just made them up as I wrote this, hopefully I did good. I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter and I will try to get the next one up as soon as possible! Please leave a review telling me how to liked it cause your reviews are what helps me want to write this story faster & more! :D