Chapter 17
All 12 senior football guys were in the practice gym waiting on the senior girls. "Luke, you comin' out on Friday?"
"Yeah, my buddy from Austin is drivin' up. You and Maya goin?"
"Yeah, but she'll be the DD this time. She got a little to wasted the other night." Josh laughed and nodded towards the gym door where a group of 3 girls were entering. Lucas turned and spotted Riley immediately, she looked so good. The brunette was wearing the signature white cheer shoes, black spandex and a tanktop. She started to pull her hair up, which made her beauty even more apparent.
"Alright y'all. Here's what we're gonna do. Missy and I are going to put you into 3 seperate groups and those will be your stunt groups. Then I will place the girl." Riley looked towards the hardwood floor and smiled. But, Lucas had no idea what she was smiling about, he had a strong feelin' Missy would be his stunter.
"Lucas, Josh, Braxton and Aiden. You're group 1 and your stunter is Missy." Riley didn't look remotely upset, Missy however had happiness written all over her face.
"Chase, Steven, Hayden, and Barrett. You're group 2 and your stunter is Riley." The brunette walked over to her group. Lucas, was agitated. All 4 of those guys were extremely fond of Riley. "The rest of y'all are my group. Okay, so now that we have our groups I have another question. Riley approached me with an idea to add a country swing section at the beginning of our dance. Lucas has already agreed and apparently I missed a show on Friday. We just need 2 more guys." Josh and Chase both raised their hands. "Fantastic. Riley and Lucas after today y'all are gonna pair up and come up with some moves, it'll only be a 30 seconds or so long." The brunette gazed over at Lucas and smiled.
"Darby, i'd like to dance with Lucas."
"Oh, i'm sorry. Everyone just told me how amazing these two danced together. I really want to see, no big deal though you're stunting with him." She turned her attention back to the groups. "Riley's stunt group is going to be doing a little more. Since, she is capable of doing more than others. So y'all will be in the middle." Lucas grinned, he was so proud of her. "So we're all going to do a basic lift and elevator, and a basket toss. But, as Missy and myself come down Riley will go back up and do what's known as a kick full basket toss." The running back raised his hand.
"So, why aren't you two doing that?" He already knew why.
"One of us can't do it." Riley started laughing at Lucas, even though what he did was mean it was still funny. "So, the 2 people on the outside need to be the strongest, they are going to absorb most of the weight. The person in the back needs to be able to help lift her up and support the basers, the 4th man is there specifically to ensure that nothing happens to us. Your girls will walk you through it. This week is specifically about getting the stunts down. Have fun."
Riley was talking to her group, trying to get them to quit looking at her like a piece of meat. "Focus please. Chase and Barrett please be my base guys so one on each side of me. Hayden please stand behind me and Steven you're gonna be in front to catch me if I fall." The cheerleader was fixing to turn around when she stopped and looked at them again. "We don't have mats, so please don't let me fall."
"Riles, what happened to your wrist?" Lucas looked over at Chase who had asked.
"Oh, I strained it. It doesn't hurt, I wrapped it for precautionary purposes. Let's set up and I will show you how to interlock your hands."
An hour had gone by and Missy's stunt group had gotten nowhere. Unlike Riley's, she'd been up in the air several times and even done a basket toss. "Riley, will you go help Missy?"
"Sure. Guys great job today, you can go ahead and head home. I'll see y'all tomorrow." The brunette ran over to Lucas' group. "Okay, so where are y'all at?"
"I have it under control!" Missy snapped. The brunette raised her eyebrows.
"Clearly. Your stunt isn't going up because you need to switch your stronger guys to be base. Lucas, stand here and Josh over here please. No offense Braxton and Aiden. But, you two are going to be support for the base, Braxton be in the back and you're going to help lift her onto the base and as soon as she gets up you place your hands on the bottom of their hands. Aiden you'll be up front to ensure she doesn't fall." Lucas smiled watching Riley take charge, she always did such a great job. "Alright, let's try this." Riley watched them go up and started clapping. "Good, now raise her to chin level. She'll pose and do whatever she wants bring her down, and then she's gonna do the basket toss."
"Can you demonstrate?" Josh and Lucas apparently had a game going on to annoy Missy.
"No. Missy is your partner. But, it is time to go and I think since y'all got her up and back down safely we can call it a day. Is that okay Darby?"
"Yeah." All the guys took off besides Lucas. The brunette grinned and he stepped closer.
"You ready to head off to work?"
"Nope." She turned around to walk out of the gym. "You aren't shadowing me anymore."
"No, i'm not. But, you'll get to do your own thing. You'll be great.
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The brunette was laying on her bed. Thinking about this history project.
Hey, I was just fixing to call you.
I was calling about the history project.
Oh, yeah I wasn't gonna call about that. Riley heard him giggle on the other end.
Well, I figured that i'd do the powerpoint and you could do like a word search or somethin' they have the generators online so we can just print enough out for the class.
I already did the powerpoint.
What? Why didn't you tell me? You did the hardest part.
So you wouldn't have to. Besides it's due tomorrow.
I know i'm sorry. I was planning on pullin' an all nighter. I'm getting swamped.
Good thing we're goin' to the Pit tomorrow.
Yeah, that's true. Save me a dance?
I plan on you being my only dance partner.
Alright, sounds good. I'm going to make the word search and then I owe you for doing the powerpoint. By the way how did your English project turn out?
Great, I think. Yours?
Really well. Even with Chase asking me out every 10 minutes.
I didn't know that. He was kind of shocked this was the first he'd heard about it.
Apparently, i'm pretty popular.
I could've told you that. I'll let you go beautiful, finish the project and go to bed. I can tell you're tired. Sweet dreams.
Sweet dreams.
She hung up the phone and immediately opened her book and laptop. Luckily finding bolded words in the book wasn't difficult. She just put the definitions as clues for the word. "And, print. 30 copies." The printer woke up and Riley jumped on her bed, she was really glad that she didn't try out for captain. If she was this tired and it was only a month into the school year, she couldn't imagine how Darby felt.
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Riley grabbed her phone and opened a video from Lucas. She smiled remembering her yellow dress and Lucas strumming his guitar. After it ended she replied back.
-We sound good together.
Look pretty good too.
-I could've told you that.
Even though they weren't together she truly enjoyed spending time with him. Charlie wasn't at school at all this week, probably still healing from last Friday. The brunette was elated he wanted to be with her to the point of being forced to wait. She closed her eyes and fell into a dream.
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Lucas was waiting by her locker like he always did, with a flower in hand. The green eyed man twirled it in his fingers and wondered what she did with all of these. "Hey! I'm gonna grab my jersey i'll be right back. Don't move." Riley ran off into her father's classroom and Lucas chuckled, why was she so hyper? "Alright, you ready for the reveal of my senior jersey?"
The running back smiled, hoping his name and number would be on it. "Model for me." The brunette turned the corner and as usual his breath was taken away from how gorgeous she looked. She spinned revealing the back of her jersey. "Friar, #23."
"I figured even if we didn't get together then I should still support one of my best friends." He wrapped her up in a hug and squeezed her tight.
"You spoil me." She pulled the flower from his hands. "But, we are gonna be together. I haven't seen Charlie all week, hint hint." Lucas chuckled at his joke.
"By the way, you spoil me." She put the sunflower in her locker so it wouldn't get damaged. "And me neither, knock on wood. Are you excited for Zay to come?"
"Very, we were best friends when I lived down there. But, he's going to meet us at the Pit. He said he's going to be leaving later than expected."
She slammed the locker and faced him. "I can't wait to meet him. Can he handle my sarcasm?" The cheerleader strutted to class.
"No. But, can anyone?"
"You do." She slid into her desk.
"I had to." Riley looked confused. "I knew I was gonna be with you so I learned the art of sarcasm."
"I like that phrase 'art of sarcasm', usually people just call me a smart ass." They both laughed when Mr. Matthews stood at the front.
"Alright, here we go. Project time!" Lucas stared at the back of Riley's head which, like every Friday was put up in a ribbon. Even turned around she looked gorgeous, he had decided to ask Riley to be his girlfriend tonight. He didn't care about Charlie anymore.
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