Author's Note: Here's the latest installment of Seaford High. I don't own Kickin it or any of the character's you recognize.

Warning: There's underage drinking and a hint of underage teens doing sexual things.

Seaford High, Dance Practice

Friday, October 5th, 2012

Jerry loves dancing, that was one fact in the world that anyone who knows him or had any long conversation with him knows. It was a fact like how Milton loves science, Jack loves karate, and Eddie loves Grace Overland. The Columbian lives, breathes, and sleeps the sport, it was the one thing he did for any mood he was in; if he was happy, mad, or sad he danced. It helps clears his mind for when things get too much, especially between his mami and papa which was almost an everyday thing. Sometimes he almost forgets the time when his padres were in love and not screaming at each other, the times when they were something close to a regular familia. If it wasn't for the pictures and home videos tucked away in his house he would believe that it was one of his fantasies next to his wet dreams of Farrah Bakhta and Desiree Steele. Both juniors had legs for days and perky C cups that they took over most of his dreams and sometimes daydreams. Don't get him wrong Mika is still the girl he desperately want to date and call his, Farrah and Desiree are just great material for his left hand at night.

"Okay! That was slightly better than before but Ro, higher on your jump and Benny remember it's a three count spin." Layla critiqued once the music ended, she stood in front of the room, leaning against the plastic table near the front of the room

"Please tell me we're finally done, my legs feel like they're about to fall off." Stacey Wiseman pleaded from where she lay sprawled on the wooden floor near the floor-to-wall side mirror on the left wall

Layla's eyes looked at the clock on the left side of the room above the trophy wall and the line of backpacks lining the wall. "Fine, I guess I kept you here long enough but you guys better practice outside of practice. We need to be sharp for the upcoming pep rally."

With that permission given Jerry hunched forward then spread his legs a little for balance for when he placed his hands on his knees to try and catch his breath. One of the many things he loved about the dance team was the challenging new moves Layla came up that really pushed him. Layla lived up to her reputation and was a hardass and it was only five practices, while the first two were just conditioning. She demanded a lot of the team and wouldn't accept anything less than perfect and if you didn't deliver she had you do it repeatedly until it was acceptable.

"And Jerry, you're not in sync with the rest of the team when we turn, so you need to practice on your counting." Smooth added his two cents from where he stood next to Stacey and leaned on the dance bar with a water bottle in hand

Jerry glared at him thinking of many different insults to spew at him but he held his tongue, he didn't want to cause any drama when this is only his first year on the team. He loved it too much to give Layla any reason to kick him off the team, especially since he didn't get to perform yet, not counting the fall festival. After school dance practice was like a third home away from home behind the Wasabi Dojo of course but Smooth is the one reason he's not fully excited to go to practice. The cocoa butter fanatic still seemed to hold a grudge for when he embarrassed him at the dance competition two years ago and made sure he knew. He took jabs at his dancing during practice under the pretense of 'critiquing' and shot hateful glares whenever Layla's back was turned.

"With all due respect, Smooth I think my toes were fine and you're not the captain so I don't need your critique." Jerry calmly replied back through gritted teeth before righting himself up correctly to grab his water bottle in his backpack

"It doesn't matter if he isn't the captain you should take any criticism given and put it under consideration." Layla told him before her eyes strayed over to Smooth, "But as for you Dan make sure your criticism is coming from a genuine place and not personal pettiness. His toes were pointed just fine."

"I told you to call me Smooth from now on." Smooth told her in a slight whine to his tone while he grabbed his white towel on top of the table to wipe his sweaty forehead

"No, that nickname is stupid." Layla shot down with clear dismissiveness and Jerry snickered into his water bottle, overhearing the short conversation. The dance captain then turned her attention back to the rest of the dancers

"Ro, Benny you two arent leaving until you two perfect your moves so start practicing now." She demanded and the two dancers in call didn't hold back their groans of disapproval but did what they were told as they reluctantly stood up to get into positions

The Columbian shot the two dancers a sympathetic look at being under Layla's wrath but was also relieved that, that wasn't him, this time. He was also forced to stay overtime until he got a move right, making him late for karate practice. In any under circumstances, staying late and alone with an older girl would be a wet dream come to life but Layla was scary and he took dance seriously so he was focused on that instead.

"Hey Smooth you're going to the Country Club right?" Benny sought for confirmation from his best friend before taking another sip from his bottle then placed it on the floor

"Yeah Farrah wanted to hang out there for a bit." Smooth confirmed as he packed up his own stuff to head out

The Wasabi Warrior could barely hold back a sneer at the mention of the Country Club. The main hangout where snobby rich popular kids go to which of course included the Swathmore Academy students. On principal Jerry despised people like that, people who have enough money to hangout at the fancy Country Club where they lounge by the pool getting served by waiters, not understanding what it's like to have real issues. Where their biggest problem is probably not getting the right color car on their birthday instead of having to take care of their hermintas while their madre worked two jobs to pay for a roof over their head. His eldest hermana, Ezra, worked there during her junior to senior year and endured stuck up, rude members that also gave snide racial remarks. She kept with the job up until graduation to save for college which was the only reason she didn't go off on them and kept quiet. That gave him more than enough reason to hate the country club and dismiss it and the members altogether, of course besides Milton. Though Milton doesn't hang out there much but either way everyone but Milton can suck it.

"If you see Ember can you tell her that i'm going to be late. I don't want her to think I'm standing her up." Benny continued

"Yeah, sure man." The boy in question quickly agreed then slung his dance bag over his shoulder once it was fully packed

"Enough talking start practicing Matlin." Layla ordered which was the last thing Jerry heard before he left the room, his phone in hand

He scrolled through his contacts before finding his older hermana, Cami and texted her to ask if she was on her way to get him. He's been using her as his personal driver since she dropped out of college and their padres didn't know about it yet, so it was perfect blackmail. Once his task was complete he pocketed his phone then began the somewhat long journey to the front of the school. The dance room was in the back of the school, a few doors down from the school's backdoor entrance towards the track and field and gymnasium. His thoughts went back to Mika, as it has been doing for the past week and couldn't stop a smile forming on his lips as he reflected on their time together. The night at the ravine had to be one of the best nights of his life, being high was so much fun, he could understand why people wanted to be potheads. Once the full effect took place his head felt like it did after he spun around in circles for a long time, giving him a funny feeling and making him find most things funny. When they danced together for a full songs Mika was pressed up close to him giving him a noseful of her auburn hair and he willed his arousal to go down so she won't feel how her dancing pressed to him affected him. Once the two were finished dancing and headed back over to the group he spent most of the night cracking up at literally nothing and eating pizza since he was suddenly given the munchies, which he learned was a common occurrence when high. The weed seemed to have affected Randy differently though as he spent a good hour or so staring off into the distance at nothing and noticeably quiet. Jerry tried waving his hand back and forth in front of his friend but Randy didn't even respond to that which he found slightly amusing but then focused his attention back on Mika.

The Columbian continued his efforts to clumsily flirt with Mika, which was even more worse when high but both their guards were down as they made fools of themselves. Erica was even more pleasant high with her bitchiness turned down, while Zane didn't really seem that affected which he explained it was because he smoked the drug frequently and built up a tolerance so it'll take him longer to feel the effects. Ethan didn't smoke more than one puff since he was a football player and the coaches did random drug checks, so he spent the night in and out of the group to find girls to flirt with. Anyway, much to the dancer's delight Mika reciprocated his flirting with batted eyelashes, coy smiles, smooth words, and leaning heavily on him throughout the night. He wasn't given the time to try and make his move since she also flitted around the group to Ethan and Zane and was very touchy with them two which infuriated and confused him more than he already was. So sadly when it was time for him to go home after Cami alerted him about their mama returning home he left without making a move on the foreign girl.

At the Fall Festival he was given another chance to hang with the girl but she was once again with Zane and Randy though, thankfully this time Ethan chose to hang with his group of popular friends, The Elite. Eddie also tagged along so he had to try and fight for her attention which was proven difficult. Then there was the fact that halfway through she ditched the boys to hangout with Erica and her two friends since they seemed to take a likening to each other at the Ravine. The small group of boys dispersed after she left so he spent the remainder of the festival with Eddie and Randy. When school rolled around Monday he still had trouble getting to spend quality time with her since they didn't share many classes and she continued spending more time with Erica and her posse. The Columbian fell more into an irritable mood since he wished for more time with the girl that easily stolen his attention and made him feel things that he might not have even felt with Heather. Things with his ex was simple, sweet, and for lack of better words easy while with Mika she was like a burning itch that worked its way under his skin and gave him a craving that was only satisfied when he saw her.

"Hey Jerry!" Milton's voice called out, pulling him from his comparison between the two girls, he turned his head to see his Scottish friend exiting from a classroom a few doors down followed by a few others, one of them being that Sloane chick from the dojo

"Hey man, what's up?" Jerry greeted him with a grin

"Just finished a student council meeting for Seaford on Parade week and all the things that will take place-decorations for the dance, float, and spirit week ideas since it's right around the corner. We were mostly focusing on the dance decorations to follow our theme that we voted on last meeting." The boy in question explained

Ah yes, Seaford on Parade or what other cities and states called Homecoming Week. The time of year when the small city citizens get together to celebrate their sports pride and all three schools in the district school spirit comes out strong. Former students come back and most of the ninth and tenth grade females students go crazy with desire to become the new Junior Teen Pearl of Seaford. That beauty pageant that happens around this time that both Seaford High and Swathmore girls compete in so they can be in the Parade at the end of the Parade week. Jerry loves the beauty pageant because it gives him the opportunity to watch cute, perky girls compete, only sadly they don't have a bikini competition. For some reason the Creaton High girls don't seem into the pageant like the other two school girls or at least that's what SDL says. The other downside was listening to Kim and Julie rant and rave about how the Junior Teen Pearl of Seaford pageant is sexist, misogynistic, body shaming, and a bunch of other words that Jerry didn't understand. Though he supposes with the way Julie is now she won't have any issues with it, hell she might even compete in it.

"Ah, the joys of being prez?" Jerry teased before getting distracted by his text notification sound, making him look away from his phone to get it out. If he wasn't distracted he would've seen the look of guilt cross his friend's face at the reminder of his presidency and how he won it.

The text was from Cami telling him she was on her way to get him and she'll be there in around ten minutes. He sent her a quick text back before pocketing his phone to focus back on Milton and continue their walk towards the front doors.

"So what were your theme ideas?" Jerry questioned his friend, an easy grin sliding back on his face that Milton tried to mimic

"No place like homecoming, which would be centered around The Wizard of Oz, Eddie suggested that one." The boy in question began as the two finally reached the school's main lobby and entrance area

"Lame." Jerry interjected with a shake of his head

"Hollywood Nights was another which obviously from the name would be centered around Hollywood and the idea of getting a red carpet was even suggested." The Scottish continued as if his friend didn't interrupt him

"Then the last two were Around the World and have each day be entered around different countries then for the dance have a globe somewhere and have photo-booths areas for Paris and India. Me personally, I liked and voted for that one, and for the last one was Under the Sea, pretty self explanatory as well." The freshman prez rounded off the list

"Those aren't completely terrible ideas but I have a really good one. What'll be a totally swag theme for Homecoming is like a beach day! Girls can dress up in sexy bikinis while I can show off by chest. I've been working out some in summer and got at least a two pack for it." Jerry told him proudly using his free hand to lift up his shirt causing Milton to quickly look away

"Yeah, I don't need to see your stomach Jerry, don't forget we use the same locker room for karate practice." The Scottish teen reminded him and the Columbian shrugged then dropped his shirt back down

"As for the whole Beach day theme, it's basically similar to Under the Sea and even if we were to do it you guys obviously won't be able to dress like that." The dancer's fantasy of seeing Mika, Desiree, and Farrah in bikinis cracked at those words

"Why not?" He demanded then pushed open the double doors with Milton behind him then walked down the front stairs

"Well there's this thing called a dress code that we have to follow at all times and bikinis is crossing many different rules." The boy in question replied

The dancer groaned in frustration, "That's wack yo! What's the point of having a beach day if you can't even dress like your going to a beach." The two sat in one of the courtyard's front tables while they both waited for someone to get them

"Well having a school full of half naked teenagers will raise a lot of questions with the PTA and most likely get Principal Buckett's in trouble."

"All the more reason to do it." Jerry enthused, that didn't seem like a bad idea to him

Milton rolled his eyes then Jerry's text notification went off so he pulled his phone out to see Mika texted him which caused him to sit up straighter in his seat. She asked him about attending the varsity linebacker, Trent's Blue's house party tonight. From the rumors heard around school and pictures from Facebook his parties are always wicked and memorable. With a grin he quickly texted her back his confirmation, thinking of how this night will be amazing.

"So what theme did you guys choose?" The dancer questioned

Milton looked hesitant at the question, "I'm not sure I'm supposed to tell."

"Aw c'mon I'm one of your best friends, you can tell me anything, I won't tell." Jerry pushed

Milton continued to silently debate with himself before conceding to defeat, "Okay, we chose No Place like Homecoming."

Jerry's eyes widened at that, "Seriously?! Out of all the ideas you chose that one!" He exclaimed

Milton shrugged, "Ideas for Spirit Week and decorations for the dance were easier to come up with that one and would be kind of cheaper." The freshman prez defended

"But that's so lame! Even under the Sea one would be better." Jerry complained

Milton rolled his eyes, "It's not going to be lame, Wizard of Oz is a classic that everyone loves-"

"Not everyone." Jerry butted in

"And Eddie was also stoked that we went along with his idea." Milton added as an afterthought

Further conversation was ceased by the sound of a horn honking, a quick look told the boys it was from Milton's mom red Honda Civic pulling up.

"I'm telling you Jerry it's not going to be lame." Were Milton's parting words as he got up

Jerry hummed, not fully voicing his disagreement but it was palpable. Once the Ginger haired boy was gone Jerry let out a loud sigh. Thoughts turning back to the party tonight and a smile growing on his face while thinking about the foreign girl he'd fallen hard for.

Swathmore Academy

Multi-Purpose Room

Kim didn't want to be here. She wanted nothing to do with a stupid cheer mixer especially since it was at none other than Swathmore freaking Academy. Home of the plastics. Well excluding Vale, one of Jerry's many sisters. The Wasabi warrior loved the girl, she was a a year younger than them but was so smart she skipped the eighth grade to be in the ninth at Swathmore. It has been her goal to go to Swathmore for their STEM program, believing it'll get her closer to her goal to go to MIT and become a software engineer. Sadly though she wasn't a cheerleader, preferring to dance like her older brother only not having the same dedication he does, taking it more as a hobby. Anyway, Kim wanted desperately to get out of this event but Coach Killian told them that all members of the JV pep squad has to attend and Ember the captain of the pep squad captain enforced that law. She could've been at home freaking out over the phone with Kelsey about yesterday's latest episode of Glee or lounge on her living room couch rewatching Veronica Mars but no. Don't get Kim wrong, she was all about team bonding and making friends and all that jazz but it was with Swathmore and Creaton high students. Swathmore students were snotty, self-absorbed, and all around privileged princess/princes while Creaton high was Seaford's sworn rival. Or she guesses, old rival since they called off their feud back in 2005 and things have been calm between the two of them but that didn't cover all the things that happened between them before.

The rivalry between them began back in 1923 when Nathaniel Lowe had Seaford built on the grounds that Creaton was supposed to be on and the latter's founder, Oliver Fell was furious. Oliver tried to find many different ways to stop the school from being built but they were all futile but when the school was finally built the attacks didn't stop. Oliver's Fell son, Paul went to Creaton and continued his father's work by attacking the newly built Seaford constantly until finally the Seaford students retaliated. They continued going back and forth, ranging from breaking and entering to vandalize the lockers to. The war continued even after the creators of the school and their offsprings graduated and passed away. The new students continued the rivalry then in 1996 Seaford's flag was stolen by a group of Creaton High students. Many have tried to get the flag back but was never successful, even when their feud officially ended they weren't given their flag back.

Kim sat in one of the tables set up on the left side of the huge room with a plate of fruit and taquitos in front of her. She was one of the few members sitting down at the table instead of mingling with the other cheerleaders or dancing to Moves Like Jagger playing on the speakers. The Wasabi Warrior glared in disgust at the sight of Grace who looks to be having a friendly chat with Claire Zimmerman, a snotty rich bitch who goes to Swathmore. The blonde got her first impression of the Swathmore girl last year when Milton's parents hosted his birthday party at the Country Club which the ginger haired private school student was also at. When Kim first got to the club she overheard Claire going off on an employee for getting her meal wrong. Kim was filled with such disgust and was about to go off on Claire herself if it wasn't for Jerry coming up behind her and dragging her away. That was all Kim needed to see to make her judgement on the girl and her second run in with the girl was when the private school girl came into Falafel Phil's demanding an order of food to give to her dog stating it was too disgusting for her to eat. From what Kim heard Claire's older sister, Paisley who was a junior, wasn't any better than her and if not worse. She heard stories and rumors of the older Zimmerman sleeping with one of her teachers to earn a better grade despite him being engaged, outing a pregnant student to her parents knowing how conservative they were simply because she earned captain over her, and was rumored to orcitrize a prank that caused a scholarship student to get kicked out of school simply because she refused to be cowered by her. So yeah, Paisley was a class A bitch which was easy to see where Claire got it from.

Kim looked away from the sight of the two freshman queen bees chatting it up in favor of grabbing her phone out of her small purse she brought. After unlocking it she couldn't help but smile at her new wallpaper, a picture of Jack and her at the fall festival in the pumpkin patch that Kelsey took, stating they needed an official pic as a couple. They were sitting in front of a half painted pumpkin and Jack had his arm thrown over her shoulder as they both wore matching grins. The rest of the night at the fall festival was far better than the beginning, they played most of the game booth games until finally Jack won her a stuffed animal then after that they hung out with Kelsey and Donna for the rest of the night. Kim was a little disappointed that they didn't kiss at the end of the night but consoled herself with the knowledge that it was probably too soon. They were scheduled to have their second date tomorrow at the bowling alley and the girl was buzzing with excitement for it.

"So Milton tells me you and Jack are finally a couple." Julie's voice snapped her out of her thoughts

Kim looked to her right to see Julie wand Cathy coming over, both dressed in their blue and white cheer uniforms with their hair pulled into high ponies. To be completely blunt, Kim didn't like the so called 'new and improved' Julie, she thinks that the former nerd was a complete and utter bitch. Cathy Davis definitely wasn't any better and if anything her personality influenced Julie's. She was shallow, judgmental, rude, and worshipped the ground that Grace walks on. Once again Kim doesn't understand what Jack saw in the girl. Scratch that, Kim guesses Cathy was conventionally attractive; with her light tawny skin, jet black hair, slim body, and deep blue eyes. The cheerleader was nice to popular people and people that were deemed socially acceptable to hangout with. So she was nice to Jack and her just not to Eddie and Milton. The 'uncool' kids and social outcasts were the ones to see her true colors.

"Yeah, finally." Kim confirmed not being able to hide a shy smile at the reminder that yes finally after two long years of dancing around each other they were together

"It's about time it was exhausting watching the two of you and the whole, 'will they/won't they?' thing going on." Julie continued before stealing a grape off of her plate

The blonde Wasabi Warrior breathed deeply through her nose then out her mouth to calm herself down from saying something she'll regret. Or maybe regret later on it depends on how she feels and what mood she's in. She already did Milton wrong with the election thing so she was trying to make up for it by being nice and staying on his good side. Snapping at Julie is not going to help with staying on his good side no matter how badly she wants to.

"Was it?" Kim opened Facebook on her phone to distract herself, scrolling through her friends updated statuses and new posts. The blonde's lip curled in disgust at seeing a post wishing Brody a happy belated birthday that was last Friday

"I'm glad you guys worked it out though." Julie continued

"Me too." The blonde agreed, liking an update from Kelsey then pausing when the next post on her feed was from Desiree. It was a pic of her boyfriend and her side by side with her boyfriend holding a homecoming poster proposal while she held roses and a stuffed teddy bear from and half listening to the brunette now.

That reminded her that Homecoming was just around the corner so it was around that time of cheesy proposals to take over most of her social media pages and the clothing stores to be filled with more girls than usual, searching for the 'perfect dress'. At that thought the blonde reminded herself she was probably gonna have to go dress dropping soon herself because the later she waits the harder it will be to find a good dress at the right price. That thought led to Jack, and if he will ask her to go or should she assume that they're already gonna go together. Then again he doesn't like dances, he made that clear with the whole Cotillion incident but would he make an exception if she wanted to go? They are official right? During the whole confession he said he wanted them to be boyfriend and girlfriend so doesn't that make him obligated to go? Sure, they've only been on one date and usually couples are official after three or five but they're different right? Will she have to ask him to go to hoco? Is she allowed to ask him? She needs to text her group chat with Kelsey and Donna about that. Kim cringed at her overthinking, shit when did she become such a girl?

"If you guys were seniors you'll be perfect choices for Homecoming king and queen. Next to Grace and Brad when they eventually get together. You know after Brad comes to his senses and breaks up with Sloane of course." Cathy added

That garnered the blonde's attention enough to snap out of her thoughts going down the impending rabbit whole and pay attention to the brunette. If Kim was being honest she remembered being shocked hearing the news from SDL and whispers from within the underclassmen about unlikely couple being linked together. Brad didn't seem like the type who'll go for someone like Sloane and that wasn't her trying to be rude because she likes the girl. She likes her snarky and sarcastic humor that easily bounces off of Kim's allowing them to joke around like they want to. They haven't hung out outside of the dojo or school but they talk in the two places and have friended one another on their social media accounts. With all that being said she was still surprised that they are dating because neither one of them seemed to be each others type. When the blonde Wasabi Warrior had the chance, she asked Sloane about it in their shared Biology class the latter girl just shrugged and confirmed the news with indifference. Kim thought it was strange that she didn't seem excited to talk about someone they recently started dating but didn't press not wanting to be nosy.

"What is that supposed to mean?" The Wasabi Warrior demanded, offended on Sloane's behalf

Cathy rolled her eyes, "Oh come on they have, like nothing in common and everyone knows that Brad is supposed to be with Grace. They're childhood best friends and been super close since, everyone has been waiting for them to get together and Grace is totally in love with him but then he suddenly is into some random chick who comes out of nowhere. Someone who's not even in their same social class and has that obnoxious i'm-too-good-for-you attitude."

The blonde felt herself getting angrier the more Cathy speaks, once again her shallowness was shining through. How can Julie just sit there and listen to what this girl was saying and not berate her for it? What happened to the Julie that sneered at Lyndsey's rudeness?

"It doesn't matter though, Grace is heartbroken at the turnout and Lyndsey is furious and will do something about Sloane." The Israeli girl continued with a casual shrug

Kim, not being able to sit here any longer without doing something that'll get her bad points with Milton stood up abruptly, "Mingling is a good idea after all, I can't sit here any longer."

The blonde looked around the room; there was Grace and Katie dancing with Claire and her minions on the dance floor, other cheerleaders were by the catering bar, then she located Cara and Rose by the corner of the room talking with Tj. She scowled at the latter cheerleader but walked towards them anyway, not having a better option. The trio noticed her walking towards them and the girls gave her warm smiles. Kim wouldn't call them friends more like acquaintances that talked when they crossed paths in cheer. They made small talk during practices, bus rides to competitions, or go to away games together. Those were of course times when Grace wasn't near or present since she'll shoot her deadly glares and insert herself in the conversation.

"Hey girl." Cara cheerfully greeted her when she got closer once she tore her gaze away from her companions

"Hey!" Kim echoed back with almost equal cheerfulness. Rose gave her a head nod and smile as a greeting before taking a sip from her cup

"Kim Crawford," Tj greeted her with a mischievous smirk, "rumor has it you're now dating Jack Brewer." he spoke nosy as ever and all thoughts of trying to be civil flew out her mind

The girl in question glared coldly at him, "What's it to you." She growled out causing the boy to put his hands up in defense

"I'm sensing some hostility so i'm guessing this has to do with the post I made a few weeks ago?" Rose and Cara watched the scene play out in front of them with, one with caution and the other amusement

Kim gave him a condescending smile, "Ding, ding, ding."

"It was nothing personal alright? I got an anonymous source with some credible evidence so I posted." Tj explained like it wasn't a big deal

"That's a bullshit excuse! Do you know what you put me through?! I ought to wring your scrawny neck!" Kim took a menacing step forward which was when Rose decided to slide in front of the boy protectively

"As entertaining as it would be to see Tj finally get what he deserves." She began

"Hey!" The emerald eyed boy exclaimed, affronted which she pointedly ignored him, "We don't need to make ourselves look bad in front of Swathmore kids." The anchorwoman continued

The blonde inhaled deeply to try and calm herself down and listen to reason. Rose was right, she doesn't need to give Tj a smackdown despite how much she wants to.

Tj eyed the blonde warily while slowly stepping out from behind his protector. "I'm a go and flirt with that cute guy over there where it's safe. Catch up with you guys later." He scurried away from the trio of girls after that

"Ug! I can't stand him! He's so annoying! Why are you guys friends with him?!" The blonde exclaimed in frustration

Cara shrugged, "He's not so bad- I mean he has his moments were he's decent." She lightly defended the Brit

Rose on the other hand shook her head, "I wouldn't call him a friend, we just run in the same social circle." She clarified

"I don't understand how anyone can want to be near him." Kim commented with crossed arms still very pissed but trying to calm herself

The two tenth graders shrugged, not really knowing what to say to that. Cara cleared her throat before doing a single clap with a forced smile, "Anyway! Are you enjoying the mixer so far?" She asked, wanting to change the subject

The girl in question shrugged, "I honestly didn't wanna be here, I could've been at home watching TV or sleeping over at one of my friends. But instead I'm here, at Swathmore, yay."

Rose nodded, "Same, I could be watching Bad Girls Club right now and not trying to not kill Claire or listen to that Creaton girl's passive aggressive comments." She complained

Kim's brows furrowed at that, "What Creaton girl?" She questioned not recalling any passive aggressive comments made by Creaton girls but then again she spent most of her time sitting at the tables on Facebook or Keek making a great effort to not talk to anyone

The anchor woman's eyes looked over Kim's shoulder in search of the girl, "The one with the purse standing next to Erica dancing." The blonde turned around in search of the said girl before finding her

"I see her." The Wasabi warrior announced, eyeing the girl. She was a slim, fair skinned girl with light brown hair and dressed in a red and white Creaton high cheer uniform.

"Yeah Ember, Cara and I talked to her trying to be friendly but she spent the whole time being as fake as Kim Kardashian's ass and being nice nasty. Comparing our football teams scores, the cheer routines, and all that good stuff." The sarcasm in her voice was unmissable

"Her name is Esme, I think she's a sophomore and seemed to have some issue with Ember." Cara added which the anchorwoman nodded her agreement

"The passive aggressive and doublehanded comments were mostly aimed at her for some strange reason and her eyes." Cara continued with a shake of her head

"They were drilled on her and looked for lack of better words creepy." Rose picked up where her friend left off

Kim frowned in contemplation then turned back around to look at this Esme girl. She was talking with two other Creaton girls but kept glancing at Erica and Cathy with cold looks. She turned back around to the tenth grade girls.

"Has Ember ever met her before?" The blonde asked, how can anyone ever have a problem with Ember? She was literally one of the most chillest, friendliest people she has ever met next to Katie

The Korean could have a conversation with literally anyone and doesn't discriminate from where they were in social class or hierarchy like Grace or Lyndsey.

Cara and Rose shook their head at the question, "Never, Ember didn't know who she was, as far as she knew Esme was new." The brunette girl answered

All further conversation was ceased when the lights were turned back on and the music was turned off, much to the cheerleaders dismay. The sound of a microphone being tapped drew their attention to the medium sized set up stage on the left side of the huge room.

"Hello everyone! It's time for the competition so everyone group up with your team and practice." The Swathmore director of the mixer, Ms. Olson instructed

"Off we go." Rose commented then pushed herself off the wall and walked toward the direction of Ms. Killian with Cara next to her. Kim stood rooted in her place for a few seconds later not wanting to leave before sighing. She forced herself to follow the tenth graders once more wishing she was in the comfort of her home.

Trent Blue's Residence, Bridgeton Hills, Seaford

It was around nine pm when Cami drove Jerry up to Trent's street, the music already loud enough that he could hear the thumping beat from three houses down. Jerry checked his phone for any new texts from Mika but there was none, the last one was from forty minutes ago when he replied to her text about when he was coming.

"So you're into house parties now huh? I'm beginning to think I might be a bad influence on you." Cami joked as she parked her car

The younger Martinez rolled his eyes before mouthing the words mockingly, "Ha, ha todo el mundo un comediante. I told you Mika's gonna be her and i'm trying to make her mi novia." He told her then pulled down the visor mirror to give himself a quick look over

"Yeah I remember, she sounds like quite the girl. Having you go to a ravine party and now a house one, should I be worried?" She asked teasingly with a smile tugging at her red lips

If was to pick who out of all seven sisters he has he looked the most alike his choice was definitely going to be Cami. They share the same pale skin, oval face, thick eyebrows, full lips, jet black hair, and lean body. Besides physical appearance, they share love for causing mischief, carefree and fun loving was his favorite sister with Paula being a close second. Unlike Ezra and Izzy, Cami knew how to have a good time and didn't try to mother him or treat him as if he was a nuisance. Almost anything that Jerry found fun they think is ridiculous and childish and told on him if they caught him doing something he wasn't sneaky. It's like now that they're adults they are buzzkills who don't know the meaning on fun. They were basically older versions of Vale. No wonder why she got along with them so well.

Jerry rolled his eyes at the question, "Come on you've been going to parties like this since what, eighth grade? And i'm sure unlike me you tried liquor as well." He challenged then put the visor mirror back up, content with his appearance

This time Cami was the one to roll her eyes, "It was a buzzball so it wasn't completely alcohol, there's a difference. Also I did it on a dare, so don't even try it." She defended herself

"Yeah whatever, I'll text you when I'm ready to leave. Maybe around 11:30 or 12." The dancer informed his sister while opening the passenger door to get out

"Sure just don't push it too late and Jerry!" She called out, the boy now fully out the vehicle turned around and bent down a little to get a good look at her face

The college dropout was biting the left side of her lip, seeming to be contemplating her words, "Be careful, girls like Mika can be trouble." She warned him, the younger Martinez scoffed then closed the car door

Unbelievable, was Cami of all people really trying to warn him away from Mika? She was talking as if Mika was a bad person, which she isn't, not one bit. The foreign girl was funny, nice, a little mischievous, and amazing to be around. She makes him forget about the pain of Heather and how awkward it is to be around her now. She was one of the best additions to Seaford this year and it's ridiculous for Cami to say anything considering she was a lot like Mika during high school.

"Okay madre." The condescending tone was hard to miss, he walked away from her before she could say anything else that will irritate him

The dancer shook off his sister's words, not wanting her to ruin his mood or night, this was going to be a good night. He should be focusing on Mika and Mika only. Tonight he planned on making a move on her, hopefully maybe end up kissing her and by the end of the night earn a date with her. He was nervous about the kissing though since he only ever kissed Heather and most of them were closed mouth, chaste kisses. Something about Mika tells him she had more experience in that department, maybe it was a foreign girl thing. The Columbian continued thinking of ways to impress her as he continued the somewhat long walk towards Trent Blue's house. When he was finally outside the relatively decent sized house he could hear 'Starships' by Nicki Minaj playing clearly and feel the vibrations in his body. He stood outside the door awkwardly, not knowing if he was supposed to knock or ring the doorbell or just go inside unannounced. After having a silent debate in his head for 3 minutes he decided screw it, and boldly opened the door.

Jerry was immediately the smell of bodies, some sweaty and even a little musty while others were drenched in perfume. Once he stepped in then closed the door he surveyed the scene in front of him with a mix of awe and a bit of nervousness. Straight ahead of him was a small foyer with a wooden staircase that led to a short wooden indoor balcony. To the left of the balcony was the living room full of teens while to the right the dining area also full of teens and scattered junk food and red solo cups. The dancer hesitantly walked further into the house, not really knowing where to go or where Mika and his friends were at. He contemplated texting them but then dismissed it for right now, he wanted to do a little exploring around his first house party. He heard the reason for the party was that the Varsity football team had their game yesterday even though usually it was scheduled for Fridays. They played against Lakeside, a Catholic school on the edges of Seaford and the latter team won by 2 points. If Jerry was being honest, he didn't really care much about football so he didn't go to the game but he was happy for the chance to party.

The Colombian decided to head first towards the dining area. A speaker was in the far left corner still blasting Starships by Nicki Minaj and in the middle was a table that a group of older guys surrounded in the middle of playing a game of beer pong. Jerry heard of the game through movies and TV shows as well as what Cami shared to him and posts on her Facebook about the wild parties she goes to. He always wanted to try it out, it seemed totally swag but he still hasn't tried alcohol yet, at the ravine he kept to weed and split most of his time delightfully high, cackling with Mika and the rest of the group at nothing really while munching on the pizza. Jerry recognized a few of the beer pong boys; one was none other than the host himself- Trent while another was Benny who was currently downing one of the cups. Done watching the boys he slipped past them to head towards the kitchen that was connected to the dining room. The area was occupied with various teens, consuming the food and drinks, standing near the walls alone on their phones or talking with another partygoer. There was a kitchen worktop towards the middle of the kitchen covered with the bag of remaining red solo cups, a few boxes of pizza, and two open bags of chips. Jerry decided to head towards there, stomach rumbling from the smell of the greasy cheesy dish and figuring he should eat something to calm his nerves.

He slid past a few partygoers to get towards the kitchen worktop, seeing there was an option of cheese, pepperoni, and meat supreme pizza which the dancer of course chose the latter box. He took two slices then walked around the island to head out the kitchen through the entryway next to the fridge instead of where he entered from. The dancer noticed the picture frames of Trent's family hanging on the wall of the hallway that led to the packed living room. Trent was an only child with two parents with matching grins throughout each picture frame. The varsity linebacker was born into a well of, suburban family that looked to love each other dearly. Jerry felt a flame of jealousy spark within him, must be nice, he thought bitterly. He quickly looked away from the pictures to hurry towards the living room, then pulled out his phone once more to see of Mika or Randy texted him back yet. He frowned when he saw he received no new messages, what were they doing that caused them to be away from their phone? A horrible image of Randy and Mika kissing one another entered his mind, he quickly pushed the thought away. Yes Randy and him are both interested in the Hachimaki girl and they are both aware of the other's interest in her, but they never really talked about it. Jerry didn't want their mutual interest in the girl to ruin their friendship, so far she made it clear that she wasn't interested in getting into a relationship but wasn't against flirting. The two friends as well as Ethan flirted shamelessly with the girl while Zane seemed more focused on Cathy who was also eyeing him. Jerry did wonder what would happen if Mika decided to date one of the guys and if it will affect their friendship for the worse which he didn't want to happen. He wasn't too worried about Ethan since he wasn't the type of guy to settle for one girl, he's one of the two sophomores on varsity football which made him a target for most of the underclassmen affections.

Jerry's eyes widened when he saw the backyard to Trent's house; there was a decent sized in ground pool occupied by a few dozen students with a few lounge chairs on the concrete side near the sliding glass door. All thoughts of Mika, Randy, and him were pushed out of his mind when his eyes laid on the pool. He figured why not use the pool while waiting for the two people to text him back?

Swathmore Academy

Multi Purpose Room

All the cheerleading squads were allowed to spend around a good thirty-five minutes to if needed, forty minutes going over their routine. After that each group separately performs their number for the panel of judges who in the end votes which group was the best and wins bragging rights for the rest of the year. It wasn't really a serious competition, meant to just be a fun event but of course the squads don't take it as such. They all had a competitive edge to them and hated the idea of anyone having bragging rights over them and use that against each other during their actual competition season. Especially the Swathmore squad since they already had a big enough ego with their wealthy background and fancy private school, they didn't need anything else to brag about. Luckily for Kim, and probably the good of the squad if she was being honest, she didn't have to worry about the competition.

Since the squad already went over their routine three times they were just lounging around on the mats waiting for the time to run up, Kim chose to sit in a seat instead of the ground. The Wasabi Warrior divided her time between texting her group chat made up of Kelsey, Donna, and herself to theorize the upcoming Pretty Little Liars halloween episode later this month, and Jack. They switched topics from the upcoming karate tournament this weekend, to their English homework over To Kill a Mockingbird, and their bowling date. The texts were filled with light jokes and teasing which Kim was glad because one of her fears of if they ever dated they might become awkward with one another. She was happy to see those fears were quickly proven wrong, the thought of declaring their relationship Facebook Official was looming in the back of her mind but she wasn't sure how to bring it up in texting without sounding pathetically girly. Seriously, since when did she become one of those girls? Donna would be making fun of her if she could read her mind.

Kim let out an indelicate snort when she read Jack's joke about defeating their upcoming karate dojo competitor in the tournament by throwing Jerry's dirty gym socks at them. She texted him back as she got from her seat and grabbed her empty plastic up with her free hand. She headed towards the buffet table with the intention of refilling said cup as she waded through the crowd. Once she reached her destination she briefly noticed two other teens were already there, a female Swathmore cheerleader and male Creaton cheerleader. The two were surprisingly standing close to one another as they talked to one another, huh, apparently the mixer was actually working for some people.

"These mini cheesecakes are so delicious, if I was into older women I'd marry Martha Bobbitt." The male cheerleader declared after an indecent moan when he bit into said desert

"She's already married." The Swathmore girl countered

"Well then I would just become her second husband." He shrugged before taking another bite of his cheesecake

"What would happen to her first?" The girl questioned with an arched brow

"Nothing she'll be able to prove." The Creaton cheerleader replied with a wink

The blonde eyed him in the corner of her eye after he made the sound before focusing on refilling her cup. She'll admit when she first tasted the cooking of Mrs. Bobbitt she had the same reaction because she was one of the best cooks in Seaford. To top it off she had a heart of gold, how was she the one who created Truman was beyond her.

"You need to try one Ray." The boy insisted but the girl shook her head even though the expression on her face was conflicted

"I can't, Claire wants us to go on a strict died during football and cheer season, sweets are strictly forbidding. For me anyways." The Swathmore girl, 'Ray' informed her friend

Kim pulled a face at the news she was overhearing, why wasn't she surprised that Claire will force her posse to do something like that? Unlike The Elite, Claire's little group of friends were more like her minions who follow her every command while The Elite were actually a group of friends who don't follow Grace like she's a messiah.

"That's ridiculous, just because your not a stick like Claire, doesn't mean you need to lose a few pounds. Your body is fine." The frustration in his voice was clear and the argument was almost a routine

"No it's not, you wouldn't understand Ozzy. You're not a girl and you have great metabolism." Ray replied in a dejected voice though she eyed the cheesecake with longing

"Just because I'm not a girl doesn't mean I can't see the beginning signs of an eating disorder." The boy, 'Ozzy' snapped

"Don't be overdramatic, just because I'm not eating a sugary snack doesn't mean I have an eating disorder." Ray snapped back hotly

Kim was wondering if this would be a good time to leave the buffet table so the two friends can argue in peace.

"Okay so there's no other food that she's forbidding you to eat as well? Food that isn't necessarily unhealthy" Ozzy challenged

Ray looked around her as if she was just now realizing how close they were to other people, "Can we not do this here in public? She pleaded in a lower voice that she had been using

Ozzy also gave a quick sweep of his surroundings with his eyes landing on Kim only a few inches away from him and Ray. She was trying to act like she wasn't listening to the conversation but instead texting on her phone even though her screen was black. It was obvious though that she heard every word given their close proximity.

"Fine, but this discussion isn't over." Ozzy agreed begrudgingly, clearly having more to say on the discussion

"I had no such hope that it will be." Ray dryly muttured

Silence fell between the duo for a few moments and Kim sipped lemonade feigning obliviousness as she typed away a message on WhatsApp to no one in particular.

"So, who was the cute guy that you were talking to earlier that asked for your Kik?" Ray questioned in a desperate attempt to change the topic

The boy in question's face brightened despite the previous serious conversation.

"Tj, a Seaford cheerleader with a sexy accent." He answered in a dreamy voice

That garnered Kim's attention and before she could stop herself she turned towards the duo and lowered her phone from her face quickly.

"Sorry to interrupt and this may be invasive but I'm warning you now don't pursue a relationship with Tj. He's an awful person who only cares about exploiting people and using them for his stupid blog." Kim warned them with anger dripping from her voice

The two cheerleaders eyed her warily before eyeing one another in silent communication then looking back at her, "Scorned lover?" The boy, Ozzy asked with an arched brown

Kim wrinkled her nose at the question, "Gross no, and I'm pretty sure he's gay and even if he isn't I wouldn't dare date somone who'll more than likely write about me. I'm just looking out for you."

"Well thanks for the warning kind stranger. One of the few non straight guys to actually hit on me is a douche, what are the odds." Ozzy rambled out loud in a slight bitter tone before finishing the rest of his cheesecake

"I'm Kim, I go to Seaford High, obviously." She gestured towards her blue and white cheer uniform in a 'duh' gesture

"I'm Ozzy and this is Rayna-" He gestured towards the girl standing next to him in a red and white uniform who waved at her- "Though you already know that because you overheard us talking and it's obvious I go to Creaton and her Swathmore." Ozzy copied Kim's movement by gesturing to his red and black Creaton uniform

Kim nodded, there was no use in lying and besides she was terrible at it, "Though in my defense, it's not my fault you guys talk loud enough for me to hear."

Now that she was facing towards the pair she got a good look at each of them. Ozzy was a tall, lanky, fair-skinned male with shaggy black hair and bushy eyebrows with a slightly big nose. Rayna was a few inches shorter than Kim with Ozzy's fair-skinned complexion, a round face that is framed by her light brown hair and an average shaped body. Her body wasn't thin like most of the girl's here or herself, but not overweight, just a little pudgy. There was absolutely nothing wrong with having a body like that, but it wasn't Kim's place to say. It was Rayna's body and if she wants to lose weight then it's her right, she just hopes Rayns really does instead of Claire making Rayna feel like she needs to.

Ozzy chuckled, "True." He conceded then grabbed another mini cheesecake from the buffet table and Rayna gave him a mild glare

"Don't eat all the cheesecakes Ozzy, save some for others." She admonished him earning an eye roll

"Please most of these girls are afraid to gain any calories or carbs on their figure and even if they're not you Swathmore students enjoy your fancy food everyday. Let us lower income people have a chance to enjoy these delicious food."

This time Rayna was the one to roll her eyes and Kim decided now was a good time to leave the duo alone, but she wanted to say one more thing before leaving.

"This may not mean much but I agree that your body is perfectly fine Rayna." Kim told the Swathmore girl with sincerity and a smile then walked back to her table not waiting for a reply

She took another sip from her lemonade as she neared the table then plopped back down on her seat and sat the cup more gently on the table. She checked Jack's last message that informed her he was going to get started on their English homework so he was gonna text her back when he gets finished. She texted back a good luck then switched back over to her group chat to see the latest messages. Kelsey has changed the conversation from Pretty Little Liars to the last Doctor Who episode aired before going on a break. The brunette was currently making a passionate argument about why that episode was trash and Amy should've left with the Doctor in his TARDIS instead of allowing the Angel to take her back to Rory. Kim frankly never got into the hype of the show, it was too confusing for her but her two best friends were practically obsessed with it. Kelsey even has a mini Tardis necklace granted to her from her parents on her fourteenth birthday that she never takes off.

Bored of the conversation she closed out of WhatsApp then checked the time on her phone before turning her device off as well. The director, Mrs. Olson should be calling the teams together any minute now to get the competition started, while waiting, Kim decided to half listen to the conversation Katie, Rose, Ember, and Grace were having from where they were sitting down on the floor a few inches away from her.

"It took a lot of persuading but my parents are going to be out of town for three days for that convention thing so I can throw the halloween party I wanted!" The Korean spilled in excitement

Rose clapped happily, "Sweet! I wasn't sure if they were going to take the bait." She admitted and Katie nodded her agreement

"Me neither but I'm so glad they did now I can start planning for real, with your guy's input of course. I'm going to keep the guest list short. I only want close friends and maybe some acquaintances. I don't want a full on rager." Ember explained reasonably gaining simultaneous nods from her three friends

Rose nodded, "That makes sense. Just a party with friends."

"Do you know what you're going to dress for halloween?" Grace asked causing the girl in question to perk up

"Not yet but I'm going to do a couple's costume with Benny and he wants to do a Marvel comic book couple." A shy, happy smile formed on her lips as she told her friends the news

"He is such a comic book nerd-" Katie lightly teased with a soft chuckle, fond exasperated nods of agreement followed her comment

Further conversation was cut off when Mrs. Olson got up back on stage and started speaking into her microphone, "Okay everyone it is now time to start the competition. Remember this is only a friendly competition but the winning team gets bragging rights for the rest of the year. Now the first team up is Seaford Killer Whales!" Mrs. Olson led the short applause that the other teams followed while Kim and the rest of Seaford cheerleaders walked to the center of the room

Unfortunately Kim's starting position had Grace standing next to her and she shot her one of the fakest smile she ever saw, "Kimmy," She cooed, "I didn't see you there, you're kind of easy to look over."

Kim just rolled her eyes at the brunette, she wasn't going to give her the satisfaction of reacting badly. "Considering you guys chose to sit down on an area that was inches from my seat I would think you'd see me just fine." The blonde patiently told her, "I guess you might need your eyes check Gracie." She knew Grace hated being called that which was exactly why she said it, to see her eye twitch

"So I've heard that you and Jack finally got together. It took so long that I was afraid that maybe he might've gotten over his interest in you and your... abrasive personality." The queen bee-in-training feigned concern

Kim narrowed her eyes, "How's it going with Brad? Isn't he in a perfectly happy relationship with Sloane while you're the one pining after him, stuck in the friendzone?" It's a well known fact that Grace is in love with Brad but as of now he doesn't reciprocate

Kim knew that was a low blow and does feel a smidge of regret for making fun of Grace's unrequited feeling because she knows how painful that can be. A quick glance to her left, the blonde saw a quick flash look of hurt on the brunette's face but as soon as it was there it was gone that Kim wasn't sure if she made it up or not. Their cheer mix music boomed over the speakers, signaling the start of their routine, ending the bickering between the brunette and her.

But of course Grace always needed the last word, "I do hope you guys workout, it'll be such a shame if you guys don't. I would just hate to see you heartbroken." The brunette then headed over to the mats

The Wasabi warrior followed behind her and git into position and waited for their music to start. She tried to focus on following their routine and not missing a beat. Her eyes shifted to her left, catching a red and black blur figure in the corner of her eye. The figure, a Creaton cheerleader crept closer to where Julie stood but tried to hid, was it Esme? Sh threw something on the floor next to Julie before slinking back in the shadows and probably back to her table. Julie continued to do her routine, oblivious to what just happened then walked towards the area Esme threw on the floor. She flailed then slipped causing the pyramid to crumble and Katie, who was on top to crash hard to the ground. For a moment, a silence hushed over the crowd as they stared in shock before Claire broke it by laughing loudly and one of her minions quickly did the same.

Kim and the rest of the cheerleaders stopped mid routine to rush over to their fallen member. Ms. Killian followed, breaking into the half circle that formed. Kim also pushed her way through to get a good look at Katie who was clutching her left ankle from where she laid on the floor.

"What happened?" Ms. Killian demanded as she tried to help the dirty blonde up but the latter immeaditely winced and yelped as she got on her feet.

"I slipped on something, I didn't even notice that was on the floor when starting the routine." Cara answered from where she sat on the floor rubbing her foot while the other cheerleaders started getting back up. All except Katie who was still laying on the ground

Kim's eyes wandered over to where Esme stood with her squad, snickering with a few of her friends. Kim's eyes narrowed as she glared.

"Someone needs to get her an ice pack." Rose announced, bringing Kim back to the scene at hand

Kim, having enough of glaring at Esme spoke up about what she saw. "I'll tell you what happened, that bitch over there-" she began, pointing at Esme from where she sat while charging up to her

"Kim language!" Ms. Killian scolded her,

"Put that one the floor to make Cara slip and injure Katie." She finished like she hasn't been interrupted

Esme faked shock, "What are you talking about I didn't do anything." The Creaton cheerleader lied straight through her teeth

"Yes you did I saw you too." Julie backed Kim up, crossing her arms as she too walked over to where Kim stood

Ember had a troubled expression on her face from hearing Julie and Kim's accusation, she looked back down at Katie. "You said that when you first started your routine you didn't see that on the floor?" The Korean sought to confirm

Cara nodded, "It wasn't there, I swear." She declared, as if that was all she needed to hear, Ember's face darkened, eyes narrowing as she glared at Esme.

Cara started to backtrack, "But maybe I just wasn't paying close attention-" She began, not liking the tension she sensed was beginning to build

Ember stood up from where she knelt next to her friend, she too stalking over to where Julie and Kim were but she broke in between them to come nose to nose with Esme. "What the hell is your problem huh? Ever since you've been here, you've been nothing but two faced and nice nasty."

Esme crossed her arms, regarding the angry cheerleader in front of her cooly, "I have no idea what you're talking about. I didn't cause your friend to slip, I guess she's just clumsy and needs to learn to be more aware of her surroundings."

"Don't talk about her like that." Kim growled

Esme put her hands up in mock surrender, "Or maybe she was the one who did that. The idea of you Seaford cheerleaders playing the victim doesn't sound far fetched." She drawled, gaining nods of agreement from the other Creaton cheerleaders minus Ozzy who was sitting farther back and looked completely uninterested in the confrontation

Kim's eyes widened, "What the hell did you just say?" She questioned through gritted teeth

"Take that back right now." Julie ordered only earning a chuckle from the Creaton girl

"Can't handle the truth?" She challenged, "Everyone knows you Seaford whales aren't against victim mentality, too afraid of doing something yourselves." She looked at her nails

"I would choose my next words very carefully if I were you." Ember warned her

Esme gaze rose to meet Kim's gamely, "After all you guys never got your flag back."

And that was it. That was the last straw, the final stroke, overload and all those other metaphors. Bringing up the flag was basically itching for a fight, was the low blow, and the worst thing you could possibly do. It was well known that Creaton still had Seaford's flag in their clutches from all those years ago but after making peace students from each school knew to not bring it up. It was equivalent to waving the finger which was something students didn't want now that they were at peace. Only now it seems like little miss Esme didn't want peace anymore.

"You know what? If you're trying to provoke a fight and end this peace then fine, you got it. Only let's make this one thing clear, Seaford runs miles around Creaton, or did you forget who almost always wins the Homecoming games?" Kim shot back

"Seaford was and always will be better than Creaton and we'll prove it again and again." Ember chimed in

"Bring it." Esme snarled

Unseen by the angry sextet, Claire was watching the whole confrontation with a pleased grin on her face. This was exactly what she was hoping for when she started whispering twisted truths in Esme's ears. The outcome was better than expected.

The ginger haired teen turned towards one of her minions, Tatum, still grinning, "I have a great feeling that this year is going to be spectacularly chaotic."

Trent Blue's Residence

After spending an hour or so in the pool, Jerry left the area in search of his friends. Mika finally texted him back to inform him of her whereabouts, she was in one of the upstairs bedroom with Randy and Zane and a few other teens participating in a few party games. Mika finally texted him back to inform him of her whereabouts, informing him she was in a bedroom upstairs with Randy and Zane as well as some other kids playing party games. When he got to the bedroom he was greeted ebulliently by a buzzed Mika followed by a more subdued one from Randy and Zane. The latter two boys were holding red solo cups that was more than likely filled by alcohol but haven't felt the effects yet. The boys explained that they built up a tolerance to alcohol from their previous usage so it'll take them a while before they feel anything. Jerry decided to stay with them in the bedroom for a while to participate in a few of the games, curious about them. The only party games he played were during his hermanas or friends birthday parties. They were always, innocent, kid-friendly games that never included drinking, stripping, or kidding.

The Columbian's eyes did a quick survey of the other partygoers that were in the room with him. Besides Mika, Randy, and Zane, there was Stacey Wiseman, one of the girls that Mika's became fast friends with though she looked like she'd rather be anywhere but here. He was surprised that Ethan wasn't here, Jerry thought parties are his thing but he guesses he was busy with something else. He think he recognizes a preppy looking fair skinned girl with jet black hair that resemble that princess that ate a poisonous apple. It was obvious from her clothing that she was a prep or as Kim puts it Swathmore Reject, he wondered what she was doing at a party like this. Shouldn't she be at home playing tennis or riding horses or whatever it was the rich people do?

They spent the next hour or so playing Never Have I Ever, taking a few shots whenever they did do that one thing, while also kicking out couples that tried to use the room to hook up. Eventually the prep girl, Skylar, decided to just lock the door altogether to save themselves the headache of shooing them out again. By the time they ran out of alcohol Jerry was really starting to feel the effects of his shots as he stumbled his way around the room as the rest of the group cleared out to do whatever. Jerry felt amazing, like everything was good, no fantastic and he could do anything and everything. His head felt fuzzy but his body felt wonderful, everything was wonderful.

A feminine laugh startled him, he looked to his right to see Mika leaning against the door, watching him, "You're so funny Jerry." She praised him

The boy's brows furrowed, has he been saying all that stuff out loud?

"Yes you have." Mika answered him with a giggle

Jerry laughed before flopping down eagle spread on the bed, the bed was so comfy, it was like flopping down on a cloud. "I guess I haven't figured out when I'm speaking out loud and when I'm just thinking. My mouth moves on it's own, it's like it has its own mind." He rambled

"I like your mouth." She commented then walked over to the bed, her hips moving with an extra sway and once she reached him she moved to straddle his waist

Jerry startled at the sudden warm, light weight on top of him, his gaze focusing in on Mika staring down at him with a predatory look in her eyes. He couldn't stop his own from widening, this was surprising, a pleasant one, but a surprise nonetheless. This was the beginning of one of his many fantasies whenever he was alone in his bedroom with his right hand. Was this a dream? Was he dreaming right now?

Another light chuckle escaped Mika's lips as her predatory look morphed into an indulgent one, "No Jerry you're not dreaming." She assured him

He really needs to work on the whole not speaking out loud thing.

She leaned forward, hands on both sides of his head to lock him in. A mischevious smirk formed on her lips as she stared back at him predatory,

"We have a whole room to ourselves, why not use it to our advantage?" She suggested

Jerry gaped up at her, speechless, this was really happening? They are really going to do this? He nodded dumbly.

The girl smiled smugly down at him before leaning down and smashing her lips against his.