Greenelan~The Journey

~Emma-

A/N: if you made it this far you understand the italics

I walk to my closet to pick out an outfit for the game. I pick out a stripped shirt with jeans and my white airforces. I grab my phone and make my way downstairs. As I reach for my keys, I hear a cough. "Emma, where are you going at 6:00 p.m.?" my Mom asks. "Football game?" I say nervously. My Mom's jaw drops. "You're going to a football game?" my Mom asks shocked. "Yeah...and I'm going out with a friend after, if's that's okay." I say quietly. "Oh...okay be safe." my Mom says.

I pay my admission into the football game and find a seat in the stands. I make it 15 minutes after the 1st quarter starts, so I haven't missed anything. Did he just tackle him? Wait which one is our team? Am I even on the right side? Who's running and where's the ball? Geez, I know NOTHING about football. I sit confused for the first two quarters until I hear the announcer say that it's halftime. I immediately correct my posture as I see the cheerleaders run onto the field. Finally, something interesting.

My eyes focus on Alyssa immediately. She looks so pretty in her cheer uniform. The music starts playing and the cheerleaders start dancing. I see Alyssa run to the sideline and start running toward the group of girls. SHE JUST DID LIKE 5 FLIPS! I see people do these all the time on YouTube, but it looks different in real life. She told me hates cheer. I can't tell. She actually seems to be enjoying herself. The cheerleaders start the formation of a pyramid. There Alyssa is at the top holding her leg above her head, with the biggest smile. Halftime comes to an end and the cheerleaders run back to the sideline. Wait. THERE ARE TWO MORE QUARTERS?! NOOOOOOO!

Just as I suspected. We lost the game. Nothing new honestly. I pull out my phone and text Alyssa.

Me: i saw you do your thing you did great you told me you hated cheer

Alyssa: Fake it 'till you make it

Me: i'm waiting in the parking lot im parked closest to the school sign

Alyssa: Alright I have to go get changed

I pull out the aux cord and plug my phone in. I start blasting Taylor Swift. I'm literally singing at the top of my lungs right now. I bet all the people walking past my truck are looking at me like I'm crazy. I don't care, I deserve this after sitting through that game. But, I did it for her. I'm in my own world until I hear a knock on my window. I scream as I see Alyssa standing on the passenger side. I unlock the door and she gets in laughing. Not just regular laughing, oh no. Cackling.

I turn beet red as I turn the music down. "I see your having fun." Alyssa says in between cackles. "Oh my gosh hush let's go get smoothies." "SMOOTHIES YEAH!" Alyssa says enthusiastically. I burst out laughing and she starts laughing even harder. I pull out of the parking lot and start the drive to Smoothie King. "You can pick any playlist you want." I tell Alyssa motioning her to pickup my phone. "Oh okay." Alyssa agrees. I see her scroll from the corner of my eye and I see her stop scrolling and smirk. "Gleeks seems interesting." she says with a smirk. I blush. I completely forgot about my Glee playlist.

"Aww don't be embarrassed Emma." Alyssa says in a mocking tone. She presses shuffle and 'Don't Rain On My Parade" comes on. "ARE THEY DOING BARBRA?!" Alyssa yells. Just like that she starts singing along with Lea Michele. I sit there in awe as I listen to her belt flawlessly. The song ends and I turn and look at her. "YOU DIDN'T TELL ME YOU COULD SING!" I yell. "Surprise." she says smiling. "You sing beautifully." I say. I see her blush from the corner of my eye. 'I'm a Slave 4 U' comes on next and we both start singing.

We pull up to the Smoothie King and get out. We go in, order our drinks, and take them back to my truck. I take a sip of my smoothie and look at Alyssa. She looks sad. "What's wrong?" I ask her. She jumps a little. I must have startled her. "Huh?"Alyssa responds. "You looked sad...is everything okay?" I ask again. "Sorry, I must've spaced out." she responds. "Can I ask you something?" I ask nervously. "Sure." she answers. "Why do you cheer if you hate it?" I ask. She sits there in silence for a couple of seconds before responding.

"My mom makes me. I guess she was a cheerleader when she was younger, so she wanted me to do it too. I told her I didn't like cheer freshman year, and she told me that I'll learn to love it. Here I am 2 years later, still cheering and still hating it." Alyssa responds.

"Oh...I'm sorry." I say quietly.

"It keeps me active, so I just think of it as exercise at this point." Alyssa chuckles.

"There's that smile. I thought you were gonna turn into a Debbie Downer on me." I laugh.

She smiles at me and my heart flutters. I check the time. "I should probably get you home, huh?" I chuckle. "Yeah, what a bummer." Alyssa sighs. She picks my phone up and shuffles my 'Dolly Party' playlist. We sing all the way to her house. We pull up to her house."I had fun." I say. "Me too." Alyssa says softly. She gets out of my truck and goes into her house.

On my way home, I can't stop thinking about her. I know we just met, but I can't help but not like her. It's hard not to. She's perfect. Gosh, I am so gay. I pull up to my house and park my truck in the driveway. I open the door and see my parents sitting on couch the watching the T.V.

"Well you look rather flustered Emma." my Dad says.

"Did you meet a boy?" my Mom says with a smirk.

"Something like that...I don't really want to talk about it though." I say quickly.

"Okayyyy." my Mom says with an even wider smirk.

I run upstairs to escape an ambush of questions. I pull out my phone to text Alyssa.

Me: we definitely need to do something like this again

Alyssa: How about next Friday? I don't have to cheer, so you have me for the whole night

Me: alright...are you down for roller skating?

Alyssa: Roller skating it is

Me: next friday?

Alyssa: Next Friday

A/N: sorry for long crappy chapter but im just trying to figure out a timeline here especially since we don't get many alyssa and emma moments in the musical or movie i don't want to move to fast but i dont want to make it too slow:)