i walk into the school, the wind cool on my shoulders. cheerleading uniforms are not built for cold weather.
as i make my way into homeroom, i see anne and marcy grinning wide at my face. they look like they've been plotting murder or something, but that's just how they act when i come into home room.
"hello, sasha." marcy yells, like a literal robot.
"the fuck????" i screech back, making sure my homeroom teacher doesn't notice.
anne stares at marcy, and then they both start hysterically laughing. i giggle a bit, they both have such a cute laugh.
sometimes, anne will snort, which makes her laugh harder, which makes her snort again and so on. it gets her EVERYTIME, it's so adorable.
after a while of laughter, the bell rings so loud it feels like the whole school shook. i pull my stuff around my shoulder and run out of class. i open my locker, blankly stare at it, then remember i don't need anything from it. i slam it shut and run across the school, all the way to first period.
i finally get to first period, and then immediately, the principal comes on the intercom:
"cheerleaders and tennis players, please report to the gym at this time. thank you!"
i run out of class, smile plastered on my face. i dash over to anne's first class and grab her hand tight. we run to the cafeteria together and giggle super loud, laughs echoing throughout the school. her curly ponytail bounces around her face, one curl stuck tight to her cheek while the rest sway around.
we swerve into the gym, and get trapped in a loop of cheerleaders, tennis players, and coaches.
"ugh, it's so loud in here, i like wanna fight everyone!" i groan, plugging my ears at the overlapping sound of music, talking,
and shoes squeaking.
"everyone but me, right?" anne swiftly turns her head over to me, eyebrows raised with concern.
"....sure." i chuckle, rolling my eyes in a playful way. anne giggles and rubs her thumb on mine, our hands still interlocked from the second we left the classroom.
"seriously dude- it's so loud here. i'm almost glad marcy isn't here right now." anne uses her free hand to rub her temples, as though she's a middle-aged man who needs an aspirin. as we joke, i continue to want to slam my head into a table and kill every person who ever made a single noise, because it's SO loud in here and there's NO reason for it to be so FUCKING LOUD in here.
"wait- sash!" anne releases my hand and jumps up, turning over to me. her eyes are wide with realization. she's got a dumb grin on her face, one that reminds me how much of a sweet dumbass she is. her and marcy share one braincell, but i have two braincells so.... their loss.
"what is it? is the door to the field open so we can start a rebellion against the school and join the mafia?" i turn and meet her with the same expression in my face, but a sarcastic tone of voice. i suggest running away together and joining the mafia almost every day. it's a worthy pursuit, but dorkface (marcy of course) says i can't because i'd get "murdered." i'd just kill the murderer first. boom. alpha male.
"no, idiot! we both have ponytails! we're matching!" she smiles and shakes her head back and forth so that her ponytail shakes. she signals for me to shake my head along with her, and i do. it's usually the other way around- she's doing what i say- but i want to swing my head around, so it's still my decision. i'm still in charge.
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pep rally (sashannarcy hurt/comfort)
Fiksi Penggemartoday at saint james' middle school, there's a huge pep rally and in-school tennis game. sasha, head of the cheerleaders and anne, captain of the tennis team, could not be more excited. however, the game gets too loud for marcy and they don't have s...
