The Cheerleader

ix.

"My God, are we gonna be like our parents?" Andrew questioned. 

"Not me." both Claire and Rebecca spoke. 

"Ever." Claire confirmed when she saw the look Bender gave her. 

"It's unavoidable." Allison spoke up. 

"It just happens." she continued. 

"Like hell it is, I'll die before I become a deadbeat like my mother." Rebecca snapped. 

"When you grow up, your heart dies." Allison spoke. 

"Who cares?" John questioned. 

"I care." Allison spoke.

"Um, I was just thinking, I mean. I know it's kind of a weird time, but I was just wondering, um what is going to happen to us on Monday. When we're all together again?" Brian asks. 

"I mean, I consider you guys my friends." Brian spoke, causing Rebecca to send the boy a pitiful smile. 

"I'm not wrong, am I?" Brian questioned. 

"No." Rebecca confirmed.

"So, so on Monday, what happens?" Brian asks. 

"Are we still friends you mean?" Claire asks. 

"If we're friends now, that is." she spoke. 

"Yeah." Brian confirmed.

"You want the truth?" Claire asked. 

"Yeah, I want the truth." Brian told the girl, causing Claire to let out a sigh. 

"I don't think so." she told Brian. 

"With all of us or just John?" Allison asked. 

"With all of you." Claire spoke. 

"That's a real nice attitude, Claire." Andrew complained. 

"Oh, be honest, Andy. If Brian came walking up to you in the hall on Monday, what would you do?" Claire questioned. 

"I mean, picture this. You're there with all the sports." Claire spoke, causing Brian to look at Andrew.

"You know exactly what you'd do. You'd say hi to him and when he left you'd cut him all up so your friends would think you really liked him." Claire told the jock.

"No way." Andrew argued. 

"Okay." Allison whispered out. 

"What if I came up to you?" Allison questioned Claire. 

"Same exact thing." Claire answered. 

"You are a bitch!" Bender screamed, shocking everyone including Rebecca who jumped from next to the criminal.

"Why, because I'm telling the truth? That makes me a bitch?" Claire asked. 

"No! Because you know how shitty that is to do to someone and you don't got the balls to stand up to your friends and tell them that you're gonna like who you want to like." Bender told the girl.

"Okay, what about you, you hypocrite?" Claire yells. 

"Why don't you take Allison to one of your heavy metal vomit parties? Or take Brian out to the parking lot at lunch to get high? Or what about Andy for that matter? What about Rebecca?" Claire questioned. 

"What would your friends say if you were walking down the hall together? They'd laugh their asses off, and you'd probably tell them you were doing it with her so they'd forgive you for being seen with her." Claire told him.