Zombies

Chapter 13

I was sitting on one side of the stands in the gym waiting for cheer practice to start when the werewolves came in and sat on the other side of the stands. It was clear the cheerleaders were uncomfortable with them sitting there staring "I'm sorry this practice is for cheerleaders only" Addison said to them "well your white-haired friend ain't a cheerleader, why is she here?" "just try and get us to leave", "that's because she's my sister, also I don't want you to leave, I want you to stay. Show us what you got." Addison replies and the werewolves get up to cheer with them.

After a while, one of the werewolves came over to sit with me while the rest of them cheered. "Hi, I'm Wyatt," he says as he sits down next to me "Harper," I say sticking my hand out for him to shake. "So Wyatt, how are you werewolves liking Seabrook so far?" "It's interesting" "tell me about it" "so you and Addison are sisters" "yup, twins, she's older by a couple of minutes" "hmm, hey I noticed that you always carry around that book, what is it?" "oh, this is my sketchbook, I'm an aspiring artist so I'm always sketching things" "may I see?" "Yeah of course," I say and hand him my sketchbook. "Wow, these are really good" 'thank you" "can you tell me about yourself and your sister?" "um sure I guess, I mean as you can see we were both born with white hair, nothing we did changed it so we wore wigs our whole life but recently took them off for good. Addison's such a kind person, she's always looking for what's best for everyone, and she loves to cheer, thinks it brings people together, and in a way it kinda does. I'm not much of a leader like she is but I try, also I'm not a cheerleader, I love art, and I think that the way you can create things and inspire people with the things you make is amazing. Also, art isn't always perfect, but it's so beautiful."

"That sounds incredible. And Harper you might not be a cheerleader but I'm sure you're a great leader for something more than that" he says, placing a hand on mine. I look down at our hands and remove mine, clearing my throat. Awkward. I then see Zed leaving the room and I say bye to Wyatt and run after him.

"Zed, what's wrong?" I asked as I caught up to him "werewolves. They're not interested in fitting in" "they're interested in cheer? I think. And art! I mean that guy Wyatt seemed interested in it." "no, they're interested in you. And you interested in him- them" "what? Zed where's this coming from" "do you know how hard it was for zombies? Now everything's being handed to the werewolves on a silver platter" "actually they hate silver" I say and he gives me a look "sorry" "I'm trying to win an election for my people, for you. So we can go to the prawn, so we can be accepted!" he says and I sigh "I know, but if you ask me that's not being accepted, that looks like hiding, being afraid to show who you are" I say pointing at his poster "says the girl who wore a wig her whole life" he snaps "yeah... I did. Because I always felt like I was an outsider, I only had my sister, and no one would accept us. I mean our own parents didn't really, they made us hide and it was the worst. I can't deal with you right now" I say before walking away.