"How am I supposed to think about anything else?
How am I to go on keeping this to myself?
I am done pretending I want anyone else"
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Eliza's boyfriend broke up with her a week before their junior year and their two year anniversary. And her best f...
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"Gina, that was amazing," Eliza's mouth dropped when Gina did her Stick to the Status Quo choreography. She wasn't too sure Gina didn't bring up this choreography to scare Eliza away. Eliza never gets scared away. "Only critique, I can't dance half as good at you. I think cheer makes me really stiff, because you kind of have to be stiff for most of the routines and the flips."
"Don't worry, we can practice. What do you think Miss Jenn?"
"It's a wonderful idea, Gina. Would you mind working with Eliza until she gets the choreography down? And possibly Nini, in case she has to step in as Gabriella."
"She won't have to," Eliza stated. "I take theater very seriously and unless I am on my deathbed, nothing will make me miss out on being Gabriella."
"I like the dedication," Miss Jenn commented. "Let's take a five, and you two hydrate before we continue."
Eliza walked over to her backpack and grabbed her water bottle and took a drink. When she turned around, Luke stood there with a caramel apple sucker. "What's this for?"
"It's an apology candy— your favorite," Luke explained. "I'm sorry, I don't know how to be just friends with you. I hate that I realized my mistake too late, and I miss us."
"You can't do this to me, Luke. It's already hard enough for me to see you everyday, and you auditioned for the show because I did. And now, you're saying you miss us yet you're the one that broke up with me because you can't afford any distractions and here you are in a show that takes a lot of time to put on. So what is it? Am I a distraction or not?"
"Eliza, I'm ready," Gina spoke up. Eliza took the candy from Luke's hand and shoved it in her bag before meeting Gina in the middle of the room. Gina handed Eliza the second bedazzled tray before explaining the moves.
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"I don't think my calves have ever felt this sore," Eliza complained as she walked out of the locker room. Gina's choreography was no joke, then the new choreography the cheerleaders have been working on.
"You got the lead in the school play?" Andrea, the co-Captain, questioned as she walked with Eliza. "How is that going?" Andrea was a senior on the cheerleading team and had chosen Eliza to be co-captain.
"You know, I got the lead. And it's really fun, but we've been working on the choreography which is the reason I was already dead before practice today," Eliza said.
"It's not going to tire you out, is it? I mean, I really think this year we could actually make it to the finals. But that's not until spring so," Andrea trailed off. "But I know you could handle it. I don't need my co-captain to run out of battery before the first time we cheer."
