𝕀𝕟 𝕃𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕎𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝔸 𝕊𝕙𝕖𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕕 (𝔸𝕞𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕒 𝕊𝕙𝕖𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕕)

𝔸𝕝𝕝 𝔼𝕪𝕖𝕫 𝕠𝕟 𝕄𝕖

"Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it"

                                     —  Lou Holtz

Aurora was checking up on Maxine waiting for DeLuca to get there after she paged him.

"DeLuca, where the hell have you been? Grab me some Kerlix" Aurora told him.

"Lisa. Have you seen Lisa? She's our captain"

Aurora sighs. "Let me guess. Ponytail, have bow?"

"God, she's gonna be so mad. We didn't stick the final pose, and it wasn't even that hard. It was just  13-person synchronized Liberty twist"

"13, wow"

"Pulse is over 130. Get an EKG and a metabolic panel and add a tox" Aurora said making DeLuca nod his head.

"Nobody was listening to each other. Danielle hit her trick too soon, so everyone else had to match, and--"

"All right, just try to calm down a little, okay?" Aurora told her.

"Are you kidding? We were in the final round! We were about to qualif8y for Nationals!" Maxine said and then saw one of her teammates get wheeled in. "Oh, my god. Dani, are you okay?!

"Everything hurts"

"I can't believe this. I ca-- I ca--"

"Hey, Maxine, are you a little dizzy? Maxine?" Aurora asked looking at her.

"I am. My life is over"

"Page neuro. No telling how hard she hit her head when she fell. Her B.P.'s through the roof" Aurora said to DeLuca and then walked away.

Aurora was back with Maxine with DeLuca and Amelia, by her side.

"Maxine, can you touch your nose for me?"

"Are they talking about me? Lisa and Chelsea? I know they are. They're always talking about someone" Maxine said touching her nose like Amelia asked.

"Other hand, please"

"I've been trying so hard just to make the team a team, you know?" Maxine Said touching her nose with her other hand"

Aurora looked over at Maxine. "Maxine, you're working yourself up again. Take some deep breaths"

"You can't advance in cheer if you don't trust each other. Balance and trust, that's thr foundation-- I keep telling them. So maybe I'm a little bitchy about it. So? It's not like Lisa isn't bitchy every single day of her life" Maxine said and breathed in deeply for a moment.

"Wow, that was all one breath. Your neuro exam is clear. I'd like to get a head CT just to be safe" Amelia said looking at Aurora and DeLuca, and then walked away.

Aurora nodded her head along with DeLuca.

"I just wanted us to win. What's so bad about that?"