I woke up in the safety of Matt's arms and snuggled back in embracing the warmth and homey feeling I felt every time he held me. That feeling didn't last long as 5 minutes later Blake and Colton jumped onto us and started attacking us with pillows. “Please stop I'll get up, I'll make you pancakes okay. Pleasee” I whined at them as I felt myself be woken up more and more. “Good morning” Matt said quickly as he kissed me on the cheek before getting up and joining in on the pillow fight. I just rolled my eye's and went downstairs so I could start cooking breakfast. My Dad came down about five minutes later and we started cooking pancakes and muffins for everyone.
Dad knew how hard it had been for me to move especially since Cheetahs had been planning a huge Worlds/NCA comeback this year. Dad pulled me close and told me how proud he was of me and that he was happy I didn't just give up once we got to Kentucky and stop trying. I told him how I'd never give up cheerleading, no matter where I was I would find somewhere and I would compete regardless of the level or gym, which made her smile all over again and kiss me on the cheek.
The gang came bellowing down the stairs after Dad and I had our moment and I was happy to see them. I had thought it would be weird having them all here seeing as I didn't say goodbye but they all seemed happy to be here... All of them except Peyton, our friendship had changed so much and it was difficult for me to see my best friend but not be able to talk to her because of how I had treated her when I first saw her. I felt like we needed some sister time but today the whole gang and I was going to the gym today to work on either tumbling or stunting skills.
I served everyone there pancakes and muffins before quickly going upstairs and changing into my cheetahs sports bra and blue Nike pros as well as pulling my hair into a quick knot and brushing my teeth quickly before joining the gang back downstairs. I had two pancakes and a banana smoothie while waiting for a couple of the gang to join us back downstairs. We all decided to walk to GT and if we were to tired to walk back then mom would pick us up. It took us about 20 minutes to walk and when we go there I felt accomplished. Peyton and I had talked the whole 20 minutes and we had sorted out why I left and why she was upset and in all it just felt amazing to be able to say we were best friends again.
We walked into the gym and I saw Coach James getting ready to instruct the class. He saw me and waved me over, I ran over to him and gave him a quick hug as he asked me how sore I was after class yesterday. I told him that my right hip had been playing up a bit but I was going to push through the pain. James had as all stretch together before breaking us off, half into tumbling and half into the stunting group. Peyton and I got put together and quickly I got into working on my jump sequence and completing it with a full. I could get it but sometimes I over rotated and feel short by a little bit. Peyton and James were working getting her back back double because she still had her mental block and she was working hard to remove it.
After doing as much toe to full's that I could physically do without getting bored I moved on to back whip double whip double. It was time to swap over and just as I threw my last whip double I missed my landing and fell on my neck. I slammed down onto the mat and just laid there in shock of what had just happened. I needed to get up but I couldn't really feel anything. James and Colton ran over to me and I smiled up at them saying “What's happening people” I tried to make a joke as they slowly helped me up and to walk to the other side of the gym. “Are you sure your okay Jamie?” James asked with concern lacing his tone. “Yeah, I'm in a bit of shock, nothing to really worry about okay.” I said smiling quickly as I got ready to work on my stunts.
I was able base a ball up one man and was working on my double up's as a side base which was proving to be difficult. I wanted to be an all rounder on the stunting field and was finding it harder and harder to actually get the stunt to stay up. After another 30 minutes the class had finished and we were all packing up and getting ready to leave.
I called mom and asked her to pick us up and she said she would be there in 10 minutes. We all waited outside the gym for our taxi driver Mrs Andries to arrive. Matt and I were away from the group why we talked about our teams. He told us how much better it was know that Peyton was back on the team and was able to do a back tuck which would guarantee her a spot on the team for the next couple of years. I missed Cheetahs so much but I couldn't tell Matt or any of them because they'd try to convince me to stay...and I couldn't do that to this team, they were like my family..
