Not Your Average Cheerleader

NYAC - Part 6

talics - Dream

I stayed up til about 2 am that morning and then decided to go to bed. I set my alarm for 6:30 am so I could get up to finish the essay that was due for my English teacher. As much as I didn't want to do it, I couldn't afford to lose marks, especially since I've managed to keep them up so far this year. I climbed into my queen sized bed and slipped underneath the sheets. They were so warm and were burgundy and gold, if anyone asked I would just say that I thought the colour's complimented each other but secretly I was a lover of Harry potter. I sighed and let my head fall to the pillow and soon after I was out like a light.

I opened my eyes and I was blinded by a light, I shielded my eyes and saw that I was sitting on grass. When the light adjusted itself, I looked around and saw myself on the football field at school. What was I doing here? I was slightly confused. I looked down, I was wearing a long white dress, one I had never seen before but was oh so pretty. The wind was blowing, the sun was sitting against my skin and I felt warm. Everything was so clear in this moment, everything was quiet until I looked to my right.

Over to the right of the field was a big tree that allowed for plenty of shade and there was two people underneath it, a girl and a boy. I squinted my eyes so that I could try and see further into the distance but it wasn't working, so I decided to get up off of the grass and walk over just enough that I could see what was going on. I made my way over to one of the football posts and hid behind it, peering over to the tree where the two people now looked extremely familiar. The boy was tall and thin, with a head full of brown hair that was straight and a set of brown eyes that looked so warm and tender out in the light. He was wearing a football jacket and was standing, looking down at the girl who was sitting down at the base of the tree. She seemed so happy, the smile on her face looked so real, Then I realised who it was.

It was me. Me and Dan. but how could that be?

As I watched the two of them, Dan got closer to her, and helped her up off the ground. She opened her arms with such a wide embrace that Dan just picked her up and swung her around. The both of them were laughing and screaming with delight until he put me down, well. Her. They got closer, Dan's arms wrapped around her waist and then he pulled her into the most beautiful, most compassionate kiss that could be shared between two people.

Why would we be doing that? I don't even like Dan. He's mean and vulgar with such a major attitude problem. He hits on all the girls in the squad. He's just. Dan. My eyes widened a little and I started to back away quietly. I turned around to look at the bleachers on the left, but there we were again. I was sitting in his lap this time and Dan's lips were attached to my neck. I looked over back to the tree where the happy moment was still going on, but on the bleachers everything was getting hot and heavy. I just needed to get out of here. I started to run away, to the front of the school. When I stopped, I looked around to make sure that there was no one around me, The bottom of my dress had now tracked dirt and my hair was a little disheveled, but as I tried to set it in place, someone tapped my shoulder. Without thinking I decide to turn around, and the tall boy stands there before me.

"Dan"

"(Y/n)"

He took a step towards me, our bodies getting closer and his hand extends out until it touches my cheek. I close my eyes and look away but he carefully brings my face towards him. Dan brings his lips ever so slowly towards my ear and then whispers with hot breath

"Don't look away, Consume me"

I woke up to the sound of the alarm going off. I sat upright pretty much instantly and found myself sitting in a cold sweat. What in the hell was that? I shook my head and pulled back the covers before getting out of bed. I walked over to my table and pulled my laptop out of my bag so I could finish that assignment. With each word and each sentence I wrote, all I could think was "Consume me". the thought of those words left me with a shiver in the spine and an extremely odd feeling. I had no idea how I was going to deal with this today, I already had so much going on that I just. I had no idea. I quickly wrote up my finishing statement in a rush and then crossed it over a thumb drive for printing later. Hopefully the teacher would think that this is okay considering Dan screwed me over yesterday, but then again, who knew. Dan was a trophy football player bringing home championships to the school and well, I was just a cheerleader.

I slipped the laptop back into my bag and picked up my towel to go and shower before getting ready for school, but just before I stepped foot into the bathroom, my phone started to beep. I sighed and walked over to check what it was.

"Tick tock on the clock for the cheerleader who gives up her spot"