Sophomore Year
I Laugh while sliding off of Trevor's car. " You are too confident on winning," I say. " Hey there is nothing wrong with that because confidence is always key," he preaches at me. With that being said he races me to the front door.I hold onto his arm to avoid losing him in the crowd as he leads me to the banner in the cafe. He then taps it three times for good luck. Preston High was very into luck and thinks luck is the key to everything. He kisses me on the cheek when I reach my table.
"Lookie, lookie, here come Aaliyah Williams and as you can see she is ready for the dome game,"Monique coos. I smile and hug her. I sit next to my bestie, Kendra Martin. Me and Kendra met in kindergarten and have been friends since she gave me a piece of candy. I remember not wanting to be friends with no one because I already had Trevor and Andre for best friends, but Kendra was a game changer.
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I'm hyped to get on the school bus already. I had so much pep for cheering on the team. Going to the dome was a huge accomplishment for our school, only a few go from the entire state.
Throughout the bus ride there we increased our energy by listening to music.
Jumping off the bus, I twirl taking in my surroundings. Kendra laughs and snaps me being dramatic. Facing the camera, I said "Oops,I didn't see you there" mocking Monique. Pulling me by my arm she drags me to the locker room with everyone else.
In the locker room, we help each other paint our faces.
Grabbing our pom-poms we head out. After dabbing up all the players we line up to hold the banner the guys run through.
It's almost the end of the first quarter of the first game and we're winning. "Our team is red hot, our team is red hot," I chant loudly filled with excitement. Going into our next cheer I cartwheel closer to the stands to hype the crowd,"C'mon all you lion fans, I wanna see your hands and now that you got'em up stand up and clap your hands but since you're lion now I wanna hear some roars."
I walk over to Andre, my only twin brother, on the sidelines taking a break. I give him a high five and pass him some fries. Silently we watch the game for a few seconds while groans and grunts fill my ears as they get crushed to the ground. "That's not fair," I say in unison with Andre. I watch frustrated Trevor get up and pull Kenny up. To me they both looked banged up. Andre shakes his legs out and jumps from one foot to the other signaling he really wanted to jump in and help.
By halftime the score was pretty close with lions in the lead with seven points.Trevor limps over to me and snuggles his head on my shoulder," I'm fine, Liyah." He responds to my concerned face. I roll my eyes because I know he'll never admit he's hurt nor tired because its a sign of weakness to him. Holding each other tightly he pecks my lips a few times. It still gets to me that my best friend is now my boyfriend. And its has been almost a year now and nothing crazy bad has messed with our relationship.
Kendra interrupts our little make out session and pulls me away,"Let's get food Liyah I'm a bit ravenous, ya know."I giggle at Kendra's new word for hungry."I see someone's a little bit jealous of me," Trevor says in a baby voice and beside me Kendra mocks him. "What was that Kendra,"Trevor teases. Under her breath she slowly says,"Nothing of your concern."
"Mighty, Mighty lions,' I clap and the other cheerleaders clapback,"We can't hear you." I asked the crowd," Who are we?," as our team lined up for the third quarter. All through the third quarter the intensity was rising as the score went back and forth between the teams. By the end of the fourth quarter it was clear the lions were going to win. Everyone was prepared to flood the fields meanwhile Andre ran the last touchdown. Jogging on to the field like the rest I jump into Trevor arms. Gleeful he dips me and gives me an impressive kiss. Out of breath he pulls me back up and winks, " Am I cheesy or what?," smiling stupidly and blushing. I shake my head and hide my face in his chest trying to avoid the crowd and cameras pointed at us.
After taking more pictures with the team, I head to the locker with Shay and Monique to get our bags. "After party at my house," yells Shance,"You all know where it's at."
