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Chapter 3: Try-Outs 😝

The end of day bell rang at Genie's school. She packed her locker and shut it. Genie attempted to walk out the door when suddenly she was halted and dragged to face the opposite way. "Hey umm... You know we have try-outs right? You know for the new cheer squad?" It was her friend Anna. All dressed in a cheer uniform with a big sparkly bow and a poofy ponytail, Anna smiled sarcastically at Genie then grabbed her wrist and dragged her to the PE Hall. "We have got to go, You've gotta get changed - OMG I'm not getting myself in anymore of a mood now come" she prevented herself from continuing her wining as she and genie sprinted to the changing room. Once in the changing room , Genie chucked her kit on , put her bow in and her makeup on then she ran as quickly as she could to the Hall. A few minutes after entering the hall , the athletes trying out for the team were separated into groups to try some stunts and tumbles. The coach , who went by the name of coach Aria , wanted to check ability's , so she shouted out the different tumbles and all athletes who could perform that pass easily performed their pass for Aria. If Aria believed it was a beautiful tumble and it was performed at the correct pace then the athlete was accepted and awarded a seat on the bench. Suddenly while Genie and Anna where in the middle of a conversation , Genie heard aria shout " Round off , half turn , cartwheel back walkover please!" . Genie stood and thought for a moment. "OMG! I learned that tumble in acro class at dance a few weeks ago!" she whispered to herself as a smile grew slowly on her face. She proudly stepped forward along with three other athletes. "Numbers please." yelled coach Aria. The athletes yelled out their audition number one at a time. They then one at a time performed their tumble , and after their back walkover they stood smartly in clean and awaited Aria's response. At this minute , Genie's heart was pounding. "Ok , numbers qualified for the recent tumble pass were ... 48 , 17 , and 81!" Genie jumped up with happiness. 81. That was Genie's number! She ran and took a seat on the bench. Aria shouted across to the athletes who received their spot on the bench. "Ok. All athletes sat on this bench , a big congratulations! You will be our tumblers this year and we can't wait to have you. You are all dismissed , can the people that aren't sat on the bench please stay behind and I will test your stunting skills". Genie jumped up and walked out with Fifi , a good friend from Genie's maths class. As she walked out , she turned around and looked at Anna , who was still stood up with the stunting athletes. Genie shrugged her shoulders and looked into Anna's eyes with disappointment, then she slowly strolled out the door along with Fifi.