Break Free

Part 5-Take a Stand

The next couple weeks leading up to senior year was a blur for the two ex lovers, Alice was working like crazy at Pops and now running the Blue and Gold at school then to top it all off because of Hermione's reasoning and Alice's desperation to try her best to move on, she agreed to go out with Hal Cooper. FP was named the captain of the Bulldogs and began to work more and more alongside the Serpents while he began to go out with Glady's. The school year soon began, concluding the final year of the young teenagers' lives as youth. Although there was a shift, a major one to be exact. Alice would sit with Hal and move through the school with him by her side, Hermione latched herself onto Hiram both men completely full of themselves. Unaware of what the women were doing to secure their status throughout the school, no longer did anyone poke fun after Alice Smith. Alice's wardrobe began to change from grundy hand me downs to pastel sweaters and skirts. She walked through the hallways with poise, stepping on people instead of the one being squashed, she was turning into the legacy she always dreamed about-right?

It was the final football game of the season, the final game for the seniors, last chance to leave a legacy. Or at least that's how Hal saw it, he had been talking to Alice about it since school began. She had to get full coverage of what was happening, the article even though can only fit onto one page of the Blue and Gold is suppose to be jammed packed with interviews, play by play and photographs.

"Man we're all tied up," Fred said as Alice nodded before quickly writing down the score, they had about a minute left as the team huddled once more for a timeout.

"Do you think they're gonna pull through?" Alice asked Mary who shrugged,
"honestly don't even care," Mary said as she began to eat some popcorn as Fred took some from her handful.

"They will, FP will at least," Fred said before Mary shot him a glance, it wasn't like Alice and FP were horrible to one another. Just avoiding talking and seeing one another as much as humanly possible.
All Alice could do was nod, she knew he was right, FP was by far the fastest player on the field and could make the final touchdown. As if Alice's thoughts were narrating reality within the last ten second FP ran with the ball causing the entire crowd to yell cheering him on. He was moving quickly although the players behind him were catching up,

"come on FP" Alice mutter as she watched him slowly right before he sped up and crossed into the touchdown area as the crowd appeared in cheers running out onto the field. Alice snapped a few pictures of everyone running before she too ran down looking for her (current) boyfriend. Alice grinned as she found Hal who took off his helmet before pulling her into a hug,
"amazing season babe" Alice said as Hal smiled while Alice saw Glady's pull FP in for a kiss. Alice then felt Hal's lips on hers as she kissed him back before pulling away smiling at him.
"Now go wash up! I need to take care of a few interviews anyway, I'll meet you outside in twenty?" Alice asked as Hal nodded before kissing her once more before he ran off. Alice then sighed as she forcefully ran over to the cheerleading squad to approach Hermione-head of the cheerleading squad to interview them. Best to get the worst out of the way first, Alice thought to herself.

It had been about twenty minutes and Alice waited next to Mary and Fred along with a good crowd of people from school waiting for the football players to come out. Fred was FP's ride to the party that was held by Hermione later that night which Alice still found strange that Fred was going. She didn't tend to stick her head where it didn't belong, but it was, in fact, Hermione who showed up at her doorstep a week after she and FP ended things in tears as she too had let go of a man she loved.

Gladys then came running from the boy's locker room, great Alice thought to herself before her eyebrows raised she saw the worried look on her face.