From Cheerleader to Emo

Prove It

Kate Moore~

"And then this bitch starts freaking out at me!" Michele Fall tells us the same story she tells everyday.

"Oh my god!"I exclaim pretending to care.

I twirl a blond lock of hair between my well manicured fingers and drowned out the dull and lifeless conversation at my table.

Destrey Foster~

"Okay, Kate Moore, Michele Fall, and Elmo, marry, fuck, kill!" Zero laughs.

"Kill Michele, marry Elmo, and I guess fuck Kate" I shrug.

"Dude, Elmo is hella creepy!" TJ smiles sitting beside us at the circle lunch table.

"That's my wife asshole!" I pretend to be offended.

"But what about us?" Zero fake cries.

TJ hugs him "look what you've started!"

"Literally though, you would marry Elmo?" Zero asks.

"You would have to listen to his voice 24/7" TJ laughs

"Elmo loves you" Zero mimics Elmo's voice.

"Okay, me and Elmo are getting a divorce!" I yell.

"Fucking freaks" some girl mutters as she walks past us.

"Bitch" Zero and TJ yell.

I grab my phone and check the time. "Later" I smile.

My friends look at me strangely, and the bell rings and we all walk our our next class.

Kate Moore

The bell finally rang after what felt like forever. I stood up and walked to my next class which happened to be Art. Art was by far my favorite class, my mom wouldn't let me take music, so art was the next best.

"Kate!" I hear someone yell, I turn around to see Brendan running towards me.

"Hi" I mutter.

"Are you okay? because you look upset" he asks.

"Yeah, I'm fine" I reply.

"Okay, but uh... If you want we could hang out at my house and talk or... Other things" he smiles.

"In your dreams" I mutter and take my seat.

Mr. Greenwall walks in and smiles. "Today is a free time day!" he announces. "So finish any old projects, then draw whatever you want.

I had finished all the projects this semester, so I stand up to grab some paper and accidentally bump into someone causing them to drop their paper and pencils.

"Shit, sorry!" I apologize.

"It's fine" responds a younger boy with black and green hair.

"Kate" I smile.

"My names Thayne but you can call me TJ!" He smiles back.

I look at his All Time Low t-shirt. "You like ATL?" I question.

"Duh, and sleeping with sirens, blood on the dance floor and black veil brides!" he cheers.

"I'm not supposed to like them but I do" I smile.

He looks confused "why not?" he asks.

"I'm a cheerleader, I can't like anything 'different'." I mutter putting air quotes around different.

"That's lame!" TJ exclaims.

"I know right!" I agree.

"If you want, you can come sit with me and my friends!" he smiles.

I agree and we walk over to a small table in the back of the room. Where there is two other guys.

"This is Zero" TJ smiles motioning to a guy with red hair and dark blue eyes. Zero looks at me confused, then looks at TJ.

"And that's Destrey" he says gesturing to the other guy at the table.

Destrey had longish black hair, that covered his right eye. He looked taller than the others. His eyes wondered off his drawing and up to my eyes. He has piercing green eyes.

"Guys this is Kate" TJ introduces me to the guys.

"Hi" I mutter.

"So TJ what are you doing hanging out with the older preppy chicks?" Zero asks.

"Wait, older?" a sudden look of confusion crosses my face.

"TJ's only fourteen" Zero explains.

"Wait, if you're only 14 how are you in a junior class?" I ask.

"I got kicked out of freshman art" TJ smiles.

"If you're here to yell at us about how we're "emo fags" you can piss off." Zero states bluntly.

"I'm not!" I defend.

"It's true, she's actually really cool" TJ smiles.

"But you're a cheerleader" Zero mentions.

"Not by choice" I exclaim. "My mom forces me to, because of some 'family trait' she's got going on"

"Prove it" Destrey speaks up. "How do we know that you're telling the truth"

I grab my iPhone 5s out of my back pocket and open music. He grabs my phone and scrolls through my music, Zero sits next to him and they both look surprised.

Destrey sends me a questioning look.

"If you hate being a cheerleader so much, why don't you quit?" he asks.

"Because the last time I disappointed my mom..."

~~~~~~~~~flashback~~~~~~~~

"Mom I hate playing the piano!" Thirteen year old me exclaims.

"Fine! Drop it, make me look bad!" my mother yells.

"Why do you care so much?! Why can't I just do something I like?" I shout.

"What do want to?!" she yells back.

"Play the drums, skateboard, draw!" I list.

"And then you'll turn out just like your deadbeat father!" my mom bursts into tears"

~~~~~~flashback over~~~~~~

"What happened with your mom and dad?" TJ asks?

I avoid the question. "that why I won't quit, she still brings that day up!" I roll my eyes.

"So what?" Destrey laughs. There was an insane look in his eyes. "I'm a disappointment to my parents! Tell your mom to suck it up!"

The bell rings and I decide to skip math, today. I walk out to the parking lot and drive home. After realizing my mom wasn't home I went upstairs and though about what Destrey said.

"So what?" I repeat over and over.

Then I finally understand what I need to do.

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Hey!

So that's the first chapter.

I hope you like it. I will try and update lots, but no promises.