Underneath

👉"chapter 7" : Cheers and stares

" Is she trying out for the Cheer team??"

"For the love of all things cheery , NO, Val, no, no, no!!, Zara isn't trying out for the Cheer team " zena , whose frustration is clearly written on her face, turns away from a very curious Val.
   "Then why is she sitting in the bleachers, and hunched over" Val asks as she follows zena , with both pompoms in one hand.
    " My parents want us both to meet up with them, so what's the point of going home and going back when it's just a fifteen minutes walk from school, and don't ask me if I am not gonna freshen up because I will" she days with finality.
     "Okay girls, if you are done stretching out, come together we have a brief meeting before we start" the Cheer captain, Rivera announces.
   "Okay, girls we don't have anyone from the school's paper here to give us a brief interview, I know that sucks, because we had dreams of defacing the school papers with our awesome selves, but our dear Felicia who we kicked out of the team decided to not assign anyone as payback , so any volunteers??"

 
       After murmuring for a minute , zena scans the field and an idea pops in her mind.
   "Hey, I can talk my sister into it, am sure she bored out of her mind, gimme a minute " zena starts walking down across the field, where Zara is seated.
   

Zara

Zara, who has been hunched over , since she entered the field notices trainers Infront of her, she removes her head phone.
    

     She looks up, and standing there in all his bulky glory is none other than sal.
   " Are you trying out for the Cheer team??,because sitting there ain't gonna help ya" he says as he swings his helmet to his other hand.
    "No sal" she replies
"Are you using chopsticks as drum sticks?"
    "Yes sal"
"Why does my name sound like a foreign language when you say it"
    " I don't know Salvador"
" Hey don't say my full name"
      "Sure sal"
"You sound like a robot"
      "Okay sal"
" No, I really mean it, stop, it gives me the creeps..." But Zara cuts him off saying.
      "What is it you want mc carthy?"
"Um, well, you were right" he says as he scratches his neck nervously.
   "Care to elaborate?" She says with a brow raised.
    " Well , you were right about Thelma, she's a freaking leech"
    "Is it bad if I say I told you so??" She asks with a smirk.
     " Do you even need to ask?, Besides that's not why am here, I surprisingly need your help" he says as he makes himself comfortable by sitting.
     
    "And why would I help you?"
"Come on zee, we are friends now, right?" Sal asks with a fake smile on his face.
   " Drop it, and my sister is zee not me"
"You're not gonna ask what I need help with??" He says as he tries to pull a cute look.
    "First, that dosent work on me, second, you look like you want to poop your pants, and third I know you want me to help you with Thelma, so how do you expect me to do that" she crosses her arms over her chest and put her legs under her.
    "Well, you're the meanest person I know,so.."
     "Thanks sal, but what of your hellcat Kira"
    "Well she's the craziest , and we already tried but Thelma just rubbed it off, saying Kira is just a fan girl of mine who needs psychiatrist help" he says with a huff.
    " Okay, when you're done with practise we'll talk, your team mates are starting to stare, and I just happen to be in the mood for eye gorging " she says and starts to put her headset back on but paused when she started hearing cat calls and whistles.

     Not very far away from the bleachers , is zena in her micro cheer dress, walking over to Zara, her eyes trained on the ground clearly embarrassed by the attention the guys pay to her.

  "Ahhh, the hotter regal twin, hey zena, how ya doing" sal greets.
   "Hi sal, am good, you?" Zena replies as she ascends the bleachers, and try to make her skirt not go up due to the wind.
    "Am sweaty, you seem to have my boys all worked up with those legs, is that Harvey sprouting a boner ?" He asks casually, unaware of the new wave of embarrassment hitting zena.
    " One more sexual word and you wouldn't be having eyes to see legs or boners any more" zena says with a warning look.
   " Ha...you both seem to have eye gorging urges, must be a twin thing.....HEY HARVEY GO GRAB A COLD SHOWER!!" Sal booms to an unsuspecting Harvey, who flinches but looks at sal and yells " SCREW YOU MC CARTHY".