HAZE (On Hold)

Part 6

Hailee stands and looks at herself in the mirror. She really doesn't like having to wear a uniform to school, even worse her plan to attend a public school was vetoed by Shay and she is now being forced to go to the same school as Shay and her pack.

She is glad that at the very least Amanda and a couple of her friends go to the same school, so she won't be walking in and not knowing anyone to start. Even though she was more than willing to do the academic entrance exam, they told her it wasn't required for her admission as Mrs Zane has already made a rather large donation to the school.

Hailee collects what she needs for school and heads downstairs to eat and then head to school with Aurora. As she is sitting and eating Aurora comes down and puts on a show for her Mom and Randy about how much she is looking forward to Hailee coming to school with her.

Once it's time to leave they head out to the car, and Peter drives them to the front door of the exclusive academy. Hailee gets out of the car and looks around, she went on a tour of the place but isn't sure she remembers where she is supposed to go. Thankfully, Amanda shows up and is able to direct her to the correct classroom.

The next few weeks fly by and Hailee has found her place within the school and made a few more friends. She sees a notice for tryouts for the school soccer team and decides to try out with Amanda and her friends.

Unfortunately for her, she finds out very quickly that Aurora is the Captain of the team and her group of friends control who make the team. Hailee plays her heart out but when the team members are posted her name is not surprisingly missing.

"You should be on the team, you're better than most of the other girls."

"Thanks, Mandy, but as long as Rory is in charge, I never will be. I'll come to the games and cheer for you though."

"Guess it's a good thing there were only three girls trying out for goalkeeper or else I probably would have been cut as well."

"You were the best by far."

"Thanks, so what are you doing for your birthday?"

"I don't know, do you think the girls would like to come over to my place and we could have pizza and cake and do stuff?"

"How about we have a party and invite some of the boys from our class?"

"I guess that would be okay, but they are mostly in Rory's circle and I don't want it to be about her."

"What's the worst that could happen? It's not as if your Dad will be around anyway and Shay will probably join in."

"And that's what I'm afraid of, I just want something for me, for once. I haven't celebrated my birthday since before the accident and even then it was always a joint celebration."

"Okay, forget about the boys and making it big, just a couple of girls, pizza and playing in the pool."

"I like that. I'll speak with Anna and she can help me with it."

"Any idea of what you want for your birthday?"

"You don't need to get me anything. I already splurged on something for myself."

"What did you get? Do you buy yourself a car?"

"No, what possible need would I have for a car? I bought season tickets to the Sacramento NWSL team. Speaking of which, do you want to come to the season opener with me on Saturday?"

"What about Dylan? I thought she was all about Alex Morgan being a part of the team."

"Austin bought them tickets, so she is going with him."