SHE

Four

I went into the gym, expecting my co-captain to be there, yet she wasn't. 

"Where's Tiff?" I furrowed my brows, looking around, and seeing Eden walk in and taking a seat on the bench. 

Weird. She had never missed a cheer practice before. 

The girls exchanged glances awkwardly. Clearly they knew something I didn't.

"Let me rephrase that. Tell me right now where my co-captain is," I said, this time using authoritative voice. 

This was my team, yes, I was as nice and all-smiles as a person could get. But I never allowed any of my girls to miss the practice, and so far none of them had tried to find out what it meant if they decided to not inform me and simply not show up. Also, Tiff was the co-captain, so there was no way I would let it slip. I was the captain and she had to respect both me and the team.

I walked to my bag, feeling Edens eyes on me. Pulling out my phone, I quickly found Patricias number. Patricia is Tiffs mom, and everyone knew that Patricia loved both me and the cheer team, so she would be fuming if she found out Tiff had missed a practice without a legitimate reason. 

I was immediately greeted by Patricias voice. 

"Ruby, dear, what a pleasure to hear from you," she greeted, "is everything alright?"

"Hey, Trish!" I greeted her, smiling, "do you by any chance know where Tiff is?"

There was a silence, she was probably trying to figure out what the best way was to give Tiff a lecture for missing a practice.

"I thought she was at the practice," her voice was now lower. 

I decided to protect my co-captain from Patricias wrath. 

"Oh, silly me, I forgot her uniform was in the car, she's back now," I lied, "thanks, Trish. Love you!"

"Being the captain and the best student isn't easy, don't overdo yourself, dear," she said concerned, "talk to you soon!"

I put my phone down, this time seeing that everyone was staring at me. They knew I was covering up for Tiff. What they didn't know, was that this wouldn't go unnoticed.

But for the teams sake, I decided to drop it for now and turned around smiling and clapping my hands together. 

"Okay, girls, let's do the usual!" I said loud enough for everyone to hear. 

We warmed up and then did our dance 3 times as well as I taught them a  half of the new dance.

"Good job, girls!" I said loudly, "time to wrap it up!"

So we ended the practice, everyone except me and Eden leaving the gym. 

I went to my bag, taking out a towel and wiping my face with it, as well as drinking a bottle of water. 

Eden was walking towards me, once again getting dangerously close, as she put her arms on both sides of my thighs. 

Suddenly I felt way hotter than before. I couldn't help but bite my lip. 

"Don't do that," she said, smirking, "it was hard enough to watch you jumping around looking like this. This is pure torture."

"Oh, is it?" I smirked, pulling her closer with the help of her shirt, biting her ear. 

"Ruby," Eden groaned, gripping my thighs, "don't tease me. It's going to end badly."

"Is it?" I smiled at her playfully and pecked her lips.