Taking on England

Horrid bet

*1 week later*

"Tryouts are today" Emma says as a wakeup call. 

"I know! I am soooo ready!" I say.

"Btw you never told me about why Brayden came to dinner last week with bandages on his nose and blood on his shirt." She says laughing.

"I'm sure I don't know what you mean." I giggle. 

"Liar." She grins tossing me a pair of short shorts and a tee. I slip them on and run down to breakfast.  

"Fuel me up!" I shout as Zane hands me a fruit smoothie." I pour it into a styrofoam to go cup and rush out the door. Emma magically appears next to me.

"Dude! You scared me half to death." 

"Careful cause YOLO." She says. 

"FALSE! You live every day. You only DIE once." I correct walking on. Emma sticks her tongue out at me and catches up. 

"Okay! Are you reaadddyyy??" She shouts. 

"Bye Em! Make sure you watch from the stands." 

"Will do!" 

I walk to the stretching area and sit down. 

"Hi! My name is Mallory!" A perky girl says reaching for her toes.  

"Kat." I say smiling.  I chat with Mallory until a whistle is blown, yelling for everyone to line up. I line up beside a redhead. 

"I am your head cheerleader." A familiar voice says. 

"My name is Taylor and I expect only the best. So if you can't handle that, then get the fuck off my squad." She shouts causing several girls to run out of the tryouts. She has us condition for an hour and shouts at all the heavier girls, kicking them off the squad.

"Kat...I see you're doing alright." She says prissily. 

"Thank you Taylor." I smile pretending to be nice. Taylor scowls at me and goes on to scream at Mallory making Mallory cry. 

"Get off my squad!" Taylor shouts pointing toward the gate. Mallory runs out with tears streaming down her face. 

"Gosh Taylor! She was doing fine!" I jump up and say.

"Oh you think you can run my squad better?" She snaps. 

"Yeah I do!" I shout before I realize what I was saying.  

"Fine. Let's have a contest." She says eerily calm. 

"Like what?" I ask cautiously. 

"One song. You sing and you dance." 

"Singing? That has nothing to do with cheering!" I argue. 

"Take it or get the fuck off my squad." She says triumphantly. 

"Fine." I say. 

"What?" She asks shocked.

"Fine. Bring it." I say pretending to be confident. 

"Next Monday." She says quickly. 

"Only 5 days??" I ask outraged. 

"Yeah. Some of us don't need that much time." She says cockily.

"Actually. Let’s make this interesting." She says quickly.

"What?" I ask narrowing my eyes.

"A duet. With the same boy. Winner gets him." She says scheming.

"No thanks I have a boyfriend." I say.

"I know. And that's who we are going to use. I want Zane and we can dance with him. I am going to sing and dance a duet with him, and you're going to sing and dance a duet with him. Winner gets cheer captain and the school can vote for cutest couple and Zane can decide." She says.

"Taylor, he is my boyfriend." 

"You just know you're going to lose." 

"Deal bitch!" I shout walking off. Emma was by my side in moments. 

"Did I seriously just do that?" I say putting my head in my hands.

"Yeah you did honey." She says running my back. 

"Great. Just super. Now I have to tell Zane...what if I lose Em?" I say feeling tears running down my face.