Chapter Twelve

Chapter 12

Today was the day of the pep rally and was also class color day. Seniors' class color was blue this year and boy did I have lots of it. I pulled on light blue leggings, kneww high blue socks, denim blue shorts, blue Mindless Self Indulgence tee, blue tank top over the tee, and went to find my blue hair spray. Yes, I was walking without crutches, but I've hunted a lot these past four days, and it feels a lot better. After my hair was blue, I limped downstairs to the livingroom.

"What do you think you're doing?" James asked. He was wearing a long sleeve blue tee, his blue basketball jersey and shorts, and his blue basketball shoes.

"Looking for my shoes" I said digging under the couch.

"No, I mean what are you doing without your crutches?"

"A tiger can't use crutches" I say pulling my blue converse from under the couch.

"No, but Jadyn can"

"But it feels better" I tie my shoes and grab the blue face paint from the coffee table.

He sighs, "You're so stubborn"

"Guilty as charged. Now hold still" I paint '2' on his right cheek and '5' on his left cheek.

"What'd you paint?" he asked reaching for his face.

"Your jersey number. Don't touch" I swatted his hand.

"Take your crutches"

"Okay, mom"

"I'll even go out of my way to put blue duct tape on them" He came back down with my now blue crutches, "Let's go" We get in his truck because I refuse to let him drive my baby.

James offered to carry me, but I ended up getting a piggyback ride from Hayden just to make Kaylee jealous. We get behind the rest of teh seniors and I tighten my grip on Hayden. When it gets quiet-ish, we run through the banner and we end up in the middle of the gym. A couple people helped me up on Hayden's shoulders and we chanted, "Twenty ten for the win." We go back to our designated spot like a flock of sheep.

"Do it, do it, do it, go go go! Now stop, and let the juniors do it" the cheerleaders, whom Kylie and Hender was apart of, cheered. The juniors cheered 'do it' along with the junior cheerleaders. "Now stop and let the seniors do it" the cheerleaders cried. Kylie, Hender, and the other senior cheerleaders got up in our faces. "Do it, do it, do it, go go go" we cheered while shaking our shakers along with the drummer, who was a senior also.

We got Prinicpal Barnes to let Hender, Kaylee, James, Miku, and I play any song we wanted. We chose "From Now On We're Enemies" because we all like it, and it's a fun song that the school approves of. The cheerleaders pushed the amps and the football players pushed the drums to the center of the gym. James plugged in his cherry red bass while Miku plugged in her purple guitar, and I plugged in my blue Gibson.

"This one's for Brandon and Hayden" I said into my mic and smiled at Kaylee behind me. Kaylee started playing which was our cue to go. My fingers automatically knew where to go, and I was hoping I was gonna do the whole song perfectly. I moved around the gym and banged my head, like the cool kid I am.

"Lunatic of a god or a god of a lunatic" James sang along with Hender. James did a kicky spin flip so I immediately did one over him. Everyone in the stands whooped and whistled at the crazy twins. When the song was about to end, I climbed up and crouched on the drums. I threw myself down and managed to avoid hitting Kaylee and land on my feet as the song ended.

Principal Barnes took the mic when we were with the rest of the seniors and the amps and drums were taken away. "It's great to hear Miss Hart's injuries weren't as serious as we thought. We hope and pray you get better soon so you can kick butt at the last soccer match of the year!" she announced. She waited until the cheering died down before she continued. "Now if Coach Uley would please come down and announce our basketball players"

Coach Uley started with Junior High first. When he finally finished, he began Senior High's list. Eight sophomores, juniors, and seniors waited patiently for the other two names which happened to be -

"Hayden Stallings, pointguard, 6'1, 143 pounds, and James Hart, starter, 6', 138 pounds" They made their way to the center of the gym with the rest of the team.

"Now if James, Hayden, Brandon, Phillepe, and Mason stay put while the others get seated, we'll begin the frozen jersey game" the head cheerleader, Kylie, said into the mic. Out of the five guys, everyone but Phillepe, a sophomore, were seniors. The cheerleaders handed each guy a frozen jersey. "What you need to do is unfold your jerseys and put it on" Kylie instructed. "Go!" Hayden and Brandon immediately start to unfold their frozen jerseys. James finally unfolded a sleeve after a huge struggle. The other two still haven't unfolded a thing, and Hayden and Brandon were neck and neck.

"Hayden! Hayden!" Kaylee and the rest of the seniors shouted. Hayden is the best player on the team, so I decided to be a little rebel. "Brandon! Brandon!"

Hayden pulled the front and back of the jersey apart and slipped it on just as Brandon slipped it over his head. James and Mason only got the sleeves undone while Phillepe's attempt was hopless. Everyone cheered but me.

I hit Hayden as he walked by and grabbed Brandon's arm. "What was that for?" Hayden whined.

"For not letting Brandon win! Look at these guns" I said and compared my nonexistant muscle to Brandon's bulky one.

"It's okay J, it's just a game" Brandon smiled.

"Imma get choo back" I said to Hayden who was getting his butt chewed by Hender for making James look weak. Shoot, I make James look weak.

"The spirit winners are-" Kylie booms. "Pajama day, a tie with James Hart and Hayden Stallings. Winners, please stay in the center of the gym for a group photo, thank you. Camo day, Hender Stallings and Brooke Planks. Super Hero day, Brandon Parke and Carter Parke. If it was Super Villian day, Jadyn Hart would've wont"

"Dang it, I thought my Darth Vader costume was awesome" I pouted.

Kylie says, "And class color day, Jadyn Hart!"

"Yes!" I say slapping everyone's hands as I run to the middle.

"This is the first year that seniors won everyday in spirit week! Now the Junior High category" I spaced out and then there was a bright flash, and Brandon and Carter escorted me back to the senior's spot.

"I didn't know you could play" Carter said.

"Yeah, ya'll gonna be playin venues?" Brandon asked.

"Maybe. And of course I can play, geez" I joked.

"I can play drums. Just hit me up whenever" Brandon smiled.

"And I play the ladies. Hit me up whenever" Carter mocked Brandon.

"Sure will, Brandon. Carter, go strike on on Meredith or something." His face scrunched up in disgust and I bust out laughing.

"How bout Kylie?" he suggested.

"Why don't you go talk to her?" I arched an eyebrow.

"Aw, you can't do it for me?"

"Well considerin I walked all the way over here, and she's all the way over there, nope."

"Fine, I'll do the work all by my lonesome self"

"Bye" I smiled. Haha, he didn't get a chance to talk to her because the cheerleaders started to do their dance. It made me mad because they weren't doing backflips. I pulled James out, and he cupped his hands, and he lifted while I willed my body to go backwards. I flipped and miracuously landed on my feet. I gave everyone a bow, as the cheerleaders started doing the 'Cha cha slide'. James and I were already on the floor, so we danced with them followed by tons of students and even a few weird, creepy teachers.

I went home exhausted after the boring hour and a half after the pep rally. I didn't even get anything to eat, I just crawled into bed and surrendered to the darkness.

Reviews

[Krystal Nicole]

Great chapter!!! I loved how Jadyn is trying to make Kaylee jealous and she eeps saying that it's not working when I know for a fact it does make her jealous. . Hmmm. . I wonder why. Lol. Anyways, loved it!