I 'woke up' after Jared started dragging me out of bed. "Nooo, I'm warm" I groaned, grasping my mattress.

"I don't care if you're warm, we have school, ya goof." I lost grip of my mattress and landed on the ground on my ass.

"Fuck you." I flipped him off. He rolled his eyes.

-_-_-_-_-_-_-

I sat closed my locker and look to my right to see Evan and Jesus Christ he scared me.

He had bags under his eyes and a tired smile on his face. "Hey Con." He yawned.

I leaned against my locker and raised an eyebrow at him. "You okay there? How much sleep did you get last night?"

"Um.. I uh.. Didn't sleep." I scratched the back of his neck and looked away from me, completely avoiding eye contact.

I grabbed his hand and started walking out. "C-Con! What are you doing?' He yelped.

"I'm taking you back home and I will stay until I know youre asleep."

He tried letting go on my hand but I kept a strong grip. "I can't miss school! I-I have a quiz in Statistics!"

I turned around and grabbed his face. "Evan, I am not letting you take a quiz when you're not 100%. Senior year really counts and we both know that you don't want to fail."

He thought about it for a moment and nodded, yawning again. I kissed his forehead and his hand.

-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-

When we got to his and Blue's room, I made him lay down (which was a struggle).

"Con, I need to do something productive." He groaned.

"Sleeping is productive, babe." I didn't look up from the book I was reading. Its a really good book. It's called Starworld and it's about a girl named Sam and another girl named Zoe. They're complete opposites but they become friends because Zoe wanted to use one of Sam's paintings for a background for play. On text, they create this fantasy world called Starworld. Over time, Sam falls in love with Zoe but Zoe isn't into girls. This splits the friendship up. It's really interesting and I love it.

"This is ridiculous. We need to go back." He started getting up but I get up and pushed him back down.

"Evan. You didn't get sleep last night. You cannot go to school when you can barely function." I tried to explain it softly.

He scoffed and crossed his arms. "I can function just fine, thank you."

"You're pants are on backwards. "

His face turned red. "How do you know?"

Do I tell him a lie or just be blunt. Eh, I'll be blunt.

"I was looking at your ass earlier." I stared bluntly, not even blushing.

His face got darker and his eyes widened. "W-what?!"

I put my hands out defensively, "hey! It's not my fault you have a fantastic ass!"

He hid underneath his blanket and groaned. "I hate you."

"I love you too."

He popped his head out. "W-what?"

"What?" My face turned red when I realized what I said.

"Connor Murphy." He smiled mischievously at me.

"nO-"

"Connor Murphy did you?-" He got out of bed.

"nO!"

"Connor Murphy, bad boy, said I love you?" He started walking towards me.

I hid my face in my book and tried to ignore him.

"Connor, look at me."

I shook my head and squeaked.

He hugged me from behind and whispered in my ear. "Connor."

"Fine? FINE! YES! I LOVE YOU!"

He started laughing.

"Stop laughing at me!" I whined and he just kissed the top of my head. "I love you too, Con."

-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-

"Cooonnie." Evan whined for the past hour and a half.

"You need to get some rest, Ev." I pointed out.. Again. He just groaned.

"Can I make you a deal?" He sat up.

I gave him a look. "What kind of deal?" I raised an eye brow at him.

"Try out for cheer and I'll sleep." He sounded so hopeful, it was cute. But..

My eyes widened. "What?! That's such an unfair deal!" I stood up and crossed my arms.

"Hmm.. I'll pay for our next date night." He suggested.

...

"Deal."

-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-

The next day after school, me and Evan walked out to the field. "I can't believe I said yes to this." I groaned.

We could see the other cheerleaders and a few others on the bleachers.

Heads turned as we got closer. "Carter?" Brooke, I think her name was, said sweetly when she saw me.

"Uh, it's Connor." I scratched the back of my neck.

She skipped towards us. "Are you trying out?" She clapped excitedly.

I looked back at Ev and he gave me two thumbs up and a cute grin. I nod.

"Yay! Just go talk to Heather and you can sit next to me on the bleachers! This is sooo exciting!" She cartwheeled away.

What the actual fuck just happened.

And who the fuck is Heather?

I look back at Ev and mouth, "who's Heather?"

He points to another blonde girl with a yellow clip in her hair.

Oh god.

Okay.

I walk over to her and tap on her shoulder. She's only a tad shorter than me.

"Hey, um I'm here to try out?" I tried to avoid any eye contact. This was such a bad idea.

"Ooo! Really?" She bounced in her heels.

I squeezed my eyes closed and nodded.

She clapped. "Cool! Just hang out on the bleachers until practice is over and you can try out when everyone leaves."

Oh thank god I don't have to do it in front of people. I'm quite flexible actually so I guess that had an influence on the whole cheerleader thing since I was a kid.

I sat down next to Brooke and easily recognized some other people. There's a short guy with long hair, a girl with dark hair and in all blue, and... Blue?!?

She started walking towards me. "Hey, Con." She sat down in the other side of me. "Close your mouth, you're gonna catch bugs, dude." She laughed.

"You're in cheer?!"

She shrugged. "I used to be my school's mascot in my hometown so I have a bit if experience and decided to try out and I guess I got in. Besides, this girl that I like is on the water polo team and we cheer for them in the fall." She gushes at the thought of this girl. I've seen her a few times I think.

She's taller than Blue, has blue eyes, and blonde aubrey hair. It goes from a sandy blonde to platinum blonde. I get why Blue likes her. She's gorgeous.

-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-

I watch everyone did their flips and round offs. Not that hard, I think the hardest part of this might be remembering the words to the cheers.

Practice soon ended and everyone was packing their stuff up. "See you later!" Brooke waved and sipped her lemon infused water..

"Ready Connor?"