Forever Light(3)
Madison bumps me with her shoulder shaking me from my thoughts, “Everything okay?”
I look at my twin sister, she’s my complete opposite in so many ways but also the very same in others. “Yup, let’s go cheer our boys on.”
She winks at me, “I’ll see you in a few.” Then she runs off towards the boy’s locker room.
Alexa grabs my arm and we walk into the gym. I push the anxiety away and concentrate on the here and now and not the unknown. We take our seats on the bottom row of the bleachers center court. It’s loud; everyone is excited and dressed in navy and white, our school colors.
The cheerleaders, dressed in their short navy and white skirts along with their matching long sleeve tops with Canby written across their torsos, come running, flipping and shaking their pom-poms into the middle of court. The girls are all jumping around as the Cougar, our mascot, comes flipping end over end until he’s center court right in the middle of the cheerleaders. The crowd goes crazy and starts chanting, Cougars, Cougars, Cougars.
Madison runs into the gym cheering as she takes a seat next to me and Alexa. Alexa and Madison start screaming at the top of their lungs, stomping their feet and clapping their hands. The cheerleaders run over to the door leading to the boys’ locker rooms and form two lines, ten girls on each side.
Alexa and Madison both grab one of my hands linking our fingers together as the lights dim low, “Welcome Back” by Mase starts bumping from the speakers. The freshmen are the first to walk out, followed by JV and then, last but not least, Varsity. All the Varsity players have come out except the trio, who always make a special appearance.
I squeeze Madison and Alexa’s hands knowing that any second Steven will be walking out for the last and final time. The crowd quiets down just a bit before Steven comes jogging out and everyone starts screaming at the top of their lungs for him. Steven gets grouped up into the huddle of his teammates but not before he stops and points to Alexa.
“I love you, baby!” Alexa yells, although I’m sure he can’t hear with the noise.
The crowd settles down and we wait, and we wait some more, for Landon. Finally, he jogs out and everyone, including myself this time, screams for him. Just like Steven, he stops before he reaches his teammates and his eyes meet with mine. His piercing blue eyes steal my breath away. He mouths the words I love you and I swear all our classmates sigh. My cheeks flush and normally I would feel really uncomfortable and squirm in my seat from the attention, but not today. Today is a day that will be one of those memories we won’t soon forget.
I let go of Madison and Alexa’s hands and cup around my mouth and yell, “I love you, too!”
Landon’s eyes go wide in surprise. He shakes his head at me and laughs. The guys gravitate toward him and soon he is swallowed into the huddle.
Madison squeals like a little girl. Cash, the star quarterback and my twin sister’s boyfriend, appears and the crowd goes absolutely crazy.
“Take It Ta Da House” blares through the speakers. The guys all huddle.
Madison bumps my shoulder, “Watch this shit.”
It’s cute watching Madison like this. She loves dancing and more so, teaching these boys this dance. I knew they were working on it for the last few months but I had no idea what to expect.
The guys break and do the dance that my sister taught them. We all start cracking up watching the boys shake their asses. Once they start thrusting their hips, every single girl in our high school stands and screams. All I can do is laugh and shake my head. They absolutely love this shit.
The song changes to “Like A Virgin.” I’m taking in everyone standing up around the gym. This will never happen again. It’s a memory I’ll never forget.
“Oh my God.” Alexa laughs and points to the middle of the gym.
“Holy shit.” My eyes go wide and I cover my mouth to hide embarrassment. Landon is humping the floor, and in that short amount of time that my eyes left his he has lost his jersey leaving him in just his shoulder pads.
“Is he like that in bed?” Madison asks me clearly amused by this.
My face is flaming red and I can’t even answer her because he is. He’s a fucking animal.
Madison stands as the song comes to an end and “The Time” by The Black Eyed Peas starts. She struts up to Cash and kisses his helmet. They dance for a couple of seconds and the song once again changes to “Ice Ice Baby.” My sister starts shaking her ass while circling all the players. All the guys in the gym are on their feet hooting and hollering.
When Madison makes a full circle around the players the song changes to “Time Of My Life” from Dirty Dancing and Cash grabs Madison and starts dancing with her but not for long because Landon steals her.