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Covet: Cadence was sitting in the cheer gym gettins stretched out for practice. She was determined to have a decent practice this week They only had a few weeks left before their competition and she knew they were already struggling as is. "Just the carnival, game, competition, finals.... Then you're free for the summer." She mumbled more to herself since nobody else was there yet. // Kelsey made her way down the hall, with a big grin on her face, she was excited for this week and she was feeling like a million bucks at the moment despite her shitty ass weekend. She walked in and made her way to the mats waving at Cadence, "Hi"
Alexithymiaa: -Steph walked down the hallway, her back to Bryan since he wouldn't shut the fuck up and stop being annoying. Rolling her eyes, she stopped outside the gym door, whirling around to face him. "Do everyone a favor and stop talking." She jammed her hand into her gym bag and pulled out a folded up piece of thick paper, passing it to him. "Give this to Felix. Bye." She turned away and pushed through the cheer gym doors, dropping her gym bag down against the wall and heading over to the mats. "Hey Kels." // Bryan sighed deeply once he realized Steph hadnt been listening to a word that came out of his mouth. Taking the paper from her and not being able to resist the urge to open it because he's a nosey fuck, he unfolded it to look at the picture inside, the gears in his brain starting to turn. Turning into the gym, he made his way through the team members already inside, making his way over to the bleachers to drop down onto the, setting his things aside.-
Tsaaq: Hayley yawned as she came into the gym behind Steph. Her headphones were in when she walked in so she didn't say anything. She waved and put her things down before making her way over to mats so she could stretch. // Remy was just finishing up warming up, finally arriving early like a responsible adult. He took a break for water and sat down on the bleachers. He gave Bryan a wave before counting the males. "Coach Fitz isn't here today, a thing happened." He shrugged. // Thaddeus jogged around the gym  but it was more like walking while his arms were waving around, mostly because he didn't feel like warming yp today.
Tsaaq: ((up*))
Covet: Cadence looked over at Steph, expecting some sort of greeting but getting nothing. Taking a deep breath, letting out a sigh she said loudly, "Hey Kels....Hi Steph. Good to see you too" Rolling her eyes she bent over and dropped her head down to her feet. "Yeah sounds good Kels." She said half listening to her babble. Just one more thing she had to add to her list. //"Hi Steph, Hi Hayley, So I wanted to let you all know, if you can make it, Brad and I are having a reveal party here at the autitorium on Thursday." Kelsey said babbling on all happy like as she stretched out.// Felix walked into practice a little late, his nose was taped over more for protection than anything else, and his eyes were bruised up  from where Steph hit him in the face with a basketball last night. It was sore, but not unbearable. He dropped his bag down on the bleachers, already geared up for practice and started running his warm up laps around the gym.
Alexithymiaa: "Reveal party? Sounds cool." She spoke as she stretched her arms out behind her, ignoring Cadence's greeting. "I'll go to the gym earlier on Thursday so I have plenty of time to get there." // Bryan nodded to Remy when he sat down beside him, running his hand over his aching knee. "A thing happened? Is she cool?" He asked through furrowed brows.-
Tsaaq: She sat down on the mat and stretched her hamstring while her brows knitted. "Right, that was a thing I helped with." She muttered then moved to her other leg. "Yeah. I can make an appearance." Hayley shrugged her shoulders then laid on her back, bringing her body up into a bridge before plopping down flat once more. // "You know, some shit with her sister." He shrugged. "I didn't make her give me details cause she seemed stressed. But she said I should be able to handle it without her. I told her not to worry." Remy got up from his seat and kicked his legs around a moment. "I guess this is a better time than any to work on team work and shit." He called out. "So when everybody is done with warming up come over for a huddle." He cupped his hands over his mouth and he yelled. // Thaddeus' eyes widened at Remy's announcement. He moved a little slower until he spotted Felix. "Hey man." He jogged by him. "Is your face okay?"
Covet: Not getting a response from Steph again, she stood up and rotated her neck side to side, "Okay, enough chit chat. We've got work to do ladies. We've got a game coming up in two weeks that I want to be polished for." Cadence said making her way over to a section of the mat by herself "I want to go over our Cheer routine first, then the dance routine." //"Yeah it was Bryan's idea, But I'm excited for it too. It'd be great to see you there too Hayley." Kelsey added then got up listening to Cadence.// Felix heard Remy and started to make his way over, catching Thad's question, "Yeah.. Just a little bruised. Took a ball to the face yesterday practicing." He said with a chuckle, then glanced at Remy waiting to hear what they were working on today.
Alexithymiaa: -Swinging her arms around, she finally paid Cadence a bit of mind, turning to face her so she could watch what she was doing and at least pay attention a little bit. // "Rough. All the more reason to win our game. Or not kill each other. Or both." He contemplated his words, realizing he was mostly the source of the latter. "Should be easy enough. Probably...."-
Tsaaq: "I'll try to make it. I want to." She nodded her head slowly and bit her lip, looking in Cadence's direction. "Oh. Yeah. Right." She said as she got up from the mat and stood to her feet. // Remy shrugged his shoulders again and frowned. "Uh, yeah. Right." He muttered. Some other the team members approached. Remy narrowed his eyes at them before crossing his arms. "Whenever the rest of you feel like it." // "Well, watch yoru face man." He said, laughing a little. "That's why some guys wear those dorky goggles." Thad laughed, still pretty much wasting time. He looked in the direction of the bleachers.
Covet: Getting into position Cadence stood there with her arms behind her back starting out the cheer, "Ready! Hawks, Let's fire it up, We're in it, to Win it. Let's fire it up!" She called out moving her arms into the different positions she'd been working on, "Birds of a feather, we win together, Push that offense, up that defense, let's go fight win!" She said saying the next part of the cheer.//Kelsey followed through with the motions having been practicing amongst her already busy schedule. //"I wasn't expecting to get hit, the person who I was practicing with is pretty inexperienced, but it was an accident, so I'm not too worried about it." Felix said with a chuckle as he waited for everyone to get there.
Alexithymiaa: -She planted her hands on her hips and started her motions and chants when Cadence did, snapping into each position of the cheer and cutting her words short and crisp like cheer things. // Bryan glanced up as the team slowly took their sweet ass time getting over to the bleachers, picking up the folded up piece of paper and holding it out to Felix. "Here. What the fuck is taking everyone so long? Any day now!" ( https://i.gyazo.com/d4ae5e82a6e7bcdbf53acda6c163ef1e.png )-
Tsaaq: She made a small whining noise before she started into the routine with the rest of them. She was a little out of snyc in the beginning but by the middle of the cheer she was sharp with her movements. // Remy's eyes widened as he looked over to Bryan. "Alright alright, it's okay. It's not that bad." He muttered, waving his hand at the other males. "Okay. How many of you guys could look to the right and the left of you and call the dudes you see before your friends?" He asked with a raise of his eyebrow. // He laughed again. "Well as long as you're cool with it-" He started to say. Thad cleared his throat and made his way with the rest of the group then lowered his head, reluctant to say anything.
Covet: Cadence pushed her hair back out of her face and took a few breaths. She hadn't really turned around to look at everyone but assumed they were on the same page. She couldn't handle seeing anyone out of sync at this point and didn't want to push herself over that ledge at this point. Once she was finished she walked to the desk to pull up their song so they could go through that as well. "I hope everyone's been practicing in their off time." //Feeling guilty, Kelsey gave a bit of a wince, nodding her head, "Yeah...I need to pick back up some more"//Felix took the paper from Bryan and opened it up, giving a smirk as he tucked it away in his pocket then listened to Remy, "I mean, I'd say so...but I barely know you guys."
Alexithymiaa: -She hit her last motion and held it as Cadence walked to the front to start their music, breathing hard and sucking in deep breaths. She waited until she heard the music, counting herself in and starting the first counts of their dance routine. // Bryan glanced around him and kind of sneered because he hated everyone except Remy, shrugging one shoulder. "Almost none."-
Tsaaq: "Well..." Hayley whispered and hung her arms to her sides. "I practice as much as I can." She said with a frown before she lowered her head. // He pressed his lips tightly together and sighed. "See that's the problem. We come here and come around each other like this is our job or some shit and we're only supposed to see each other when we're losing games and practicing or whatever. No." Remy sighed. Even though it was the sad truth. "Coach has clearly checked out on trying to make us all friends. And that's okay I guess, right? But, I mean-" He grumbled. "Okay, how about we do team building exercise?" He suggested. "Anybody opposed?" Remy flashed Thad a suspicious look. // He gulped and put his hands in his hoodie pockets as he looked around then shrugged unconvincingly.
Covet: "That's all I'm asking for." Cadence said, "The fact that you're trying is more than can be said for some people right now." She said making the offhanded comment towards Steph as she hit play, She counted out the first counts, "Five, Six, Seven, Eight!" She started dancing with the motions, staying focused on herself at the moment. // Kelsey looked over at Hayley, feeling bad because she said she'd get together with her to work on the routine. "Yeah...I'll get better before the competition." // Felix listened to the group and nodded his head, "Nope, count me in." Felix said looking around the group with enthusiasm.
Alexithymiaa: -Hearing Cadence's comment, she stopped short in her dancing motions, taking this as a perfect opportunity to go get some water because now she was just flat out pissed. She stepped through the girls and walked to the front of the gym without a word, reaching down into her gym bag to grab her water bottle to take a sip. // Bryan groaned audibly and despite everything about his body language being one giant protest, he shook his head. "No... I guess not. What are we doing?"-
Tsaaq: Hayley inhaled deeply and went back to doing the routine, even though Steph walking off distracted her a little a moment. She stumbled. // Remy inhaled deeply. "Okay... How about?" Remy rubbed his beard a moment then. "How about we pick somebody on the team that we don't particulary care for and... Next practice we'll come in act how we feel they act. So we can try to correct behavior in like, a sensitive way. Cause all of you have oversized egos." Remy explained. "For instance. I guess, I'll pick Thaddeus." He said. // His eyes widened at the suggestion and he frowned. "Or you can... Pick somebody else?" He whispered.
Covet: Cadence set her jaw and watched Steph just take a liberty water break in the middle of the dance routine. "Seriously?" She grumbled then rolled her eyes finishing the routine without taking a break. Once the song was over she turned around and looked at Kelsey and Hayley, "How comfortable are you two with everything so far?"// Kelsey gave a soft shrug "I could be more comfortable with it, but I've been distracted. I'm sorry." She said softly dropping her head. // "Okay so next practice we come in acting like how we see Thad act?" Felix asked making sure he was picking this up correctly.
Alexithymiaa: -She sipped more water from her water bottle and then tossed it down into her bag, crossing her arms over her chest and leaning back against the brick wall. // "So question." Bryan started, glancing at Remy. "What if you don't particularly care for a bunch of people? Hypothetically speaking, of course. So hypothetically speaking, how would I pick just one person to emulate?"-
Tsaaq: She exhaled and wiped her brow. "Well... I kind of feel like Kelsey. And I don't think I'm doing the moves as well as I could." She sighed. // "No, its the exercise. Somebody has to pick you. It might as well be me." He scolded Thaddeus. "No no no, you would pick somebody you don't really get along with. I'm just picking Thad." He explained to Felix. He narrowed his eyes at Bryan. "Well pick somebody you're having the most issues with, or that's affecting our team the most." He sighed. // Thad cringed once Remy repeated his name. "Um... What if you don't really have a problem with anybody on the team right now?" He asked awkwardly.
Covet: She heard the girls and nodded her head, "I would strongly encourage you both to meet up together and make sure your motions are crisp and you're matched up." She said then glanced at Steph just kicking it on the wall. She set her jaw but ignored it even though it was nagging at her.// "Yeah I meant to do that, but I kind of got caught up with my video stuff." Kelsey said, "But I will totally get around to doing that, because I want us to do well."  //"Oh, okay so then I would pick someone like....um...Bryan?" Felix said even though they've been getting along better lately than they had been. "I can swing that. Plus it will be a little less offensive since I have a disability too." Felix said casually.
Alexithymiaa: (HOW IS THAT LESS OFFENSIVE?)
Covet: [BECAUSE IT'S NOT AS BAD WHEN THE DISABLED MAKE FUN OF EACH OTHER.....Idk... lmao]
Alexithymiaa: -Steph glanced away from the girls before leaning down to pick up her gym bag, hoisting it up onto her shoulder. "So we're done then? We can go home? Because I still have a lot of work to do." // Bryan furrowed his brows when Felix announced he'd picked up, pointing his finger back at him. "Fine well then I pick Felix too because he's fucking my sister and that makes me uncomfortable and honestly is definitely messing with our teamwork." He spoke harshly, pushing up to his feet like he was fucking offended that Felix wasnt his butt buddy even though he's been nothing, but an asshole to Felix since day one.-
Tsaaq: Hayley nodded her head and opened her mouth to speak. She furrowed her eyebrows, suddenly feeling uncomfortable from the tension. "Er-" She gawked. "Yeah sure. Yeah, that works." Hayley went to gather her things. // Remy nodded his head. "Alrighty great. We've picked our people then..." He said with his eyes wide because Jesus Christ. "So... Everybody else picked their person?" He asked, the rest of the team nodded. "Thad you can just do me. Not do me. Like sex do me. I meant like, you can act like me. I'm an adult. I won't get offended." He said waving his hand at him. "Okay well. See you guys next week. Hopefully this will help us understand each other. Also practice free throws. Most of you suck at those." // Thaddeus sighed and went to grab his gym bag, looking stressed as fuck
Covet: "Yeah sure whatever" Cadence said as Steph decided she was done with practice. She looked at Hayley and Kelsey, "Work on that...Work until you can do it in your sleep." She said then went to grab her own things, ready to go home and take a hot shower. //"Oh...Okay then. Hayley, would you like a ride home?" She asked her seeing that Steph and Cadence were at it again. //"Dude, I'm not fucking your sister. We cuddle and I read to her. And she hits me in the face with balls in return."  Felix said realizing how demasculating that was, but he didn't care he was still proud about it. He turned to look at Remy and nodded, "Will do, Thanks. See you guys next week." Felix said to the team heading for his bag so he could try to meet up with Steph on his way out.
Alexithymiaa: -She pushed off the wall without saying anything else to Cadence, walking straight out the gym doors and out into the hallway to linger outside the main gym doors since her and Bryan came together and she had to wait for him. // Bryan raised his brows, staring at Felix. "Whatever you want to call it, I really don't want to know what you're into. Just stop talking." He held up a hand and grabbed for his things, waving to Remy. "Later dude." Making his way through the gym, he stepped out into the hallway to see Steph standing and waiting for him. "Fun practice? You look like a bowl of rainbows."-
Tsaaq: "Yes... I'll do it. I promise." She told Cadence before turning to Kelsey. "Yeah thank you. That'd be great." // "Alright well... See you guys." Remy waved at Bryan and the rest before exhaling. "Okay, good job. Good practice kind of." He whispered as he gathered his things and went into the hallway.
Covet: Cadence headed out the door locking it behind her so it would just lock when everyone else left. She saw Remy in the hallway and put her arm around his waist resting her head on his, "Home....So much home please." //"No problem, Happy to take you there." Kelsey said with a smile and grabbed her things to head out the door and to her vehicle. //Felix walked out into the hall to meet up with Steph and Bryan, "Would you please tell him that we haven't...that all we do is Read and sleep together...without relations.He doesn't want to believe me. Also I liked the little drawing you made, that was sweet." He said with a grin then noticed her look, "Uh, you should text me, I'll update you about practice. I need to head home and shower." He said then leaned over to give Steph a quick kiss knowing it would annoy Bryan, before he walked off to his vehicle and do the home things.
Alexithymiaa: "You're a bowl of rainbows..." She shot back at Bryan, perking up when Felix came out of practice. She returned the kiss quickly before turning back to Bryan to screetch at him. "Stop heckling him! How many times do I have to tell you? Jeez." She stormed off down the hallway to head out to go home. // Bryan rolled his eyes because he's stubborn and things they're just lying for his benefit, following behind Steph to go home.-
Tsaaq: He furrowed his eyebrows and pulled her in. "Tell me about it while we drive over there." Remy instructed, leading her out of the building to the parking lot.