So different...(Jayr/open)

[Dylan Cross]

Already people could tell she was from Canada. When she stopped to say hi to some strangers who were welcoming her to the school always had a comment on her accent. All these years she would watch TV and listen to the American's speak and she really couldn't tell the difference from herself and them.... but apparently they can tell.

Ah well...

Just as long as she doesn't hear another beaver and igloo joke.

So what she did was bought a novelette USA scarf and wrapped it around her arm to style off her whole outfit. She had a teacher showing her around the school so that always drew more attention.

They finally came to a gym and the teacher stopped to explain what it was as if there was no such thing in Canada.

"This is our Gym...Here our students will exercise along with other activities such as sports or the cheer squad."

"Hold the phone....Cheer...Squad?" she snorted a laugh. Kay, they didn't have one of those back in her small town.

"Yep... I really talented one... actually they are about to start a practice here in a few minutes... But this is the end of our tour... if you have any questions don't hesitate to ask." Dylan nodded and said goodbye to the teacher who now left the gym.

Slowly she walked up to the bleachers and walked along the isles staring at the gym floor. Some girls started to come in and started some stretches. Dylan was going to sit back and see what it was like to be a cheer leader...hells no she wasn't going to be one..she was just curious... she hadn't seen them in person before.

[Jayr Byrne]

Uneasy beginnings

The cheer squad was certainly slow to start, the hunting down of members and developing skills enough to do so was the first phase and at this point extremely hard. Then again in Jayr's mind the hardest part was essentially the cheers themselves. There were the ordinary Ra-Ra shishcoombahh sort of nonsense but Jayr had ideals for some things that'd actually get teams pumped.

Bouncing evenly in her warm-ups, yes the blue and yellow ones she'd had from her old school Jayr would make way onto the Gym floor. She was quiet and controlled in the leader sort of way, her entry made that apparent as the team locked eyes with her and followed the girl towards her spot at the head of the group. She was silent still even through stretching. It'd felt odd having eyes on her that weren't those of a disrespectful sort but rather a focused and dependent sort. It felt good. Their every breath linked to hers as the stretched together in silence. Most of the girl's knew each other from former years but Jayr was new, something of a surprise to them and they were unsure of what to think; Harsh mean? Cool fun? It was a mystery and then she stood to take their attention.

"Let's get fired up
Get rough, get tough, get mean
Let's get fired up
and roll right over that team!"

Her voice loud as she clapped in between each salvo, each time a new girl stepping to mix with the beat. yes things would be good just needed to get past this first stage. Teamwork meant everything.

[Dylan Cross]

It seemed everyone was all there and one girl in particular had stood out. Everyone watched and followed her every move. Dylan was just trying to figure out if her quiet personality was due to stuck up bitchiness or just a shy girl...or maybe nothing needed to be said...either way... she studied the routine and such and for some reason she was getting into it. Now Dylan wasn't into sports or anything, but oddly enough this was intriguing... why? The dancing... Dylan loved to dance it was fun as all hell.

Dylan sat up and walked down the bleachers and now her torn up sneakers made a small thud on the gym's flooring.

Would she dare?

She walked to the group and of course to the girl who seemed to be the head cheer leader.

"Hey...Um...I'm new here and..what you're doing looks really interesting... do... you have any spots left? I have no experience or anything.... but I dunno..looks fun."

She shrugged after asking it now feeling really foolish. Anyone would take a look at her and not expect a girl dressed like that would be interested in something like cheer leading. The girls were probably judging her with their judgey eyes. Though...she still didn't care what they thought...if she cared she would be wearing pink hoodies and matching track pants >:3

[Jayr Byrne]

An unlikely match

Jayr smiled as she sized up the group, not large which was good because she truly couldn't bear to make cuts to anyone who deserved to be here, so long as their hearts were in it she'd be proud to have them all here regardless of their personalities. Hell even if Kazuya managed to walk his ass up and make snide remarks she'd find someway to get him in a skirt to dance for the rest of them, he could be the school mascot seeing as she was still at a blank of who the PHS #774's mascot was. She'd have to do some research later.

"Hey...Um...I'm new here and..what you're doing looks really interesting... do... you have any spots left? I have no experience or anything.... but I dunno..looks fun."

Her attention flitted about back to a girl who in no way looked the standard girly type. But she was what would appear to be a very natural beauty, golden locks of which Jayr was already jealous of and natural curves she looked to be perfect.

Soft giggles emerging from the squad behind her already edging towards giving her the boot due to her scruffy cloathing. She didn't fit in with them which was reason enough to exclude her.

"You're a lucky girl, first day of practice and we have plenty of room," Jayr smiled widely feeling mighty accepting as the audible gasp of air came from the pep squad.

"Um though you'll need some type of uniform... hmmm," a finger settling on her lips and the other free hand weighting on her hip as Jayr thought, "Thats right in the changing room my locker should be open I might have an extra one that might fit you just fine."

[Dylan Cross]

She waited for the girl to give her the answer... It seemed like forever as she looked her over and the others laughed at her attempt to join the squad.

"You're a lucky girl, first day of practice and we have plenty of room,"

Everyone seemed rather surprised... but Dylan was the most surprised. This had to be a joke or something.... No way she would have been accepted into something like this so easily without some form of prank behind it...

Dylan was just about to comment on the fact she hadn't come ready... only to be interrupted with the answer to her unspoken situation.

She had to borrow her clothes?

Wow...make a girl feel awkward.

Dylan nodded. "Yah...Kay... what ever you say." she headed towards the change room and found the labeled locker. She opened it and grabbed the "uniform". She changed as quickly as she could and then found herself staring at a mirror. This so didn't suit her... she looked like a preppy teen bopper.... she tied her hair back into a pony tail and huffed out some air. Her freckles really didn't help the look...she just looked all the more ditzty...

"What did you do." she asked herself in a small mumble...more in a statement rather than question. Now after her little self scolding she left the change room to await the stares that watched her every move...hoping she would trip or something. Well...fuck 'em. She joined the group and kept her eyes at the lead cheer leader giving her a nod.

"K...Ready."

[Jayr Byrne]

F. I. G. H. T. Fight

Jayr grinned as the girl took off to the changing room a small inkling in the back of her head thinking that was a great decision for the team, sure she may look a bit uncoordinated but things would work out. Of course when one of the returning students came up behind Jayr with a sudden thrust of her finger towards her shoulder implying violence Jayr froze up turning around with a small smile as if nothing had happened.

"So you're going to let trailer trash on this team? Seriously Jayr I think we have a better reputation to live up to then allowing things like THAT." Her voice railing on like that of a Beverly hills valley girl.

"Are you the Captain? Then get out of my face!" Jayr's response fierce like a lioness her teeth barred in front of her sending the girl Lucy into a reverse. Soon as she was back in line with the rest getting fanned and backed up by the others Jayr showed a victorious smile still holding fiercely to her own title of sorts. Who says this world wasn't as fierce as a man's in was expected of them to fight for every inch that being a psychological war as well.

"K...Ready."

That very same wide grin perking up as Jayr bounced around with a perky smile welcoming Dylan back, "Alright good now lets get started."

Jayr would peel around her front to the group as though to demonstrate her eyes up at the stands focused on an invisible crowd. "So the chant is going to start out like this. This is our Fight Song."

Jayr would cough quickly into her balled palm stepping forward to the group grabbing two girls by the arm first and then leading Dylan to them as well. "So each girl is going to form a letter behind the main group though not until the crowd actually calls it out to us okay, Sort of think of yourselves as the etch-a-sketch board of the masses of drunken blabbering kids up there." Jayr would giggle.

"We're gonna spell fight in a way thats better
So when I say get on up, you just shout the letter,
Get on up, F,
Get on up, I,
Get on up, G,
Get on up, H,
Get on up, T,
What's that spell?
FIGHT!
What do we do?
FIGHT!
One more time,
FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT!"

Jayr would speak it out first so that they could catch on quickly, yes she wasn't exactly the best at impromptu teachings but she'd suspected that there'd be some quick witted talent to accompany her on this trip. She'd smile widely to show off how focused she was despite screaming inside, she was honestly really nervous now. Deep breaths as she reverted about to turn to Dylan for perhaps support seeing as now they were both the black sheep's here for standing out.

[Dylan Cross]

They were getting started and Dylan had been guided to join a few people. She heard the cheer and tried her best to remember it... seemed easy enough? Dylan then caught the glance from Jayr. She wasn't used to being the one who gets turned to for support. She was also sure some of these people knew more than she did.

Dylan nodded with a sincere smile. What did the girl expect? She was hoping she wasn't expecting some input 'cause Dylan had no cheer leading experience... She would break dance on the streets with some people... but that's about it. She wasn't flexible in anyway nor had she ever tried her hand at making a rhyme.

"It seems kind of weak."

Dylan looked over to who spoke... she seemed rather.... bitter. Dylan would smile and roll her eyes back at Jayr. She decided to feel flattered by their actions... she was worth enough of their time to worry about.

"Really... what is stronger?" she replied in a calm voice, looking at Jayr rather than the one who stepped in.

"We Fight

F-I-G-H-T

We Fight!

For the Right!

F-I-G-H-T

TO CLAIM VICTORY!"

Dylan snorted a laugh when she heard the cheer. No words could explain how lame that sounded... so better off with no comment... yet again..lets twist their panties up.

"How 'bout this." she pointed at one of the girls that were behind the loud ones. "What's your name?"

"Dayna..."

"Ok... so this is how it would go if you and I were doing this cheer..."

Here comes making a fool of myself...just to make the leader's cheer better...

"Hey Dayna?

Hey what?

Hey Dayna?

Hey what hey what?

How do you spell your Victory?

I check my "V" I dot my "I" I cuuurl my "C-T-O-R-Y"!

She cuuurls her "C-T-O-R-Y!"

Now... Que laughter...

[Jayr Byrne]

Leading from the rear.

Jayr turned around expecting that the other girls would be bound to do the same in synchronism, she was hopeful but far from an optimist as she noted the voices from behind her were not synchronized as the laid out cheer. She'd just caught word of the little insult dashed out when she turned around doe eyed expressing her sympathies as the two had it out with words and harsh glances. More of the latter being directed towards Dylan at the time seeing as she'd developed the least support thus far. And it made sense too why her and Jayr were being excluded, from the moment she walked in there was a sort of feeling that she noted that they were something of newbies. However initiative spoke plainly as Jayr took the job of Captain here.

"How do you spell your Victory?

I check my "V" I dot my "I" I cuuurl my "C-T-O-R-Y"!

She cuuurls her "C-T-O-R-Y!"

A small muffled giggle as Jayr seemed to be the only one to laugh at the thing, she saw it a lot as just kids fighting in the sand box and of course felt higher at the point the girl who'd taken it harshly stepped forward to aim a slap at Dylan.

A quick raspy Gasp as Jayr would step forward quickly cutting her short of the slap. "Okay practice is over, go cool off okay.." Jayr would speak quickly directing all of them to take off. Her position unwavering from where it was till they'd all branched off to the changing rooms.

"Phew... Welcome to cheer camp home of the cheerocracy and looks like you and me are at the pinnacle of it." Jayr giggled lightly her eyes stopping on Dylan for a moment before moving back to give the girl a bit of room.

"I hope this hasn't changed your mind about joining, I could always use the extra help seeing as I'm the black sheep Captain at the moment. I'm Jayr by the way." A quick gesture of her hand to shake feeling it was appropriate for the timing as they'd wait for the changing room to clear.

[Dylan Cross]

Jayr laughed at the cheer and Dylan smiled in return... guess it was just her and Jayr who got the joke? It would appear so when a girl was JUST about to make a move to slap Dylan across the face. Luckily the head cheer leader cut her off and kicked them off to the change room. Dylan was probably going to wait until they were all done with the room rather than go in there in a closed of space with a mob of angry girls. Dylan liked her eyes too much to be clawed out.


"Phew... Welcome to cheer camp home of the cheerocracy and looks like you and me are at the pinnacle of it." Dylan laughed at the joke. "I hope this hasn't changed your mind about joining, I could always use the extra help seeing as I'm the black sheep Captain at the moment. I'm Jayr by the way."

Dylan would nod and reach out for a good ol' handshake "Nah.. I really don't care what they think or do. If anything it is gonna entertain me.. and my name is Dylan." her thumb would point into the direction behind her...the change room. "Sorry about starting that shit... Thought I should put them in their place...I know I shouldn't have...'cause they probably out rank me... but I felt like they were just being d-bags..." her laugh was a little nervous. Not every day she talked to a cheer leader...Though luckily this one seemed decent.

[Jayr Byrne]

Wanna hang?

Jayr simply pursed her lips towards Dylan's entire reply, it wasn't that she was upset it was just her neutral stance a frame of thought that appeared both sexy and deadly. As for the girls, she didn't know many of them but from the looks of things it'd be a hard few weeks before they got anything successful done as a team let alone actually support the other sports and even do a few rallies. Of course at this point Jayr was just being ambitious, her mind aloft with ideals that'd probably come to play much farther in the future.

"Don't worry about it, I'm sure the same thing would've happened if we invited them to eat somewhere that didn't suit their Carb diet." Jayr smiled reassuringly her mind drifting away towards playful habits or even something that was strewn far away from the dismal traces of Cheering.

"Hey speaking of which, you wanna go hang out after this? Theres really not much to do this early in the school year and I could use a buddy." Jayr grinned widely not trying to come off as desperate but seriously she was beginning to feel a tad bit lonely what with chasing off the few boys here let alone probably scaring the living shit out of Astrid. She needed some real girl-girl bonding.

[Dylan Cross]

So this Jayr girl had a sense of humor which was a great relief. It was nice to talk to the first person you met and have them actually pretty cool.

"Hey speaking of which, you wanna go hang out after this? Theres really not much to do this early in the school year and I could use a buddy." Dylan was slightly taken aback from the question. Her head tilted at and angle and a single brow cocked. All she was waiting for what a "just kidding...like I would hang out with you" type deal... but there was nothing...

Wow was it that easy to make a friend? She never knew the difficulty due to growing up in a small town.

"Um..actually yeah I would love to... I'm pretty sure I'm in need of a buddy... literally just moved here like...yesterday and I finished the tour of the school like....just before the practice."

Kay you can shut up now..you're annoying...

Dylan's attention was caught when all the girl's left the change room and all staring at them with their judgmental eyes of...judgment!

Now that the changing room was free....

"Shall we?" Dylan would gesture to the door with her arms as if she were a display girl on a game show... fashioning off some new, hot car. Dylan would enter the room and gather up her clothes. Once finished she would fold the uniform and hand it back to Jayr. "Thanks for letting me borrow this..."

[Jayr Byrne]

A unifying cause

"Um..actually yeah I would love to... I'm pretty sure I'm in need of a buddy... literally just moved here like...yesterday and I finished the tour of the school like....just before the practice."

YEAY! Jayr would smile brightly, her slouch averting quickly upright as she clapped her hands quickly at an angle with the palms as not to make a huge deal out of the thing despite how awesome it truly was.

"Shall we?"

Her gesture coming off very, what was the word, overexerted. But Jayr didn't mind she'd never really had a girlfriend before so it was nice to see she was putting forth the effort. It meant that she was trying to do this whole thing anyways. So Jayr simply smiled in return granting her own little mock bow of thanks before bouncing her way in quickly making to get changed out of the stuck up little cheerleader's outfit and into something a bit cutsie.

"Thanks for letting me borrow this..."

The quick smile and a gesture of kindliness as Jayr took it and stuffed the cloths away in her locker, "Its really no problem, I'll be sure that next practice you have something less second hand to wear, I mean gotta feel like its yours before it means something."

Slipping on the high heels Jayr came out looking an extra head taller than she had before sizing up to most of the boys and this school despite her common slouch of her knees that built her a tad shorter.

"Okay, so lets get out of here before the football guys come into gawk." Jayr would giggle quickly her paced strides long and gracious taking her out the quick way down the halls as she carried under an arm her books she'd been meaning to bring home today to prepare for a Calculus quiz. Yup early in the school year and she was already thrown some hard exams.

"Right, so now you wanna carpool with me so we can eat somewhere, I'm not all too sure of the good places downtown but we're bound to find some place so long as we're together and not trying to follow one another." Jayr would say as she leaned up against her yellow Camero. The click of the door as she leaned in tossing her books aside carelessly where they landed making a mental note to herself to be more careful not to misplace them again.

[Dylan Cross]

Dylan looked over Jayr's outfit and suddenly she felt a little under dressed. Could she feel any more under dressed? Actually yes... But still... She looked like a princess and Dylan felt like the popper.

Jayr then would lead them out of the school and Dylan of course swiped her backpack before leaving the gym. Dylan tried keeping up her pace, but she found that it was hard when she had no idea where she was going. Of course she wasn't shown the shortcut in the schools so this was going to confuse her.... that and the little tour that was given to her didn't stick exactly.

"Right, so now you wanna carpool with me so we can eat somewhere, I'm not all too sure of the good places downtown but we're bound to find some place so long as we're together and not trying to follow one another."

"Seems fine with me." Dylan would shrug. Why was it fine? Dylan didn't even own a car. Being broke as shit would do that to a person.

She looked over to her car and walked over to the passenger side. She hopped in and set her backpack on her lap and done up her seat belt. "Ready when you are..."

[Jayr Byrne]

Unstoppable

Jayr would turn back a wide grin as she punched the car into reverse as she peeled out of the spot and tore off out of the parking lot at top speed, she didn't mind it was not like there were very many other drivers here at this time. Though she'd been warned on many occasions she should drive safer, its not like Alexi had an unlimited bank account.

She giggled quickly peeling the windows down and would stick an arm out to grasp the wind so to speak a quick young smile darting towards Dylan. A part of her unsure how to spark up conversation seeing as Dylan was quite new to this place and the simple fact alone that she wasn't sure what they had in common but she'd try.

"So how'd you come to join the team? Just a fancy?" Jayr said with a loud tone to compensate over the wind.

It wasn't intended to be pressuring because truthfully she was happy that she had someone she could relate to under a situation like this. Even a potential friend for that matter, the hole things was just different.

[Dylan Cross]

Dylan smiled in return of the small giggle that came from the girl who was driving the car. She watched as she rolled down her window and stuck her arm outside the window. Dylan remember when she was little her mom would always tell her to not stick her arm out the window... She never listened, but one time a rock came up from the tire and hit her in the arm..... yeah.... hurts...

"So how'd you come to join the team? Just a fancy?"

Dylan thought about the question for a bit. HMMM... "Well, I came from a small town and only time I ever saw a cheer routine was on the TV or in the Movies... aside from today. I donno... probably some new ground for me and I wanted to try it... I like doing new things. That and I love to dance... no where near close to a cheer squad type deal... but yeah." her voice was loud as well to make up for the wind blowing into the vehicle. "How about you?"

She would wait for the answer and would listen to it... she didn't want to ignore someone who could potentially be her friend. As she would listen she would look out the window and see a restaurant that caught her interest. Why did it catch her attention? 'Cause she knew damn well it was in her price range. First she stuck her hand in her pocket to check if she still had her lunch money...yup... good so ordering just a water was out of the equation. "Can we eat there? I like their burgers." she would point at the building....

Pleeeeeeeeease don't say no and suggest a five star place....