***Sunday, September 5:
*Afternoon, my crib
**Spirit Level:
**Cheered Out
OK, so this was supposed to be the first day of my new, totally
fantastic life as a Port Angeles School Titan Cheerleader. BUT instead,
it's the day that I, Madison Jane Hays, got rejected from the Titans and
forced to join the dreaded, B-Squad Grizzly Bears. That's right. My name
was sandwiched in between Jared "Jazzhands" Handler and "Toxic" Tabitha
Sue Stevens. Oh, and the girl who can't even speak English, Katarina
Tarasov. Yup, we're one big hairy family. I went from being a god-like
Titan to a lowly Grizzly in like, five seconds. My life. Is Seriously.
O-V-E-R. I mean, who cheers at chess matches !! I'm never going to make
it to Nationals with a team like this. All I've ever wanted to do in
life is cheer for the Titans. My mom (the most gorgeous, youngest
ex-Titan cheerleader of ALL TIME, BTW) must be so disappointed! How she
ended up with such a spastic daughter, I'll never know. What I DO know?
If I don't whip this team into shape fast, I'll literally DIE from
embarrassment. Thank goodness I have my BFFs Lanie and Evan to keep me
sane--otherwise, I might SERIOUSLY lose it.
When Maddy's triple flip becomes a major FLOP during tryouts, the whole
gym echoes with the snickers from the Titan cheerleading triumvirate:
Katie Parker, Clementine Prescott, and Hilary Cho. Forced to join the
challenged B-Squad Grizzlies instead, Maddy realizes that to become a
Titan she'll need to whip the Grizzlies into shape first. Will Maddy
ever land on top of the pyramid with a squad like this? Maybe not, but
when her awesome designs for new Grizzly uniforms get revealed at a big
game, even the Titans are overheard whispering her name. Does this mean
what she thinks it means?
