User blog:Scarly/The Diary of Scarlet Smith: Holiday Romance - Chapter 6: Day 9 & 10 - "Hi, I'm Pinky, Your Life Long Frenemy."

Day 9:

I woke up in a better mood, I wasn't totally happy or glowing or anything. But, I didn't feel depressed. Mandy had been stressing about cheerleading, saying everything needed to be perfect for when school started, a week away. Even I got excited about it, even though I wasn't even going to this school.

It was the same old stuff, normal cheering, x jumps, etc. I was even starting to get good at the toe touch, but still slightly stumbled on landing. It was all going well, until another girl joined us. When her and Mandy greeted each other, it looked so superficial.

"Pinky! Oh my god! I didn't think you would be back until next week!!" Mandy said, with fake enthusiasm.

"Mandy! Well, I couldn't wait to see all my friends again!" Pinky replied, with equal amounts of fake enthusiasm.

Mandy and Pinky hugged each other, and shared a few 'in jokes'. Pinky then talked with the other girls, except Anita - who didn't seem to care. She froze when she saw me.

"Who's this?" Pinky asked, glancing over her shoulder at Mandy.

"Sandy, she filled in for you," Mandy told her, then responded with "Whatever" when I corrected her.

Pinky sneered at me, as Mandy filled her in on what happened the past couple of weeks. I sat on the bleachers, acting as nonchalant as I could. Anita sat next to me, and actually talked to me.

"You should ignore her, I do. It works perfectly," Anita told me. She brushed her golden windswept hair out of her eyes, it looked like it was actual strings of golden. She was so beautiful, just how I wished I could look. Curvy and beautiful, but in a natural kind of way.

"That I can do," I replied with a smile.

"Sandy right?" Anita asked, clearly under the impression that my name was Sandy.

"No, Scarlet," I corrected, with a false smile.

"Oh, I get it. When I joined the squad, she called me Amy. Then after a while it was Annie, then eventually Anita. Then when Ted hit on me, it was Fat Whore," Anita said, smiling at the last nickname.

I laughed, because I could totally imagine that. "So, she likes Ted?" I enquired.

"Maybe, I stopped caring about gossip, to be honest," Anita replied.

I would have carried on talking to her, but Ted walked in. The first thing I thought of, was when I saw him stood on the outlook, looking over the rail.

I actually smiled at the sight of him, because I knew he did like me back. I didn't notice before, but he was talking with Kirby, Damon and Casey. I stood up, and casually walked towards them.

But, I caught the attention of the wrong boy, Casey. He smirked at me cockily, but he was soon distracted when he saw Anita bending over to pick up a pompom she had dramatically dropped. He soon rushed off, to hit on her. I smiled, as I pretended to be interested in what they were talking about. It was mostly sports, and football scores and stuff. Kirby and Damon rushed off to play basket ball.

"Hi," I said, with a smile.

"Hey," Ted replied, with a smile.

"Um...." I didn't know what to say, because things did feel a little awkward.

"Tomorrow, I was thinking about hanging out at the carnival.." he said, awkwardly brushing his hand through his hair. "Maybe... we could..."

"That would be cool," I said, casually.

But, on the inside I wanted to scream with joy. He was hot, and even though he had dated my sister, he still wanted to ask me out. The rest of the day was a joyous blur, I was thinking about my date.

Author's Notes

Currently unfinished, I hope to finish it soon.