BRING IT ON : AGAIN.

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Cheerleading try outs weren't that bad. It felt nice knowing that because Greg talked to Marni and Tina beforehand, they weren't as mean to me as they were to the others. So now, Monica, Whittier and I stood in a line waiting for Marni to tell us whether or not we made the team.

"Welcome to the team!" Marni congratulated as she handed me a cheer uniform. I walked off to the side before seeing Whittier beside me as we wore large grins, squealing when Monica joined us as well.

Whittier chose a locker across from Monica and I. She turned in her underwear holding the uniform in front of her, "I am never taking this off!"

"So, you just plan on showering with that thing on too?" I questioned pretending to gag before rapidly ducking once I noticed Whittier try to throw something from her locker in my direction.

'"Even after you're dead in the ground?" Monica added with a laugh.

"Totally." Whittier grinned swinging the skirt around. The sound of the lockers being hit directed our attention to the left where Tina stood with a smile that seemed a bit forced. She held a diet coke in her hand as she walked forward.

"Congratulations, my little pumpkins," Tina started as Whittier quickly sat down with Monica and I standing behind her, "You have now joined the best of the best of the best. Here's Marni with some light reading." Marni came around the corner and handed us each our own largely stuffed binder that seemed to hold a lot of information.

"Now, study those rule books and wear those uniforms with pride. People have given their ankles, ligaments, collarbones... in service to those uniforms you have on your taut little bodies. 'Cause from here on out you must be the "bomb diggity." You must eat leaner, train meaner, jump higher, yell louder and out-pep anyone who stands in your way. You must brush better, floss better, lather, rinse and repeat better... In other words, you must be better in every aspect of your life. Are you ready for all that?" Monica and I glanced at each other before turning back to the Tina and giving her a slow nod in response. She must've realized that Whittier was still processing it all when she called for her attention, "Whittier?!"

"Uh, uh, uh...." Her lack of response caused Marni and Tina to retreat in their own directions away from us causing me to laugh. There wasn't any practice today for the new recruits so Monica and I started packing up our stuff once that was over, eventually having to harshly pull Whittier along who still seemed to be dwelling over her thoughts.

As we were making our way to our dorm room I could see Seojun from afar waving me over. I let the two continue to walk to our dorm before I turned and headed in Seojun's direction. "Hey! Sorry you had to see me calling you over like a maniac, I never got your name at Orientation so I didn't know how else to get your attention..." Seojun shrugged as he confessed causing me to laugh. He had an accent that told me English wasn't his first language but I wasn't going to ask about that, I'm kind of surprised that he was putting in the effort of speaking to me in English even if you could tell that it wasn't that simple for him.

"I kind of realized that too. But actually, I'm Kelly." I said with a small grin.

"Kelly? I like it. It's nice."

I smiled bashfully turning to look to the side, "Thank you."

We continued to stare at each other unsure of what to say before Seojun spoke up once more. "Would you like to go get something to eat with me? I'll pay."

"Sure."

We walked beside each other to a Denny's that had been right across the street from where my dorm was at. Soon sitting in a secluded booth in the corner of the restaurant, I glanced up from my menu to look at Seojun who had been sitting across from me and already looking at me as well. "Sorry for me asking, but why were you out so late?"

He waved me off in reassurance before placing the menu down, "I had a night class. I'm working most of the time so I kind of had to take those classes."

"Where?" I questioned genuinely curious.

Seojun rubbed at the back of his neck when the waiter brought the food back and waited until he left before speaking up, "Well, I do work-study in the cafeteria with Derek. I'm not sure if you know him but he's the one who pulled me away at Orientation and he's one of my best friends. Aside from that though, I also do part-time in an audio store and full-time as a student. The rest of the time I play soccer on the schools team."

"Oh wow. Why do you work so much?"

I laughed as I started to eat when Seojun gave me a smile, "Because my father wouldn't pay for my tuition unless I declared premed. He believes playing a sport for a living is stupid."

"Ah okay... and you didn't want to be a doctor so..."

"So, I work. But what about you?"

"I'm a cheerleader and full-time student but my father is paying for my tuition while my mother is paying for my sister's. They kind of have this thing where they split who's paying between the siblings." I was talking and making these gestures with my hands that seemed to have Seojun stare at me in amusement as he helped me out of the booth after paying as we made our way out of the restaurant.

"I don't want to pry but what do they do for a living?"

Sighing softly in content at the air the was felt around us I glanced at him for a moment before directing my sights to the sky, "Well my father actually is a detective in a Special Victims Unit in New York while my mother happens to be a lawyer."

"Wow."

Turning back towards him, we stared at each other for a few seconds before bursting into soft laughter as we walked to my dorm where he kissed my cheek as a farewell when it was time for him to leave.