Small-Town

Official

I walked outside to my car and smiled. 

Jacob and I were official. 

Nobody besides our families knew. 

It made me nervous though. 

Rylee texted me saying she quit cheerleading. 

I tried to get her to reconsider, but she refused. 

And now that I'm dating Jacob I feel like it's partially my fault. 

Sure, she didn't know about us, But once she finds out...Lets just say we wont be getting her back. 

After Rylee quit I notified out coach right away and she took Rylee off the list. 

"Claire!" I hear a voice yell. 

And I knew exactly who it was. 

"What?" I ask, turning around to see Jacob by his car. 

"Come on! I want to give my girlfriend a ride to school!" Jacob smiles. 

I roll my eyes. 

"Please?" He pouts. 

"Fine" I laugh. 

I walk over to his driveway and get in on the passengers side of the car. 

"Great. We not only are the stereotypical cheerleader and football player couple, but we are the annoyingly cute couple" I giggle.

"Only because you're half of it" Jacob says, stealing a kiss. 

I roll my eyes and get buckled. 

Jacob starts the car and we start the drive to school. 

I look out the window and take a deep breath as I start nervously chewing on my bottom lip. 

Jacob rests his hand on my knee and I calm down. 

Here we go.

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The day went by in a blur. 

People being supportive and of course the occasional jealous girl.

Rylee wasn't at school today, but I knew it would be all over social media. 

We didn't have cheer practice today so I decided to walk home to avoid bugging Jacob. 

When I got home I noticed everyone was still gone. 

It was weird coming home early. 

My parents were working and who knows where my sister and Carlos were. 

I walk inside and set my bag down. 

"I'm home!" I yell. 

No answer. 

I sigh and walk over to the freezer, pulling out mint chocolate chip ice cream. 

"Claire?" I hear Carlos ask. 

I turn around to see him standing behind the counter shirtless. 

"You're home early" He gulps. 

"Don't worry, I was just grabbing a snack, then I'll go upstairs and you and my sister can keep making babies" I smile, grabbing a spoon from the drawer. 

Carlos' face goes red "We weren't-"  

"Save it" I laugh. 

I run upstairs and go to my room, closing the door behind me.