It's Wednesday and as much as I hate to say this... I was wrong. I knew Stella never took drugs, but it took me by such a shock that I just believed that she actually took them. I should've listened to her. She's never gave me any reason not to trust her.

So here I am. Two hours before the pep rally, driving to Stella's house to apologize for my mistakes.

I pull up outside of her house and see her car in the driveway. I get out of my car and adjust my cheer uniform, so I look put together.

"Here goes nothing" I say as I walk onto her front porch and knock on the front door.

"Why are you here?" I hear Easton say as he opens the door, I take a deep breath and release it

"I came to apologize to you and Stella. I've been a bitch lately" I say as I laugh humorlessly "I honestly don't blame you for how you reacted when I told you about the drugs" I say as I give him a small smile.

He stares at me for a long couple of seconds before the corner of his lip turns upwards and he pulls me in for a hug, I hug him back and relax before I pull away.

"Aren't you supposed to be at the school warming up with the rest of the football players?" I ask him in confusion

"I was heading there before you came knocking at the door" he said matter of factly

"Oh, I'm sorry. I'll just head up and talk to Stella" I say as I walk past him and up the stairs until I reach Stella's room.

I take a deep breath and knock on the door, but no one answers the door so I walk into her room and see her in the middle of her room rocking back and forth with her arms wrapped around her knees.

I immediately rush towards her and drop onto my knees so that I can pull her into my chest and hug her.

Her breathing was erratic and she had mascara streaks down her face. She had bags under her eyes that looked like she hasn't slept in days. She was in sweat pants and a sweatshirt. She smelt like she hadn't had a shower in a couple days either. I was worried.

I couldn't help but ask. Did I do this to her?

"Shh- it's going to be okay" I say as I rub her back soothingly

"I'm so sorry. I didn't mean for any of this to happen" I say as I start to get teary eyed

Please don't tell me I caused this to happen.

"Relax Amelia," Stella says sternly

"It's just a panic attack, I'll be fine" she says as she shakily breathes in and out

"I'm not leaving until you calm down" I say calmly as she pulls away from me and looks me in the eyes

"Why? You didn't seem to care when you were practically calling me a drug addict" she says with a hard expression but I understood why

"I know. I was wrong for what I did. I was just so shocked by what they told me, that I didn't want to hear anymore" I say as I look her in her bloodshot eyes

"I do trust you. But what if you were actually doing those drugs, I wouldn't have known what to do" I say as a single tear falls from my eye but I immediately wipe it away.

She suddenly pulls me into a hug as more tears start to fall down my face.

"I care so much about you Stella," I say as the tears start to flow freely now "I don't want to see you hurt yourself or your future" I say as she rubs my back and kisses the top of my head

"I understand" she says causing me to squeeze her waist in a hug of appreciation

"I forgive you, I can never stay mad at you" she says as she pulls away and wipes my tears

"Stella, I appreciate you and everything you do for me," I say as I grab her hands

"But can you please take a shower" I say causing us to let out a genuine laugh

"Okay, I'll quickly get ready before we leave" she says confusing me

"Where are you going?" I ask like I missed something important

She smiles at my reaction "I'm going to the pep rally to see you cheer. You're cheering for the both of us now" she says causing me to mimic her smile

"Aww, you have thirty minutes by the way" I say as I stand up and laugh at her shocked expression.

"Let's go" Stella says running past me down the stairs and outside towards my car causing me to laugh at her eager attitude and follow her.

Man, I missed her.

"Amelia, what the hell took you so long?" Emma scolds me as I walk up beside her with my pom poms in hand

"I was talking to my best friend, sorry" I say unapologetically as the timer goes off before the football players run out

"I didn't make you co-cheer captain so that you could disappoint me" she says before the rest of the cheerleaders, including her, start cheering for the football players.

"Everyone, give a round of applause for our Rosewood High football team" the announcer yells as the players do warm ups before they split into two groups, equally, and start to play.

"They need encouragement." I hear Emma say as she studies both teams intently as if it were a real football game

"Amelia, lead us in our first cheer of the night" Emma says in a no argument voice.

I walk out of the huddle and look forward so that I'm currently facing the bleachers where everybody is looking at either the game behind us or they're looking at me.

"Ready. Okay." I yell as I clap my pom pom clad hands together and get ready to cheer

"Be aggressive, B-E aggressive!" All the cheerleaders yell in sync

"B-E A-G-G-R-E-S-S-I-V-E" We yell out as we face the football players again

"Be aggressive!" We screamed one last time before someone scored a touchdown making all of us go wild.

I looked at the dudes jersey number and saw the number three, I make sure to engrave that in my mind just in case the information is needed.

"We're going to give our players a little break and call halftime" the announcer says as he explains where the food stands and drinks are

"Hey, I'm going to go get a drink" I say as I tap Emma's shoulder

"Okay, hurry back. You're leading us again in ten minutes" she says before she turns back to talking with Amber about god knows what.

I walk over the the consession stand and ask for a bottled water, as soon as I get my bottle there's a problem

"Amelia, help. Easton is hurt" a random boy with the Jersey number sixteen says making me confused

Why was he telling me?

"Where is he?" I ask as my voice gets more stern, I wasn't able to tell if the guy got scared by my tone or not since he was still wearing his helmet

"I'll show you" he says as he jogs in the direction of the locker rooms

I jog after him as he stops in front of the girls locker rooms but he quickly pushes me in and locks the door before I could do anything .

What the fuck.

"Hello" I yelled as I continuously banged on the door

"Open the door, idiot" I yell as I try to kick the door, but it does nothing

I go to bang on the door again, but I'm stopped by a voice

"It won't work, I've already tried" He said

"Easton?" I ask as I turn around and see him casually sitting on one of the benches

"Do you know who did this?" I ask as I walk towards him with a panicked expression on my face

"They're going to play a prank on the cheerleaders" he says simply as he looks at me with no emotion in his eyes

What is wrong with him. Is he okay.

"Who is they?" I ask

"The football team" he says

I try to wrack my brain for any possible reason why or who would do this

"Why?" I ask

"Because no one likes them. Those bitches are getting a taste of their own medicine." He says simply as he leans back still sporting and emotionless expression

"I'm one of them. Why am I not out there?" I ask confused as I bang on the door again and hope to get someone's attention

"You think I don't know about you," He states as he stands up and slowly walks towards me in an intimidating manor

"You think I don't know about your feelings for me," He states first as my eyes go wide in shock

"You think I don't know about Emma pretty much worshipping you until you became co cheer captain," he says as he stops in front of me

"You think I only want the best for you, well you're wrong" he states as he goes back towards his seat and glares at me

"I'll admit, maybe I did at first. Until you broke my heart," he says as he scowls at me "the day you broke my heart is the day I stopped caring for you" he says simply and emotionless

"Then why am I not out there? Getting whatever punishment the other cheerleaders are getting" I ask carefully

"I owe you one. I didn't think you were going to apologize to me, so I'm repaying the favor by helping you out" He states

"I apologized to you because I care about you" I say as I slowly make my way towards him

"You're mouth says one thing, but your actions say another" he says as he stares me deep in the eyes

"My actions say another?" I ask as I start to get a little frustrated

"Yes" he says as he looks away from me

I grab his hand and lace our fingers together

"I'm sorry for the way I've been acting the past few days, but it's in the past. I can't do anything about it now" I say as he meets my eyes again, but this time an emotion passes through them.

Love.

My heart immediately clenches and I gasp.

He gets up and walks out the door that is now suddenly unlocked

When did the door open. Nevermind that, who the hell was that. That was not Easton. And what did he mean about me leaving him heartbroken. Did he like me?

I walked out of the locker room and towards the back of the school where the pep rally was being held

"Hey, what's wrong? You just disappeared" I hear Stella say as she grabs my arm when I walk past the bleachers, I turn to look at her and she has a look of sadness and confusion on her face

"Um, I'm fine" I say as smile to try and make it look realistic

"Where the hell were you?" I heard Emma yell from behind me

I turn around to see not only her, but the whole entire cheer squad covered in this yellow gooey substance that smells like rotten fish

Is this what Easton meant when he said that he was saving me.

"I went to the bathroom" I lie so I don't have to explain the whole conversation with Easton

"Thanks to your tiny bladder, we got this stuff poured on us. Now we're the biggest joke of the whole school" she says as she crosses her arms

"Bitches get what they deserve" I heard the emotionless voice say, I turn to see him underneath the bleachers, but I turn to my left and I see Stella staring at me with a worried expression

What is happening...