We meet in the gym at 1 the next day. We go through the jumps and routine again. A few other girls join us. I recognize Willow from last year.
We find seats at 2 and Tadita stands on her box. "Welcome to cheer tryouts for football, soccer, and field hockey. Field hockey and soccer will have 1 team each. Football will have 3. I am aiming to put 8 girls per team. That is a maximum of 40 girls for the fall semester. Good luck everyone."
One of the judges stand up. "Emily Aaron, to the mat please."
An hour later, we're done with the jump portion.
Lexi stands up and cracks up laughing. "We didn't even have to say Lila farted this time."
"I appreciate that guys. It was a little embarrassing when you yelled it across the gym."
We get to the floor and can't pull it together. Tadita smiles a
