32.

I didn't realise the roots of my jealousy could run so deep for a boy who wasn't even mine.

And with Sam, I had never felt this way before - I didn't need to. Girls weren't exactly throwing themselves at him, and he only had eyes for me, since the beginning.

But with him, it was more complicated than that.

The third whistle.

It was our turn to come in, and introduce the players.

This is how cheerleading usually went - you had to start the game, cheer the last two minutes before half time was up, then cheer at the end, if your team won that was.

The first game wasn't so big, as our college played against Lake Washington - over the progression of the season, more and more competitive teams were thrown into the mix.

We won them all, and so we moved up the ranks fairly quickly.

Until of course, we didn't.

But I'll stay in the present, for now.

I took up my position behind Mia as the players moved aside, passing the crowd attention on to us.