"Hey, Sheri, can you and Precious help us out a minute?" Blue asked,
approaching the cheerleaders before football practice.
"Uh, sure," Sheri replied, not having any clue what they would both her and Precious for. "Precious!" She called the other girl over.
"What?" Precious asked, wiping yellow paint from her hands.
"Blue?" Sheri turned it over to him and Sunshine.
"Well, we, some of the guys, were wondering if you could like teach us a.., a.., cheer or something we could say before the uh.., games, to, like boost team spirit or something," Sunshine responded. "But nothing to girly, or anything."
Both girls looked at each thier minds turning in the same direction for once.
"Not to girly, huh?" Sheri smiled. "Precious? Any ideas? All I'm coming up with is Go, Fight, Win."
"Nah. What about Everywhere We Go?" Precious replied.
"Yeah!" Her eyes lit up. "Listen," she told them. "Ready?"
Precious nodded.
"Everywhere we go-oh," Sheri started.
"Everywhere we go," Precious echoed.
"People want to know-oh."
"People want to know."
"Who we are.
"Who we are."
"So we tell them."
"So we tell them."
"We are the TITANS!"
"We are the TITANS!"
"The MIGHTY, MIGHTY titans!"
"The MIGHTY, MIGHTY titans!"
"Ooh, ahh, oh yeah, Ooh, ahh, oh yeah," the said together, twisting and moving with the words.
"Now that's cool," Blue admitted. "But, ain't no way I'm doing what ya'll were. If we moved like that, people would think we were...," he looked at Sunshine. "Well, you know what I mean."
"Sissie's?" Sheri laughed. "Meet us in the gym before school and we'll have come up with something less girlie. Okay with you, Precious?"
"I can't get to school before my bus," she replied. "But, I'll come when I get there."
"Okay, it's settled then," Sheri announced. "And I think Coach Boone is looking for you." She nodded across the field.
"Oh, man," Blue moaned as they took off for thier places before Boone and Yoast got to them.
"Do you think he's really..., gay?" Precious asked, looking at Sunshine.
"Nah," she shook her head. "You know Rae Kelly?"
"Yeah. She was the one who was going around to all the camps and stuff this summer writing for the paper."
"Right," Sheri nodded. "Anyway, he has a crush on her. I think she likes him too, but she's being a hard-headed mule, and her brother, BJ is being a horse's hind end, making the problem worse. But that's besides the point. The point is, Sunshine ain't gay. He only kissed Gerry to embarass Gerry in front of the team, cause Gerry embarassed him in front of his dad. And if you knew the Colonel, then you'd know that's a big deal to Sunshine."
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Sheri sat outside the field house, waiting for Gerry to come out. They were supposed to go out to eat with everyone after the game. Sheryll had went home with Truvy, and Coach was inside the field house, calling the hospital trying to find out something about Rev.
Poor Rev. Sheri couldn't believe he had gotten his wrist broke. If Ray had been blocking like he should have it wouldn't have happened. Maybe Ray did on purpose. She rubbed her wrist, that still bore ugly green fading bruises. Ray was horrible sometimes. She sat on a table and leaned back against the wall, waiting.
It wasn't long before the doors swung open and guys started pouring out, all talking and laughing, heading off in groups towards the parking lot. She smiled to herself as a group of freshman were still singing, 'we are the titans'. She didn't see Gerry leaning against the wall on the other side of the door for a few minutes.
She started towards him when Ray came out. Something caused her to pause. She didn't mean to overhear them, but she couldn't help it.
"Ray," Gerry said, stopping him. "You're out."
"What?"
"You're out. I'm not gonna let you play for this team anymore." Gerry looked so sad.
"Oh, yeah, Jerry Lewis," Ray scoffed. "Going to go and tell Coach Coon what to do again? But then he is your daddy now, ain't he?"
"I know you missed that block on purpose, Ray," Gerry tried to explain. "I gave you a chance to straighten up. What's with you lately, man? Grow up! Things have got to change sometimes. That means you too. Why can't you just accept that you have to go to school, play football, hell, share this world with guys like Petey? He is a great guy, but you never tried to see that. You have got to quit treating people the way you do, or you're going to get hurt. Bad."
"You're will to throw away our friendship for them?" Ray asked.
Gerry paused, trying to come up with an answer.
"You can have 'em." Ray started to walk off.
"You threw away our friendship," Gerry replied, quietly.
"What?" Ray turned back to face him.
"You threw away our friendship when you hurt Sheri." He said, louder.
Ray kind of smile, though it was a nasty smile. "It always goes back to her with you, doesn't it? She just a girl, man, there ain't nothing special about her. Just another girl, like any other."
"You know, you need to start treating girls better, too," Gerry replied, refusing to give in to his bait.
"Oh, now, you're telling me how to treat girls? That's good. But, then you know all about hurting Sherri, don't you?"
"You know, you're just lucky I didn't tell Coach what happened the other night," Gerry shot back. "I don't think he'd have been so quick to stop me then. He'd have killed you himself."
"Ain't nobody out here to stop you now," Ray answered. "Bring it on if you think you're man enough."
Gerry started towards Ray.
Sherri realized Gerry was going to hit him. "Gerry, no!" She caught his arm and tried to pull him back. He didn't even seem to notice her.
At the same time, Julius and Blue left the locker room. It took only a second for Julius to see what was going on. "Superman, he ain't worth it." He caught Gerry and pulled him back. "He ain't worth it."
Gerry stared at Ray then looked down at Sherri, who was now in front of him with her hands on his chest. She was shaking her head no. He pulled his arms away from Julius and hugged Sherri. "Get out of here, now!" He said to Ray. "Before I change my mind."
"You can have her," Ray smirked. "Every knows she little tramp, just like her mother, anyways." Then walked away.
Gerry started after him again, but Sheridan was still in front of him. "Let him go, Baby," she said. "I know no one really thinks I'm a tramp. It was the 'just like her mother' part that hurt." She smiled up at him.
He looked as her as if trying to decide is she was serious, then smiled, too. Sherri's feelings about her mother was well known to Gerry and Alan, and Rae. "Let's get out of here y'all. I'm starved."
"Uh, sure," Sheri replied, not having any clue what they would both her and Precious for. "Precious!" She called the other girl over.
"What?" Precious asked, wiping yellow paint from her hands.
"Blue?" Sheri turned it over to him and Sunshine.
"Well, we, some of the guys, were wondering if you could like teach us a.., a.., cheer or something we could say before the uh.., games, to, like boost team spirit or something," Sunshine responded. "But nothing to girly, or anything."
Both girls looked at each thier minds turning in the same direction for once.
"Not to girly, huh?" Sheri smiled. "Precious? Any ideas? All I'm coming up with is Go, Fight, Win."
"Nah. What about Everywhere We Go?" Precious replied.
"Yeah!" Her eyes lit up. "Listen," she told them. "Ready?"
Precious nodded.
"Everywhere we go-oh," Sheri started.
"Everywhere we go," Precious echoed.
"People want to know-oh."
"People want to know."
"Who we are.
"Who we are."
"So we tell them."
"So we tell them."
"We are the TITANS!"
"We are the TITANS!"
"The MIGHTY, MIGHTY titans!"
"The MIGHTY, MIGHTY titans!"
"Ooh, ahh, oh yeah, Ooh, ahh, oh yeah," the said together, twisting and moving with the words.
"Now that's cool," Blue admitted. "But, ain't no way I'm doing what ya'll were. If we moved like that, people would think we were...," he looked at Sunshine. "Well, you know what I mean."
"Sissie's?" Sheri laughed. "Meet us in the gym before school and we'll have come up with something less girlie. Okay with you, Precious?"
"I can't get to school before my bus," she replied. "But, I'll come when I get there."
"Okay, it's settled then," Sheri announced. "And I think Coach Boone is looking for you." She nodded across the field.
"Oh, man," Blue moaned as they took off for thier places before Boone and Yoast got to them.
"Do you think he's really..., gay?" Precious asked, looking at Sunshine.
"Nah," she shook her head. "You know Rae Kelly?"
"Yeah. She was the one who was going around to all the camps and stuff this summer writing for the paper."
"Right," Sheri nodded. "Anyway, he has a crush on her. I think she likes him too, but she's being a hard-headed mule, and her brother, BJ is being a horse's hind end, making the problem worse. But that's besides the point. The point is, Sunshine ain't gay. He only kissed Gerry to embarass Gerry in front of the team, cause Gerry embarassed him in front of his dad. And if you knew the Colonel, then you'd know that's a big deal to Sunshine."
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Sheri sat outside the field house, waiting for Gerry to come out. They were supposed to go out to eat with everyone after the game. Sheryll had went home with Truvy, and Coach was inside the field house, calling the hospital trying to find out something about Rev.
Poor Rev. Sheri couldn't believe he had gotten his wrist broke. If Ray had been blocking like he should have it wouldn't have happened. Maybe Ray did on purpose. She rubbed her wrist, that still bore ugly green fading bruises. Ray was horrible sometimes. She sat on a table and leaned back against the wall, waiting.
It wasn't long before the doors swung open and guys started pouring out, all talking and laughing, heading off in groups towards the parking lot. She smiled to herself as a group of freshman were still singing, 'we are the titans'. She didn't see Gerry leaning against the wall on the other side of the door for a few minutes.
She started towards him when Ray came out. Something caused her to pause. She didn't mean to overhear them, but she couldn't help it.
"Ray," Gerry said, stopping him. "You're out."
"What?"
"You're out. I'm not gonna let you play for this team anymore." Gerry looked so sad.
"Oh, yeah, Jerry Lewis," Ray scoffed. "Going to go and tell Coach Coon what to do again? But then he is your daddy now, ain't he?"
"I know you missed that block on purpose, Ray," Gerry tried to explain. "I gave you a chance to straighten up. What's with you lately, man? Grow up! Things have got to change sometimes. That means you too. Why can't you just accept that you have to go to school, play football, hell, share this world with guys like Petey? He is a great guy, but you never tried to see that. You have got to quit treating people the way you do, or you're going to get hurt. Bad."
"You're will to throw away our friendship for them?" Ray asked.
Gerry paused, trying to come up with an answer.
"You can have 'em." Ray started to walk off.
"You threw away our friendship," Gerry replied, quietly.
"What?" Ray turned back to face him.
"You threw away our friendship when you hurt Sheri." He said, louder.
Ray kind of smile, though it was a nasty smile. "It always goes back to her with you, doesn't it? She just a girl, man, there ain't nothing special about her. Just another girl, like any other."
"You know, you need to start treating girls better, too," Gerry replied, refusing to give in to his bait.
"Oh, now, you're telling me how to treat girls? That's good. But, then you know all about hurting Sherri, don't you?"
"You know, you're just lucky I didn't tell Coach what happened the other night," Gerry shot back. "I don't think he'd have been so quick to stop me then. He'd have killed you himself."
"Ain't nobody out here to stop you now," Ray answered. "Bring it on if you think you're man enough."
Gerry started towards Ray.
Sherri realized Gerry was going to hit him. "Gerry, no!" She caught his arm and tried to pull him back. He didn't even seem to notice her.
At the same time, Julius and Blue left the locker room. It took only a second for Julius to see what was going on. "Superman, he ain't worth it." He caught Gerry and pulled him back. "He ain't worth it."
Gerry stared at Ray then looked down at Sherri, who was now in front of him with her hands on his chest. She was shaking her head no. He pulled his arms away from Julius and hugged Sherri. "Get out of here, now!" He said to Ray. "Before I change my mind."
"You can have her," Ray smirked. "Every knows she little tramp, just like her mother, anyways." Then walked away.
Gerry started after him again, but Sheridan was still in front of him. "Let him go, Baby," she said. "I know no one really thinks I'm a tramp. It was the 'just like her mother' part that hurt." She smiled up at him.
He looked as her as if trying to decide is she was serious, then smiled, too. Sherri's feelings about her mother was well known to Gerry and Alan, and Rae. "Let's get out of here y'all. I'm starved."