Pyramid of One by Zoe Evans

Author:Zoe Evans
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon Spotlight
Published: 2011-11-08T05:00:00+00:00

EVENING, HOME FINALLY!!!

So, when I got to practice, Jared was pouting on the sidelines. “I don’t have a roommate for the Regional Qualifier,” he said gloomily.

I’d totally forgotten about the roomie situation. The accommodations near Regionals were either a hotel or a local college dorm, and Mom had luckily gotten us the rooms in the dorm. Way cheaper. The girls on our team were easy to pair up, since it was just me, Jacqui, Katarina, and Tabitha Sue. But with Ian and Matt being inseparable, Jared was the odd guy out.

“So? Just bring a sleeping bag and crash with Ian and Matt,” I suggested.

Matt was doing a set of one—handed push—ups nearby. “Excuse me?” he said, mid-pushup. “Uh-uh. There is no way we’re rooming with him. You’ve heard him on bus rides. He sings show tunes in his sleep.”

“Madonna’s Immaculate Collection album is not show tunes!” Jared huffed.

Matt rolled his eyes.

“Hey, tough guy, why don’t you try sleeping by yourself in a creepy old dorm?” Jared’s voice was getting all wobbly, like he was going to cry.

“C’mon, Jared, we’ll all be next door to you,” I told him.

Jared flicked his eyes toward Matt and Ian, as if he was making sure they were too busy to listen to what he was about to say. “I don’t like sleeping away from home,” he said quietly. “I’ve never even been to a sleepover. And now I don’t have anyone to room with.” He had the saddest puppy—dog expression on his face.

I felt so bad for him that I wanted to curl him up in a blanket and tell him everything would be ok. But babying teammates isn’t what a good cheer captain does.

Then, thank goodness, Tabitha Sue spoke up. “It’s not a big deal if you want to room with me and Katarina.”

“Really?” said Jared. I could literally see the relief wash over his face.

Tabitha Sue looked at Katarina, who didn’t look too pleased, but they both nodded anyway. “I mean, if it’s ok for us to have coed rooms.”

We went up to Mom and asked her if Tabitha Sue and Katarina could room with Jared. She wasn’t sure, but she was going to check with everyone’s parents and the school, to make sure they were ok with it.

Problem solved, and practice hadn’t even begun yet! But I still had a ton of problems, and I wondered when some of those would start getting fixed. But then I thought about how in The Spirit Rules it says that sometimes there are some team problems that have to work themselves out on their own. I’m not all that good at that, I guess. Lately I’ve been trying to fix everything myself. From Lanie’s article to the problems with our team, I can never just let things go. Maybe that’s something I should try to do with my problems . . . perhaps they’ll just magically fix themselves! Yeah, right.

Speaking of letting things solve themselves, after practice I ran into Bevan when I was waiting for Mom.

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