I slammed my locker shut, my eyes never leaving Lucy. God, how I hated her. She acted like she was this sweet little angel, batting her long eyelashes and twirling her blonde hair around her finger, but I could see right through it. She knew just how to play the pure, innocent, goody two shoes that our coach just adored, and she did it well.
The locker room was empty except for us; everybody else had left almost an hour ago. Even Coach was gone. We sat in those nasty chairs in his office, still sweaty, as he rambled on and on about how both Lucy and I were amazing stunters and wonderful leaders and bla bla bla. On and on and on he went. Until he finally told us. Lucy was senior captain.
She was sitting on the bench now, taking off her shoes, still in uniform. The navy blue and white suited her; her eyes shone brighter and her tan skin looked warm and sun kissed. She truly was the picture perfect high school cheerleader. Blonde haired, blue eyed, 5'6 - so she was tall but still short enough to be cute, perfect c-cup tits, and with a rich daddy who gave her diamonds for her 18th birthday. Meanwhile, I got a hand me down sweater for mine. I never could compare to her looks. My black hair was just barely long enough to put into a decent ponytail, and my pale skin looks bright orange in any kind of spray tan. My boobs were too big for cheer, which the other girls would always remind me of. But I was good. It may sound cocky or arrogant, but I was easily the best girl on the team. Nobody could tumble like me, and I was the only one who could hyperextend my splits. My stunts were clean, precise, and consistent. But no matter how good I was, I would never be picture perfect Lucy.
Anger swelled in my gut. It wasn't fair. I worked so hard, but she got everything. I could deal with all the boys asking her to prom, and all the girls wanting to be her friend, but this was too much. I deserved to be captain. But no, she got everything she wanted yet again.
I slammed my fist into the locker. "You and I both know that I deserved to be captain." My voice was cold, loud, and angry.
Lucy jumped, startled by the noise. Her blue eyes were wide with surprise, but she replied calmly, in that saccharine tone of hers, "Coach knows better than both of us what the team needs in a captain. I'm sorry that his vision doesn't align with yours, Veronica."
I rolled my eyes. "That's bull and you know it. The only reason I'm not captain is because I'm not the cookie cutter girl next door like you."
Lucy stood up, crossing her arms across her perfect chest and cocked her head so that her ponytail gave a little bounce. "You're not captain because I'm better than you. Plain and simple. Now grow up and stop being such a whiny loser"
The anger in my stomach began to boil, "The only thing you're better at than me is kissing ass. I take you on the mat any day. So stop pretending you have any talent or skill, because we all know that everything you have is because your daddy bought it for you."
She started walking up to me, "Oh, I'm sorry that my dad actually came back when he said he needed to get milk, but your family issues aren't an excuse for your bitchy attitude and sloppy stunting. All you ever do is complain! Maybe if you shut up for a second, you'd have time to practice and then you wouldn't suck so much!"
I couldn't take it anymore. Her face was smug, an eyebrow raised and lips pursed, just waiting for a response that she could shoot down. So I didn't say anything, I just shoved her instead.