The football game was anticlimactic; the team had been having a tough season, and lost this last game badly, going down 17-0 in the first quarter. Kat found her mind wandering -- she thought about how much had changed over the last months, looking out at the crowd, counting everyone she'd had carnal knowledge of. Jackie was there, of course, as was Sara. So were Betty Ann, and Janice, and Ella. Serena and Annalise sat together in the bleachers. And then there were her fellow cheerleaders, Kelly, Ana, Olivia, and Lexi. Even a couple of her ex-boyfriends were there, including one of the football players.
Suddenly she felt like a bit of a slut. Well, maybe she was; she shrugged it off. She'd been enjoying herself.
After the game one of their classmates was throwing a party, so the senior cheerleaders showered, changed, and set off together on foot. Jackie had invited the five of them to her house later, for a sleepover to celebrate the end of the season. So all of them took it easy at the party, except for Kat, who drank more than usual and spent most of the evening flirting with Kaci, a cute little thing with brown hair and glasses. Though Kaci was nominally straight, Kat thought she might be a long-term prospect. In her mind, a straight girl was just one she hadn't fucked yet.
Recently Kat had acquired a reputation as the most active lesbian in the vicinity, and while that made some of the girls treat her coldly or avoid her altogether, it made others curious. Kaci was in the curious category. She didn't even really know what two girls did together, but she was intrigued by the idea -- and by Kat, who carried herself with such brusque self-assurance.
At one point Kaci's boyfriend came over and put her arm around her possessively. Kat could tell that he didn't like Kaci talking to her, but since their conversation was perfectly innocuous -- centering at that point on the history final they'd both taken -- there wasn't much he could object to. Eventually he was called back to do shots with his friends, and Kat took the opportunity to move closer, whispering right into Kaci's ear under the pretense of making herself heard.
About 10:00 Kelly came over to tell her that they were leaving for Jackie's, and Kat waved her off. "Go ahead," she said. "I'll catch up with you guys later." Kelly shrugged and left them to it.
Two greyhounds later, Kat decided that she had done enough to lay some groundwork with Kaci, and leaned in to say goodbye, surreptitiously planting a kiss on Kaci's cheek. Out in the cold night air, she pulled her coat tight around her and covered the five blocks to Jackie's house briskly and purposefully.
Upon arriving at the delightfully warm house she found Kelly, Olivia, and Ana in the kitchen, popping popcorn and making brownies. After pouring herself a tall glass of cold water, Kat walked through the door that led to the garage, where Jackie and Lexi were playing ping-pong. She was surprised to see Sara Valentine there as well, sitting on a stool watching the game. They all greeted Kat but again she felt a bit of frost coming from Jackie, so after a couple points she went back into the house.
The other three girls had settled into the living room with snacks and were discussing what movie they might want to watch. The conversation had gone on for 15 minutes with little progress when Jackie appeared, ping-pong paddle still in hand, with Sara trailing right behind her.
