Authors note; No mess is in this chapter, however I can promise there will be mess in chapter 2. Also lots of mess in the completely unrelated Total Wipeout if that is more your thing. Or the follow up to Sascha’s story.
6 months ago
April sat on the sofa at home, she had just finished crying as her mum brought out a hot chocolate for her to drink, she was still angry at the dumb blonde cheerleader who stole her boyfriend, god she hated those cheerleaders.
She and her friends had always tried to stay out of their way for fear of repercussions, many students had faced pranks or various humiliation at the hands of the cheerleaders over the years.
When she’d met her boyfriend she thought he was the one they’d been so happy together and she thought he would be there for the long hall.
However she hadn’t seen the head cheerleader coming, one night at a house party the head cheerleader had taken a liken to her boyfriend.
Before she knew it he was in a bedroom and she was riding him whilst April was left looking for him, eventually opening the door with horror as she saw him on top of her.
Devastated she had ran back to the café crying her eyes, her mum had tried her best to cheer her up over the last hour but whilst she knew she meant well saying things such as.
“If he truly was the one he wouldn’t have cheated on you at a moments notice” and “You are better off without him” weren’t helping her feel any better.
“And on another note as I’m losing an employee, I could do with all the help I can get, so if you are free of that creep you can do some more and help you can help your grateful mother out.” Her mother said in an attempt to distract April.
April slowly got over her ex-boyfriend as she enjoyed spending time with her close friends realising she was not lost without him.
She also knew she didn’t have too left at college either before she could move on and away properly, deciding to focus on her education.
Present day
Chloe had what appeared on the outside to have a very comfortable first 18 years of her life, she was pretty, blonde, and her parents were fairly well off. In addition to this she’d been a cheerleader at the school since she was 12 now at the college part, she was the head cheerleader and in her head her life was basically perfect.
She had her best friends in the cheer squad as well, and they would spend all of their time outside of college together, usually at the local café or wherever they fancied if they weren’t practicing routines at the sports hall.
In reality things weren’t so comfortable at home, her relationship with her parents was poor as they constantly reminded her when she failed to live up to their expectations one of the reasons why she preferred to spend time out rather than back home.
She always remembered the day when she had finished second in the final of the swimming competition, the winner and third place parents cheered enthusiastically for their daughters and then came down to swamp them in hugs along with other family members before the podium, Chloe simply received the cold shoulder for failing to win.
Chloe did however think that she and her fellow cheerleaders were the most popular people at college, along with the guys on the football team players, although this was a view not always shared by her fellow students who looked up to the cheerleaders as sex symbols but also with an air of fear of being one of the victims of their pranks or wrath.
One recent example of this had been the other week when Chloe and two of the other cheerleaders had led three guys quietly to the changing room and told them to strip naked and they’d be outside waiting for them in 5 minutes, the three boys were shocked to emerge from the changing room and not find a sexy cheerleader but two other naked blokes with no girls to be found.
The cheerleaders frequently played pranks and humiliated many of the girls at school too often for petty or even no reason at all, all safely in the knowledge that the cheerleader pact meant they would always back each other’s story if it meant creating an alibi if any of the students tried to get them into trouble.
April headed to the café after finishing her classes at college her long dark hair flowing behind her as she walked along the path and entered the through the door setting off the warming charm to announce her presence.
She headed behind the counter and into the staff area to get ready to work, wearing her casual skinny jeans and tight top, something she always knew got some extra little tips from some of the older male cliental.
The early evening passed without much drama, as it looked like it would be a fairly quiet evening, she was left to deal with the running the place, not that this was something that bothered her, she had been working for a few years now and knew it all.
Her mood changed though when the next customers entered the café and immediately headed to their preferred booth in the corner it was the cheerleaders led by the platinum blonde bitch Chloe, choosing to ignore for a while she eventually headed up and reluctantly took their order.
Chloe and the cheerleaders made their orders, and as she did Chloe met the eyes of the waitress she thought she recognised her from somewhere outside of the café but couldn’t place it, the thought soon passed her by when one of the cheerleaders started to gossip about one of the guys on the football team.
Soon enough the waitress returned with their order but immediately Chloe could tell it wasn’t what they had ordered she called the dark-haired girl back over to complain, however instead of being apologetic she smirked at her and denied that the order was wrong.
Chloe started to get annoyed backed up by the cheerleaders she eventually demanded to speak to the manager, but the waitress just dismissed her saying she wasn’t around.
Chloe really didn’t like the attitude she was getting from the waitress, outside of home she was not used to having her authority challenge and she was not going to let the uppity waitress get one over her.
She coldly told the waitress that she would speak to the owner of the café who she knew well having been a loyal customer for a very long time. “Not only am I going to complain about your attitude and inability to complete a simple order but I’m going to get you fired” she shouted.
Annoying her further this didn’t seem to scare the waitress who just simple stifled a laugh and said “I doubt that” before adding “If you are so sure do you want to bet on it” at seeing Chloe’s reaction, the blonde cheerleader was incensed and quickly agreed.
“If I get fired I’ll come and clean you house” the waitress offered to which the blonde replied confidently “I’ll make sure to leave it messy for you because you better get ready to come over” the waitress headed over to make a phone call to the owner asking her to come in due to a complaint.
April went over to serve a few more regular customers who seemed a little amused by the situation and were clearly hanging around to witness the outcome whilst pretending to watch the football on the large flatscreen.
Ten minutes later the owner walked in and went to speak to April, who explained what had happened and what had been said, after listening to April speak, she went over to the booth where the cheerleaders sat impatiently looking forward to seeing the humiliation of the waitress.
“So, I think you really need to fire her, she’s useless and rude. Whereas we have been loyal customers for years, and I think if you don’t value our custom enough, we will have to simply find somewhere else to come.” Chloe said with an air of authority.
The owner smiled at Chloe, “Yes you and the cheerleaders have been loyal customers over the years, and while I appreciate that a lot there is one big thing you have overlooked Chloe”
Confusion crept over the blonde cheerleader’s face “And what is that Ms O’Neil?” she asked.
“Well you I would like you to meet my daughter April” I believe you two already know each other from college anyway”
April grinned and waved cheekily as Chloe’s face dropped, and in that moment, she realised she had made a big mistake.
“and if you think that just because you have been a loyal customer that I would fire my own daughter you are severely wrong. In fact, I don’t tolerate that attitude to any of my employees let alone my own daughter.
So, you and your cheerleading friends can leave right now, you are all banned” She calmly but forcefully said.
Chloe was in shock, as some of the timid cheerleaders stood up to leave, she pleaded with the owner, knowing she was no longer in control.
“Please don’t ban us, I’m so sorry.
I’ll make it up to you but I can’t have the squad hating me as there really is nowhere as good as O’Neil’s” she said hoping the compliment might help her case.
After some more pleading from Chloe long after the rest of the squad had filed out the door eventually Kate O’Neil relented.
“Well seeing as you lost a bet to my daughter, I think you wanted her to clean your house wasn’t it?
Well I think you can come back here tomorrow night without your little cheer squad and if you do what you are told you and the squad will be unbarred.”
Chloe relaxed a little, she was still embarrassed at being put in her place but she knew that as the head cheerleader she had to keep some level of authority.
And if Kate O’Neil decided the only way she could do that was be probably cleaning up the café she would do that, to ensure her reputation stayed strong.