Dare to Cheer: A Wild Adventure of Youth and Love

"I'm telling you man, I don't know how you didn't see her."

"I wasn't looking for her."

"Well if you're not looking then you're not... wait. Are you gay?"

I looked at my friend James, a 6'4" 220lb beast of a man with a shaved head and muscular arms. I laughed.

"No dude, I'm not gay," I said with a smile. I took a sip of my beer, then continued, "I just don't care about cheerleaders. They're all ditzy and annoying."

James laughed too and turned to his other friend Mike who was sitting next to him on the couch in our apartment. Mike nodded in agreement.

"No way man," Mike remarked, "You sure? Because you've been acting like a bit of a-" Mike made an exaggerated feminine face and voice "-since we snatched that cheerleader uniform." That's right. We had snatched a cheerleader uniform from the girls' locker room on the first day of the semester last month.

My name is Brian and I was one of three freshmen roommates at college; myself, James, and Mike. We had all been friends since middle school but never really hung out that much until now that we were going to the same school. We all got along great so it was no surprise when we decided to be roommates. The first few days of college were pretty boring as everyone got used to the new environment and campus life but things started getting interesting after the second week when we went to our first football game on Saturday afternoon against Virginia Tech University. It was a boring game that our school lost by one point but there was one thing that caught our eye during halftime: A girl walking across the field carrying a big red banner with blue letters spelling out "HUGE LOSERS!" She was wearing a black shirt, black shorts, white socks, and sneakers with her hair tied up in two ponytails on top of her head like she was ready to walk onto the football field during half time! Her hair was dyed bright pink as well! We thought she looked totally awesome and had to meet her after the game!

We waited outside the locker room area for nearly an hour before she finally left carrying another large sign this time reading "WOW! HOPE YOU'RE ALL HAPPY WITH YOUR LOSS!" Her hair looked wetter than before and she seemed frustrated at something as she walked past us without looking at us or saying anything. Then we saw why: A tall guy wearing a suit walked up behind her yelling at her about something while waving his arms in frustration! She kept walking until suddenly the guy reached out and grabbed her arm causing her to drop what she was holding onto the ground! She screamed angrily at him before kicking him in his shin causing him to yelp in pain and let go of her arm! We all ran over to them immediately concerned for this mysterious girl's safety but were surprised when she turned around towards us - still angry - and yelled at us herself: "GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME!" She then picked up her sign off the ground and stormed off towards another exit leaving us stunned at what just happened!

We watched her walk away for a moment before turning back towards the guy who had grabbed her arm earlier; he was rubbing his shin fiercely with one hand while holding his other arm against his chest but looked over at us nevertheless with an accusing glare. His eyes went wide when he realized it was us standing there staring back at him though. He tried talking to us through clenched teeth but winced in pain as soon as he opened his mouth so Mike ran over to him asking if he needed help while James and I stayed back watching them anxiously. The guy waved Mike off though saying he would be fine so Mike returned back towards us while helping support this guy's weight as they hobbled their way towards the emergency clinic set up outside of the stadium by one of their medical staff members that stood ready for any injuries sustained by people inside during the game or anytime afterwards.

Mike explained what happened between himself and this stranger we just met named Darryl who had apparently also been watching this girl walk around carrying her signs around during halftime but had been unable to speak when he saw how angry she got when someone bumped into her accidentally knocking over one of those signs on the floor making it land sideways so only half of it could be seen from where Darryl was standing outside of the locker room area watching from afar trying not to get noticed by anyone inside that might recognize or remember him from previous games where he would purposely do things like bump into people trying to make them trip or fall down so that they would lose their focus on what they were doing inside making it easy for our team to score points easily as they were distracted by whatever hurt them physically making them have less attention paid towards what they were supposed to be doing inside.

Darryl knew this girl wasn't supposed to be here but followed her anyways hoping to catch up with her later once she left because he liked hanging around girls like this whenever they visited our campus even though they weren't allowed here since our school rarely played any games against female teams since most schools last year started playing more women's sports now instead of men's sports due mostly in part due to Title IX which made it illegal for colleges not play both genders equally even if certain sports were much more popular among men than women making it difficult for some schools who couldn't afford separate teams for each gender like ours did because we were too small sized financially meaning some sports simply couldn't be offered unless we wanted to start charging students ridiculous amounts of money every year which wouldn't work well because most students wouldn't pay those amounts knowing full well that there are many other schools around them offering sports programs cheaper than what we do including nearby colleges like Virginia Tech University which is its biggest rival meaning most students would prefer going there instead where everything costs less every year except their football program which has gotten better every year unlike ours getting worse every season!

Darryl didn't care about any of that though; he just liked girls like this whether they were good sports or not because they always seemed more fun than guys despite how annoying they tended to be sometimes which is why he tried walking up behind this girl once she left carrying another sign making sure not to bump into anyone else by accident again seeing how upset she had gotten earlier today when someone near him accidentally bumped into someone else near me causing both of them to stumble causing me accidentally bumping into someone else myself causing me stumbling forward smacking into someone else inadvertently knocking down one of those signs held by this mysterious girl making everyone laugh thinking it was funny when I fell down breaking something on my body which caused me screaming angrily scolding people for laughing besides myself blaming everyone except myself for tripping me intentionally making people laugh instead reprimanding them for bumping into someone else intentionally instead blaming them for tripping me unintentionally which made everyone laugh even harder causing me feeling embarrassed starting yelling louder scolding everyone faultless criticizing everyone incorrect finding faults unfounded assuming everyone guilty except myself punishing people innocent punishing people innocent punishing people innocent punishing...

Darryl finally snapped out of his trance-like state realizing that Mike was asking him something in between his rambling thoughts while rubbing his forehead trying desperately not wanting anybody including himself thinking about this anymore especially since he's got an important game coming up against one of their biggest rivals next week making practices 3 hours every day after classes plus working out every night at 7pm until 10pm under heavy supervision from their coaches working hard on improving their performance hoping starting either early tomorrow morning or late tonight depending on how late practice goes tonight staying up late studying plays reading blueprints learning Xs & Os drawing pictures perfecting routes timing routes running routes timing plays trying perfecting plays timing plays learning Xs & O's drawing pictures perfecting routes running routes timing runs running routes timing runs learning Xs & Os drawing pictures perfecting routes running routes timing routes learning Xs & O's drawing pictures perfecting routes running routes timing runs running...

His train of thought finally stopped once Mike yelled out "DARRYL!" He snapped out of himself realizing everybody including himself including Darryl included Mike included James included Brian including everybody else including Brian including everybody else including Brian himself included everybody else including Brian himself included everybody else including Brian himself included... somebody tapping him on his shoulder moments ago snapping him out of his trance-like state once again thinking somebody tapped him on his shoulder moments ago thinking somebody tapped... somebody tapped... somebody... somebody tapped... somebody tapped... somebody touched... somebody touched... somebody touched... somebody touched... somebody touched... somebody touched himself? He looked down starting gasping realizing he had just touched himself inappropriately touching himself inappropriately touching himself inappropriately touching himself inappropriately touching himself inappropriately touching himself inappropriately touching himself inappropriately touching himself inappropriately touching... Wait a minute! What am I doing wrong? Somebody stop me! Stop me before I do anything inappropriate again please! Please stop me before I touch myself inappropriately again especially since I'm already getting married next month making everything inappropriate especially since my wife doesn't even know yet meaning everything is inappropriate especially since my wife doesn't know yet meaning everything is inappropriate especially since my wife doesn't know yet meaning everything is inappropriate especially since my wife doesn't know yet meaning everything is inappropriate especially since my wife doesn't know