Cheerleader Kait Dredd ((top)) -

Kait watched them, her head tilted. She didn't move.

The football team had a state championship game in three weeks. They didn't know it yet, but they weren't playing for a trophy. They were playing for her permission to keep breathing. cheerleader kait dredd

Kait Dredd began to move.

"You heard me." Kait's voice was low, a quiet rumble that cut through the pop song. "This bubblegum crap doesn't fit. You want a cheerleader? Fine. But I don't cheer for the team. The team cheers for me." Kait watched them, her head tilted

Kait Dredd didn't look back.

She reached down to a small Bluetooth speaker she’d placed at the edge of the mat and tapped her phone. The gymnasium was suddenly filled with the distorted, grinding bass of industrial metal. They didn't know it yet, but they weren't