Practice and make up

Melissa entered the gymnasium with her many bags of make up. "Spencer." She grinned when she saw her sister. "Do you think we could get a table to set this stuff up on?"

Spencer nodded, "There should be one already in the gym. But really it's up to Bri what we do or don't do. She's the captain. I just make sure she doesn't kill anyone."

Haley walked into practice and looked at her cell phone. She sighed and prayed that Serena wouldn't be late. She was curious to see how everything went when Serena talked to Clay.

"Of course." She said placing a heavy bag on the floor. "How long does it usually take everyone to get here?"

Serena walked into practice, she waved at Melissa and Miss. Hastings and then walked over to her friend. "Hey."

Shoving her cell into her bag, she tossed it off towards the bleachers once she got into the gym. With a wave to Haley, she headed over to Miss Hastings. "Hey, did you get a chance to hear the mix of Haley's? The Thriller-Disturbia thing?

"Hey!" Haley said as she looked at Serena, "How'd it go with Clay? Was he mad?"

Spencer nodded, "I listened to it last night and I have most of the routine done. Haley had better be ready for some intense flying. We're going to try stunts that may or may not be college level."

Vanessa walked over to Bri and the others and gave Bri a smile. "Hey. I was wondering if Chuck was going to be here. You know, he said something about watching out for mistakes." She gave her friend a meaningful glance.

"I think he is,' She sighed. 'I mean, he said he accepted my apology, but he still seemed a little bitter towards me."

"Well, Jack should be on his way, which'll hopefully make things easier," she said with a small frown. "Let me just go remind him that he should be here." Heading over to her bag, she snagged Vanessa's arm. "He'll be here soon but I can I borrow you for a moment, oh Co-Captain, my Co-Captain?"

"You can't tell me that if he did that to you, you wouldn't be furious." Haley said, "Don't worry, I'm sure it'll all blow over in a few days."

Vanessa allowed herself to be pulled away, "What's up? Make it quick. Melissa thinks that I'm her BFF and it's going to stay that way. I'm hoping she'll tell me her dirty secrets."

"Yeah, I hope so." Serena said. "So, what's this about you going to dinner with Ben?" She asked raising her eyebrow.

She let out a snort of laughter. "You have fun with that," she said with a grin. "But Chuck did agree that he'd come in and keep an eye on her. And I've pretty much told everyone but Haley and Serena not to make things easy for her so we'll have a little friendly harassment while we're laying low." She shrugged with a grin. "And I get to make people cry again today so get ready for some waterworks. Speaking of," she bent down to dig through her bag, "I've got to remind Jack that he has to be here."

Haley waved her hand dismissively, "We're just friends. He asked me to go to dinner to talk about Cotillion. We ended up going to my studio and playing hockey. No big deal."

Vanessa looked at Melissa and nodded, "Good. I'm going to see what Andy can dig up on Melissa too. He should get more information than Chuck's PI would."

Serena laughed and rolled her eyes. "Does he know that?"

Haley blinked, "What do you mean?"

"Does he know about Jack?" She asked.

"Good call. Plus, it'll give him something to do other than mope around practice and pretend he's not making goo-goo eyes at our teacher."

Haley nodded, "Of course. I'm not going to lead him on. Besides, he doesn't like me like that."

Ducking into the gym, Jack headed over to where Vanessa and Bri were standing. "You can stop textually harassing me, Bri. I'm here. Hey, Vanessa."

"Hey Jack." Vanessa said, "How've you been? I feel like I barely talk to you anymore. How's life?"

"If you say so." She shrugged. 'Melissa's son is adorable did I tell you he has an imaginary friend?"