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Now I suggest you leave the field."
    Danielle gave Mrs. Catchings a stony look and walked away. She turned around and stared at Mrs. Catchings.
    "This is not the last of this. Trust me," she said.
    Brandy and Kim looked at the scene and started to laugh.
    "That serves her right. The witch," Brandy said in between giggles.
    "I'm surprised she didn't take her broom out of her pom-poms," Kim said in laughter.
    I looked at them and laughed too. Even though I didn't know Danielle well, I could tell her kind. She was the spoiled type who was always used to getting her way. Well this time, no matter how much she can throw a fit at Mrs. Catchings, she could not get out of this mess.
    Mrs. Catchings shook her head and started to walk in my direction. While the other cheerleaders were talking about the incident, Mrs. Catchings looked at me and smiled.
    "I wanted to talk to you about the spot. Whatever Danielle's problem was, she knew that you were the best out there."
    "How you know?"
    "I saw the whole try-outs. You have what it takes to be out on the field, as much as the rest of the squad. Now since Danielle is no longer head cheerleader, I was wondering if you would like the position. I know since you were head cheerleader at Parker, you would have hands-on experience about the pressures of getting ready for games and pep rallies."
    Everyone looked at Mrs. Catchings in shock. I looked at Mrs. Catchings and smiled. I did not expect this to happen. I just wanted a spot on the squad. Now, thanks to Danielle, I was head cheerleader!
    I took a deep breath and smiled again at the cheerleader coach.
    "I don't know what to say, Mrs. Catchings. I just transferred to Belmont. Shouldn't someone who has been on the squad become captain?"
    "Yeah, someone from the squad could be captain, but I don't want anyone else as captain. I have seen what you can do. You have potential to turn this squad into a division champion. Danielle was all about herself and no one else. Besides, I had a talk with your old coach from Parker."
    "You talked to Mrs. Williams? She actually said something nice about me?" I asked in surprise.
    "She had nothing but nice things to say about you. She said not only were you a good cheerleader, but you were a great leader. That is what I need on this squad. Besides, homecoming is on Saturday, not to mention the bonfire pep rally, so we need all the experience we can get to have a good show."
    I could not believe what I was hearing. At least Mrs. Williams did not tell Mrs. Catchings about the reason why I transferred to Belmont. If she did, she would not be putting me as head cheerleader.
    "So what do you say? You want the position or not?"
    "Sure. Thank you so much, Mrs. Catchings."
    "You're welcome. Now make us proud out there on homecoming," Mrs. Catchings said as she started to walk off the field.
    Brandy and Kim came up to me and smiled.
    "I cannot believe you are head cheerleader," said Kim.
    "And to think we had to get a transfer student to get that witch out," said Brandy.
    "Well Danielle did it all on her own with her grades," I said.
    I looked over at the remaining cheerleaders and grinned. From the looks on their faces, it seemed like they did not want me as head cheerleader. But from the congratulations they were giving me, I could tell that they did not want Danielle as head cheerleader either.
    I looked at the other girls nervously and smiled.
    "I don't know what to say. This is so unexpected. I know that you all don't know me well, but I promise that we're going to make this work. I don't know how Danielle did things as head cheerleader, but I know when I was head cheerleader, I worked as a team. There's no 'I' or 'me'; it's 'we.' So since homecoming is coming up this weekend, I was thinking that maybe we should all get together and make up some new cheers; if that's fine with everyone?"
    The girls nodded their heads in agreement. I could tell that this new gig as head cheerleader was going to be tough. But I can