[ Oh man, cheerleaders. Once upon a time, they'd been his weakness. ...and then had come Paige.
The mention of cheerleaders, though, takes him back to a simpler time. ]
Ahh, gotcha. What sport did you cheer for? Or did you do several?
I used to play basketball, myself.
[ Not that it got much attention by comparison, since lacrosse was the big sport at Beacon Hills High School, even back then. That didn't stop him from being an obnoxious hot shot about it, though. ]
[ it's amazing how easily the cheerleading uniform works on most guys. it's half the reason quinn joined the squad in the first place. she's not as vain as she once was, but who doesn't like the attention? ]
we mostly cheered for the football team. it should have been the other way around, since we competed better than they did.
i'll bet you were the star of the team, weren't you?
Maybe you should've. Maybe they just sucked because they felt unloved.
All right, I was for the first couple of years. I made varsity when I was a freshman, I was kind of a hot shot that year and the year after.
[ And then Paige was killed...and shortly after, the fire. He wasn't around Beacon Hills for the last year of high school and the third year, he was too busy being angry and hating the world to care anymore. ]
I had my own advantages, but the cheerleaders didn't hurt.
[ When you're as fast as he is with the kind of reflexes he has, it's hard not to excel in sports. It's why half the Beacon Hills High School lacrosse team in McCall's time year was werewolves. ]
Oh yeah? I can assure you, I didn't look like this in high school so maybe not haha
[ Which is not to say that he wasn't attractive in high school; he was. He just didn't look like this. He'd only just a couple of years ago grown out of the baby face. ]
that may be true, but i'll bet you were always cute.
[ it isn't just guesswork. quinn has never been pretty into just before high school when she dropped thirty pounds and got a nose job. there's a certain kind of confidence people have when they've been attractive their whole lives. it's a kind she's never had, though faking it comes easy. ]
Maybe. You'd have to ask someone else from Beacon Hills. My opinion would be biased one way or the other, either way.
[ And the thing is, she could ask Malia, Lydia, Stiles, or Scott, because even though he's got a decade on them, they've still all seen what he looked like in high school, thanks to Kate de-aging him. He still hasn't figured out how she pulled that off and part of him? Doesn't really want to know. ]
Basketball, but about six months. It's nice here. I think I'm going to stay a while. Did you just get here or have I just somehow missed your profile all this time?
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[ this is where a far more crude person would comment about tasting better too, but that seems too forward, even for a place like cuddle city. ]
it was my high school cheerleading squad.
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The mention of cheerleaders, though, takes him back to a simpler time. ]
Ahh, gotcha. What sport did you cheer for? Or did you do several?
I used to play basketball, myself.
[ Not that it got much attention by comparison, since lacrosse was the big sport at Beacon Hills High School, even back then. That didn't stop him from being an obnoxious hot shot about it, though. ]
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we mostly cheered for the football team.
it should have been the other way around, since we competed better than they did.
i'll bet you were the star of the team, weren't you?
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[ He's completely biased.
And that might have stroked an old sliver of his ego just there. Well done, One of a Kind Quinn. ]
I might've been.
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maybe we should have made more of an effort to cheer for our basketball team.
even if they weren't a whole lot better.
[ hey, she does what she can. ]
come on.
i won't accuse you of having a big head if you want to brag just this once.
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Maybe you should've. Maybe they just sucked because they felt unloved.
All right, I was for the first couple of years. I made varsity when I was a freshman, I was kind of a hot shot that year and the year after.
[ And then Paige was killed...and shortly after, the fire. He wasn't around Beacon Hills for the last year of high school and the third year, he was too busy being angry and hating the world to care anymore. ]
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because you had the cheerleaders there to keep your spirits up?
[ she's only partially teasing. most schools thing they're just a distraction. ]
maybe i'd have been more inclined to switch sports if we had someone like you around to root for.
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[ When you're as fast as he is with the kind of reflexes he has, it's hard not to excel in sports. It's why half the Beacon Hills High School lacrosse team in McCall's time year was werewolves. ]
Oh yeah? I can assure you, I didn't look like this in high school so maybe not haha
[ Which is not to say that he wasn't attractive in high school; he was. He just didn't look like this. He'd only just a couple of years ago grown out of the baby face. ]
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[ it isn't just guesswork. quinn has never been pretty into just before high school when she dropped thirty pounds and got a nose job. there's a certain kind of confidence people have when they've been attractive their whole lives. it's a kind she's never had, though faking it comes easy. ]
so, football star. how long have you been here?
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[ And the thing is, she could ask Malia, Lydia, Stiles, or Scott, because even though he's got a decade on them, they've still all seen what he looked like in high school, thanks to Kate de-aging him. He still hasn't figured out how she pulled that off and part of him? Doesn't really want to know. ]
Basketball, but about six months. It's nice here. I think I'm going to stay a while. Did you just get here or have I just somehow missed your profile all this time?
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you found me pretty quickly, all things considered. it's a nice welcome.
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I hope I'll see you around after you've had some time to settle in, One of a Kind Quinn.