She made the urgent decision to move me to a new town, a new school, and a new cheer team. Change is frightening. Especially when your life has been stagnant for the past 10 years. During Christmas break of my sophomore year of highschool, my family moved into a new house. After living in the same house and the same neighborhood for ten plus years, this right here was shocking enough. Going to a new school was scary as well. I was honestly scared to make friends. I didn’t want them to betray me the way my old friends did. I didn’t want to interact with the student body, because the last time I did, my world got flipped upside down. I guess you could say I wanted to be a hermit. Just focus on my school work, graduate, and go to college. For the longest time, I told myself I was not going to cheer at Benton. Benton and Lake Hamilton had been cheerleading rivals for years. I did not want that type of confrontation with girls I used to consider my best friends. By the time cheerleading tryouts came around, I had decided this was not fair to myself. I deserved to do what I loved and not have ignorant people hold me back. I tried out for the team, and luckily I made it. Because of this decision, I now have a whole team who has my back. When around LH and their cheer team, Benton cheer holds my head high when I feel like hanging it