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Harper was doing a lot of thinking as she set up everything the squad needed for practice. Now that she'd taken the last of her final exams, she was officially done with high school. She thought that would be a happy moment. But in reality, she was sad to think that she'd have to leave soon.

But in her typical fashion, she was trying to compensate for how gloomy she was feeling by putting on energetic dance music and turning up the volume so it was really, REALLY LOUD. It was tough to be sad when you couldn't hear yourself think.

Harper pulled out the mats, making sure to concentrate on stacking a few extra in the center of the practice area. She had plans to have the squad practice elevator lifts today. But first, she wanted to see how comfortable everyone was with the idea before anyone went flying through the air.

The music was playing and Harper got started on her stretching as she waited for the rest of the squad to arrive.

Harper laid out the mats very carefully today because she had some ambitious plans and the squad would need all the padded surfaces they could get. "We're going to do toe touch drills today," she announced as the rest of squad gathered. "Now, this is a pretty advanced jump and if you can't do them right away, that's fine. With some practice, you should be able to build up to doing an actual toe touch."

And knowing the limit of her own abilities, Harper made sure to bring a cooler full of ice packs for any possible injuries. She was really hoping that the ice would not be needed.

Harper missed hanging out on Hawaiian beaches, but she was glad to get back to cheerleading. She had the mats all set up for the squad to practice their tumbling, or just practice cheers if they weren't necessarily ready for tumbling.

And as an added treat, she set up the snack table with cups of mango passion fruit juice if anyone was really wanted to revisit spring break in Hawaii. After all, it was important to stay hydrated!

Harper got to the gym a little early to start setting up for practice. It was probably a good thing since she found herself having to dodge little flying cupids who kept trying to shoot her with arrows.

"Don't even think about it!" she snarled at one cupid, holding a gym mat to shield itself from its arrow. Needless to say, getting everything set up was going to take longer than usual.

Harper set up the mats as usual for practice. She also brought art supplies with her today and set up a poster-making corner of the gym, if anyone wanted to get a head start in making posters to promote tryouts.

But she was going to take the opportunity to warm up for a while before getting to the posters because it was still so cold outside.

Harper figured that the squad could use some fun after last week's scary events and this week's exhausting finals. It took some planning to put her scheme into place, but by Wednesday afternoon, there was a trampoline set up in the gym. It was also surrounded by lots of gym mats because, let's face it, Harper was not the most coordinated person.

"Have fun jumping on the trampoline, but if you're new to this, you don't want to jump too high right away," said Harper. "In other words, no tumbling yet. Just get used to it first, because it might ruin your holidays if you fall flat on your face."

Harper wasn't sure if many people would stick around after classes for practice, especially if they were going home for the extra-long weekend. But she wanted to get a good work-out in so she had extra room in her tummy for Thanksgiving goodies.

The mats were out, the music was blaring, and the gym was ready for the cheerleaders to do their thing!

Harper was happy to have practice today. She was already bouncing off the walls from her sugar high after Halloween and needed a chance to work off the extra energy.

"Congratulations to our new cheerleaders!" said Harper, grinning at the new members of the squad. "I'm so happy to see you joining us. Today, we'll be working on learning some new cheers, and we might do some brainstorming for some ideas for the rest of the semester."

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Harper felt the need to burn off some energy, so she handwavily contacted the cheerleaders and wannabe cheerleaders to let them know that there would be a practice today.

"Hey guys! Welcome to cheerleading," she announced once everyone got there. "We're still trying to figure out a convenient date for tryouts, but for now, everyone is welcome to join us. I thought we could go over some cheers and practice some jumps so everyone's ready to do their best at tryouts." Considering that most of the squad had graduated, Harper figured they'd take just about everyone who showed up at tryouts anyway.

"So let's turn up the music, grab a pair of pom poms, and get ready to cheer!" finished Harper, bouncing in place.

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