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extended an olive branch.
    Thankfully, she chose the latter when she said, “I can’t believe you liked it. To have your approval really is an honor. No one has hooked us up like you. The whole school likes our halftime performances. None of us tell you, but we get stopped after games by people asking us who choreographed the number. You come up with the best moves around. To have your approval is a big deal, and you inspired some of the moves. You really like it, Cassidy?”
    Happy to hear her tell me that folks liked my numbers as well, I remembered this was about her and said, “I really like it. Of course I wanted to be able to come to those practices, but I had some other stuff going on. You stepped up to the plate and worked out a routine that’s on point. My goal for the squad this year was to compete at the national dance competition on the collegiate level, and with this routine, we might be able to do that. I mean, if you’re willing.”
    â€œI feel so bad,” she said, hanging her head lower. “I’ve been jealous of you all year long. The guy I went out with wanted to be with you more than me. If he hadn’t ditched me as soon as he’d laid eyes on you, it wouldn’t have driven a wedge between you and me and the friendship we could have possibly had.”
    â€œI don’t want Al Dutch! He’s beyond a jerk,” I quickly told her, knowing who she was referring to.
    â€œI’ve learned the hard way I don’t want to be with him ever again either. I don’t even want to talk about him. Al Dutch, who?” she said, and we both laughed. “Now he’s with Meagan and tons of other girls, too.”
    â€œSo who cares what he does? Can you and I make some type of truce?” I reached out my hand. “I’m pledging Beta, and I’ll need to lean on you to help me with the dance team.”
    â€œWe’re cool,” she said as she reached out her hand. “And you can count on me.”
    â€œGinger, this really means a lot. You’re talented, and I take this band seriously. You lead well, and we need to show unity to make the squad know we’re not divided.”
    â€œI’m with you. I just feel so free now,” she said. “I came around to like you. I mean, I could really learn a lot from you. Truth be told, you gave me the inspiration for the dance I created. Thank you for being open to the idea of trying something for me when I tried to bash you. I don’t deserve any kind of friendship from you. I turned the team against you. I don’t know,” she said, looking away.
    â€œI guess one thing I’ve learned,” I stepped up to her, “is that we make mistakes in this life while we’re still young and in college for goodness’ sake, but we’re here to get smarter and not just academically. We’ve got a lot of life lessons to learn, and if we can move past our differences, to me it shows we’ve got an element of compassion inside us that could come only from a higher power.”
    â€œBelieve it or not, I’ve been praying that I wouldn’t be so mean. I guess God heard me.”
    â€œI guess God heard us both,” I said as we hugged.
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    â€œSo you know we were really worried about you, right?” Cheryl said to me later that night when I was with my line sisters at the bonding slumber tea hosted by the alumnae sorors. “This is supposed to be a bonding session. Couldn’t think of nobody better to open it up than you, Cassidy. Can you tell us what’s wrong with you, girl?”
    â€œI don’t really want anyone to worry about me. I’m okay now.” Everybody was looking at me like You better be real and tell us what was wrong with you. “I feel like I’ve been tough pretty much all my life. I can’t explain last week.”
    I had been back studying with my sisters to get ready for the Beta Gamma Pi exam we’d