Now it seemed like either one of the geek girls would fit better on the squad than Sarah would. She wanted to faint.
Like good friends, though, Kyla, Karyn, and Jon plucked Sarah right back up again.
"Mrs. Stetson's room is right next to the front office," said Karyn, "you two go to fist period, I'll take Sarah to the nurse."
Jon and Kyla nodded as they shifted Sarah's weight onto Karyn's shoulder. She didn't seem to be doing much of holding her own weight up, and Karyn wobbled a bit on her heels at the extra added weight, but she insisted she was okay and waved her two friends down the hall.
As the two girls passed Tiffany and Melissa, who hadn't yet moved from their gathering spot, one of Sarah's thoughts were confirmed.
"Karyn," Tiffany said, "Why haven't you ever tried out for cheerleading? You'd be a total asset to the squad."
Karyn sighed, "I've told you guys before, I'm not into that whole 'sports' thing."
"Your loss, I guess," Tiffany replied as Karyn and Sarah made their way past.
After they were outside of whisper range, Karyn added, "Besides, I won't have anything to do with a bunch idiots who think anyone who's got big boobs and dresses nice needs to be a cheerleader, and I won't have anything to do with anyone who abuses my best friends." She punctuated that by hugging Sara tightly around the shoulder.
In the back of Sarah's mind a voice pouted, "but that bunch of idiots are my friends," but she didn't say it out loud. On top of still being in a state of shock, she didn't think it was smart to start arguing with someone who was helping her. What she did manage to squeak out was "Well, why do you dress nice?"
Karyn thought about that and said, "I guess I just have an eye for pretty things. I'm not shallow about it, I just like putting cute outfits together. Unlike the cheerleaders, though," Karyn turned towards Sarah and gave a wry smirk, "I'm not nearly as fond of taking those cute outfits off."
Sarah looked at Karyn critically. She was actually pulling off the outfit well. One of the reasons that Sarah had hated Karyn so much was because she was so naturally beautiful, but didn't do anything with it and looked down her nose at anyone who did. Somehow, this new Karyn actually seemed to be gathering respect as far as Sarah was concerned.
