"We're gonna beat you so bad!" Pepper laughed. She was feeling quite cocky. Her college football team, the Golden Tigers, had mauled their opponents for the last 6 games. As head cheerleader, she had screamed herself almost hoarse by the end of each game. She'd run into the head cheerleader of their traditional rivals, the Silver Mustangs, quite by chance. But she was taking this opportunity to 'lord it over' her opposite number.
"Oh yeah!" Betsy flung back. "Your stupid Tigers will look like pussycats, when we get through with them tomorrow. Our team will stomp all over them, and leave them bawling like babies!" Her face was only inches from Pepper's as she made this declaration.
"You're dreaming, bitch," Pepper spat out. She jerked her head so hard when she did this that her long blonde ponytail practically whipped across Betsy's face. This rivalry had always been heated between the two schools, and therefore especially heated between their cheer-leading squads.
"You're so sure of yourself, blondie!" Betsy hurled back. "Typical blonde thinking β all emotion, no brains!" The raven-haired beauty shoved an errant bang away from her eyes and hissed, "You wanna make a bet about the game's outcome?"
"You know we can't bet money on the game. We'd be tossed off our squads, regardless of who wins," Pepper whispered urgently.
"Who's talking about money, slut? I've got something better in mind," Betsy whispered back.
"Then what? I know we're gonna win," Pepper remained speaking in a whisper, since Betsy's face was so close, but the tone of the whisper was still a heated confrontation.
"Here's the bet," Betsy began, with a leering smile, "but I think you're too much of a goody two shoes to take it β way too immature. If your team wins, I have to give your team's quarterback a blow job, while you watch. But when my team wins, you have to get on your knees and give Mark, our quarterback, a blow job while I watch."
Pepper's breath caught for a moment when she heard this. That would be so humiliating! She wasn't a virgin or anything, but still. Humbling herself like that while Betsy watched and made degrading comments. But her team couldn't lose β she was sure of that, so Betsy'd be the one getting humiliated. And school pride was at stake, too β she just couldn't back down and lose face. "I notice you said 'if' my team wins, and 'when' your team wins, you skank!" she hissed at the dark-haired rival. "OK! You've got a bet! It'll be fun seeing your mouth wrapped around Brian's dick!"
They shook on it, to seal the deal, and stomped away from each other, both very hyped up. That game couldn't end soon enough, now, for either of them.
Game day, they were on opposite sides of the field, singling each other out for insults, and surreptitiously given each other the finger as they urged their respective squads to whip their fans into a frenzy for victory. There'd seldom been games with crowd noise any louder than today. The rivalry wasn't just between the teams, or the cheer-leading squads. The entire student bodies despised the other school with a vengeance. Such are college rivalries, built up over the decades.
The quarterbacks, especially, exhorted their teams to do the utmost. This was obvious by their body language and animated gestures. Perhaps someone had tipped them off about the cheerleaders' bet, and the potential prize for the winner. They certainly spent more than the usual amount of time glancing at both Pepper and Betsy, watching them shake and bounce in their skimpy cheer-leading outfits.
By the fourth quarter, due to the inevitable fumbles, interceptions, safeties, and attempting two point conversions after touchdowns, the score stood at Silver Mustangs 45, and Golden Tigers 44! Pepper's heart seemed to be in her throat, and she was hyperventilating with anxiety. The Silver Mustangs had the ball, and with two minutes remaining in the game, they were driving down the field. They'd reached the Tiger 23 yard line, and with a fourth and 3, their coach decided to go for it. Taking a field goal would not put the game out of reach.
The ball was snapped, and it hit the quarterback's hands wrong, and bounced free. Pepper shouted with relief as the Tigers recovered the fumble. Masterfully, the Tiger quarterback drove his team toward the Mustang goal line, keeping an eye on the clock. With each snap, the Tigers struggled toward the goal, making certain to be driven out of bounds to stop the clock. Used carefully, passes either moved them closer, or, being incomplete, also stopped the clock.
With three seconds remaining, the Tigers were stopped at the Mustang's 17 yard line, and quickly called their final timeout. Pepper was screaming, "Field goal! Field goal!" A field goal would win it. The distance was a simple chip shot for their kicker, although the ball being set near the hash mark made it a bad angle. The Tigers set, snapped, and the kick was up. Pepper held her breath as the ball sailed... and... hit the upright! No good! Game over, and the Silver Mustangs had won!
Pepper was despondent. More than usual. Any loss was a heartbreak, and losing to their bitter rivals doubly so. But she'd also lost the bet, and Betsy came romping over to her during the post-game celebration on field to remind her of that fact. "You lost! You lost!" Betsy crowed happily.