Falling Forward – Simone Holiday

The only place she felt free. That was the mentality that had led her to stand outside Em’s house. The July heat was fierce, and it was the first day of cheer practice. Well, the first official day of cheer practice; the girls had all been hanging out with each other since the school year ended.

Maggie took a deep breath and rang the doorbell. Almost immediately, the front door flung open, and there was Em, tanned and beautiful. “Oh, hey Maggie, I thought you were Davie,” Em said breathlessly. They hadn’t really spoken or hung out in months, and the lack of time together stretched out between them, causing a tension Maggie only seemed to experience with the cheer girls. “Hey Em, sorry I have been a little MIA.” Em scoffed at that. As if her scoff had summoned her, Mary suddenly appeared from behind her.

“Oh, hello Maggie,” Mary said coolly, giving her an appraising look as if to say ‘can’t believe you gave up the opportunity to hang out with us this summer.’ Or at least, that’s how Maggie translated the stare. “Yeah, well I am just here to say officially that I am quitting cheer.” There was silence at Maggie’s words as Em and Mary stared back at her.

Maggie thought she understood why: this likely was unprecedented. Girls didn’t quit cheer, they were kicked out. “Okay, wow, great thanks for letting us know.” Em slammed the door in her face. Maggie turned down the driveway to where Julia sat waiting for her in her car. “How’d that go?” Julia asked when Maggie got into the passenger seat. “I think you saw how it went,” Maggie said, fastening her seatbelt. “Yeah but I figured I’d ask. Never thought you cheer girls did anything normal, so an eye roll and a slammed door could potentially be a mating call for all I know.”

Maggie laughed as Julia pulled the car out of the driveway and drove them back to the orchard. Back to safety. “Not a cheer girl anymore, remember?” “Yeah, I imagine that took them by surprise, especially as a senior and all.” “Yeah well, it’s my senior year, and I want to spend as much time with you and Diana as I can,” Maggie said, and she meant it.

Her mom would find out, no doubt, but by the time gossip reached her, it would be well, too late to reverse the decision. On top of that, she was already planning on lying to her mother and telling her that Diana had really decided to take her under her wing this year, and that she would be attending more high profile events with the Blakes.

© 2025 Simone Holiday All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduces or remixed or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of both the author and the publisher with the exception of brief quotations in book reviews. Simone Holiday does not consent to an Artificial Intelligence (AI), large language model (LLM), generative AI, or any other automated analysis, generative process, or replication program to remix, mimic, or replicate any part of this creative work by any means (including but not exhaustive of: digital, graphic, print, multi-media, and audio).

For more information about purchasing and permissions, please reach out to Simone Holiday at [email protected]. www.simoneholiday.com OceanofPDF.com A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR As always, thank you so much for taking a chance on me and my book, Falling Forward! I have sent this to an editor and have read it a million times, but we are both human. So please, if you spot something that looks funky please tell ME (not Amazon and the like) either via a message on IG or email ([email protected]). I do not have the might and all the resources (yet!)

of trad publishing, so your help and support is appreciated. Also, this work is fictitious and any resemblance to real life persons or places (if not specified) is purely coincidental. That said, I do mention some very real colleges. Am I an expert on these places? No. Will I come across as one? No. But alas, I did do my best to research. Additionally, not all views in this book are shared by me but I tried to stay as true to the characters as possible.

This book is also not meant to be a guide to relationships or kinks. Should you have an interest in the type of relationships or kinks expressed in this work please do your research with a professional. OceanofPDF.com CONTENT WARNINGS This is a second chance romance that includes a late in life coming out story. This is VERY close to my heart and I was also inspired by the generational divide with in the collective memory of the queer community.

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