Jump Shot by Sierra Hill

Author:Sierra Hill [Hill, Sierra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-02-06T06:00:00+00:00

17

Lance

After Mica left for class, I hung around and shot the shit with Tra’Von for a little while longer. He’s a cool guy and has so much confidence it oozes out his pores. And I know he’s not faking it like I am.

There’s no doubt he’ll make a great addition to the team this year and it’s got me excited about our chances to go to the tournament again and maybe even winning it this time.

But then again, we’ve gone the last three years and have always lost in the final rounds. Every ball player’s dream is to win a championship, and I’m hoping it could be our year. Official team practices won’t start until mid-October, but until then, we’ll begin informal training and drills in August when fall term begins. Nothing sanctioned or with the coaching staff, just the players, as we get to know the new recruits and players.

A draft of loneliness hits me as it dawns on me that Christian Lancaster and I will be the only returning fifth-year seniors on the team this year. Everyone else in our class has graduated or been drafted. My two best friends having gone their separate ways and found love in the process.

Maybe this will be my year, too, I think to myself as I step out of the shower and towel myself off. I’m already practically committed to Mica, although we haven’t made it official. But she must know I worship the ground she walks on and I want to make sure everyone knows she’s off limits and is mine.

Mine, mine, mine.

The jealousy roars like a beast within me. Had I not known Tra’Von was just busting my balls earlier with Mica, I would’ve taken him to the ground and beat him to a pulp for even thinking he could make a move on her.

The one thing I do appreciate about Mica is that she isn’t a flirt. I trust her implicitly. She’s loyal to a fault and would never go after another guy or one of my friends. She has a strong moral fiber and character in spades, unlike most of the other girls I’ve hooked up with in the past. One of which, Rainey, who was hanging around today in the café.

I know she saw me with Mica, but as soon as she left, Rainey was all over me. What’s the phrase? Oh yeah, like stink on a pig.

I noticed the glaring look she gave Mica and saw her whispering to her friend as Mica left the building, but I couldn’t hear what she said. It couldn’t have been very nice, though, by the way her eyes bore holes in the back of Mica’s head or the ugly cackle that came from her friend’s mouth.

I hightailed it out of there as soon as I could, heading into my Spanish class and then back home when class was done.

Now that I’m getting ready for tonight, I’m both excited and wary about hanging out with my friends from the hood.

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