The gym doors open and one of the rookies walks in the only rookie I cared about. Shorty. She walks in though with Too Tall. My heart dropped to my gut and made my knees go weak.
"Rookies on this side of the court." Big Easy Announces. Shorty quietly but quickly bounces over to her side of the court. "Today we will be choosing nicknames for everyone and learning everyone's names. Lindsey Step to the middle of the circle."
She joggs lightly there a grin on her face.
"Okay Lindsey. You have any nickname ideas?"
"Well, some of the globetrotters call me Shorty. My parents called me Lolly. You could call me Pony though because I ride horses."
"Raise your hand for Shorty." most of the hands go up. "Shorty it is."
Andrew....Alexander...Jacques...Gordon...Jake. Finally it was over.
"Hey Shorty think fast!" I say throwing the ball to her she quickly grabs it and rolls it over her shoulders the bouncing it off her elbow to me. "Nice moves."
"Thanks." She says smiling as bright as the sun. "Hey Moose can I talk to you about something?" She asks me a little shy.
"Anything. Walk with me." I say and walk towards the door. Shorty has to basically jog to keep up but when we hit the hall I slow to her speed.
"I have a this thing for Too Tall." She admits and talks with her hand a lot. "I don't know if its real or what I should do about it and what if he thinks I'm weird cause I'm pretty sure he thinks I'm weird." Now she was ranting nervously.
I turn to face her cutting her off. I sit on my knees so we are closer the same height. "Shorty look. I'm sure he doesn't think you're weird. I mean I know I don't think you're weird. You're adorable and funny and worry to much!"
She fumbles with her hands worriedly and bits her lip which was adorable! "Thanks." She says then gives me a hug. My heart started to skip beats and when she pulled away she was smiling like crazy. "Walk with me." She says and heads to the gym totally mocking me.
We still had 10 mins before the actual practice and work out.
But those 10 minutes were dreadful.
