september 9th, 2019
5:45 pm
"you'll be fine trust me, relax." Dior reassured his sister before getting out of the car and starting towards the gym. "it's okay sweetie, come on" Terrell, Naomi's stepdad, spoke before getting out of the car followed by her mom.
you'll be fine trust me, relax
Dior's word repeated through her head. she took a deep breath before stepping out of the car herself. she looked up at the school in front of her. " i'm definitely going to get lost here." she whispered as she stared in awe. the school was huge yet beautiful.
Naomi and her parents started towards the side of the school where they would find three gyms. gym one is where boys and girls basketball practice was taking places, gym two for volleyball, and gym three for indoor track and swim.
as they walked into gym two Naomi gasped. she instantly became ecstatic as she looked around the gym and all of its facilities. the floor was shiny and polished, banners from winning championships hung along the gym walls. prolific prep's school colors were neon green and black, weird colors but, somehow they decorated the gym perfectly.
" hello! you must be Naomi! " a tall, dark skin lady exclaimed reaching out to shake her hand. she wore a gray shirt that read 'prolific prep volleyball'. excitedly, Naomi shook her hand. "yes i'm Naomi, nice to meet you!" "my name is Ashanti but you can call me coach."
i already like her.
"everyone welcome Naomi to our team!" everyone stopped what they were doing and rushed to where they were standing. "hello everyone my name is Naomi, i just transferred here, and i'm very happy to be here." Naomi's announcement was followed by many 'hellos', 'im so excited you're here', and etc. " okay girls, Naomi has to get settled, Destinee please show Naomi around. everyone else back to the court! " coach instructed.
" hi i'm Destinee! i'm so happy you're here! i'm our team captain. " Destinee was a brownskin girl, she too wore a shirt that read ' prolific prep volleyball, black spandex, black knee pads, and kyrie 5's. " thank you so much! " Naomi replied with a huge smile on her face.
" okay let me show you to your locker. " Destinee started walking to the locker room as Naomi followed. they stopped at one of the many black lockers alining the locker room. " luckily your locker is right next to mine, here is your combination. " Destinee handed her a piece of paper with a 6 number combination written on it. she unlocked her locker and there was already stuff in it.
" oh my gosh, i'm obsessed! " Naomi exclaimed as she held up her home jersey. in the locker were two jerseys, home and away, along with 2 practice shirts and practice spandex. one thing Naomi loved was getting school apparel. her jersey number read '7'. " and i'm number 7? how could this day get any better? " Naomi has been wearing the number 7 as long as she can remember. for her to come into this new school and get her number made her more than happy to be here.
" here's my number. " Destinee typed her number into Naomi's phone. " when you get the chance send me your schedule so i can see if we have any of the same classes. " " thank you so much. " Naomi replied sincerely. " anything to make your transition here easier! " Destinee hugged her and led her back to her parents.
" how was it? " Monique asked. her parents had a meeting with the coaches and were more than impressed with the program. they were already familiar with the school, the reason being Dior has been through this process before.
" great " Naomi smiled.
it already feels like home.
word count - 681
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