A Long Distance Relationship

Chapter Three: One more Day before getting the Approval from the University.

It is a Saturday afternoon, and Melanie and her friends are playing volleyball outside, by the big park. Recently, Mel has made two great friends, which were Samantha and the other Britney. They have met a couple of times when Mel would take her dog for a walk, Max. Hearing that they went to the same primary school and became close friends until now, makes their bond special.

"Hi girls. How are you doing?" Waving and smiling at Britney and Sam. Turning away and looking at who is calling them, they smiled and shouted, "Hey Mel, we are here, girl." Running and giving each other a group hug, they parted and said, "We are doing good, girl. We were about to start without you but now that you are here, we can continue. We are meeting new faces here by the park, as you can see." Looking over Britney's shoulder, Mel could see three tall, well-shaped guys with short cut shirts and short pants with sneakers and a basketball, bouncing and dribbling it around by the court in the further left side of the park. Walking towards the volleyball court, Britney had introduced a new girl who was along with them, who was a very close family member in her life; it was her cousin, Priscila. They started the game by teaming up in two, which makes Mel teaming up with Samantha and Priscila with Britney. Proceeding closely to the end of the game, they had audiences, which were the boys who were playing basketball.

One of them said, "Excuse me, ladies. Do you girls need a referee? No, thank you. I am pretty sure we can manage and keep up with the scores, said Priscila." The same boy said, "Alright then, how about a match against the guys and me? One match." The girls stopped what they were doing and approached the boys and Britney said, "I am in! Are you in, girls? Turning heads and nodding, the rest of them said, "Okay, let's go."
"I am up for a basketball match and test my gain, said Melanie. My name is Melanie." "My name is Britney, and this is my cousin, Priscila. I am Samantha. It's nice meeting you." The boy who has spoken, his name was Patrick and then introduced his three friends, who were Dominic, Bryan, and James. Right after the introduction, they have set themselves by the court and started to form a team and discuss the plan.

~Melanie~
"Okay girls, let's do this!" We are starting to play a one-match with the boys on a basketball court. Everyone is super ready, and the game begins with the ball thrown into the nest, by Patrick. As the ball entered the nest, they started to play and now, who had the ball was James. The one I am defending is Bryan, while Sam is defending Dom, Britney is defending Patrick and Priscila is with James. As we are still watching Priscila and her blocking with James, she successfully took the ball and ran to score a two-point. Right after the celebration, our team had the ball and gave the ball to me by passing it, my opponent tried to block my way, but I had some tricks on my selves. Trying to sway right and left, I went for the spin and passed the ball through his legs, and ran around him, giving me a smirk and a stare, indicating that he was surprised. As I am still running with the ball, I quickly passed it to Britney, who was by the second line of the circle, swayed to the left, misguiding Patrick, and then shoot.

As soon as the ball entered, all of us girls screamed and celebrated. To make this game resume quicker, we were by the final hour, and the boys were catching up on us, so this time, I decided to close it with a three-point. While I am preparing for my chance, Bryan blocked me again and this time, he is kneeling and facing ahead in front of me. Not getting myself distracted by his eyes and the silly smirk, I am bouncing the ball in between my legs, swaying from right to left, making a play around him. In a split second, I slip into a water paddle and instead of falling onto the floor; I stared deeply by those hazel eyes and caught by a strong arm around my waist. 

Knowing that my back was aching a bit, the expression went to a slight 'oh, ow, and then he slowly pulled me up and held me upright. For a while later, he said, "Are you okay, Melanie?" "Yes, I am doing fine thanks, Bryan. Thanks.
"You said thanks twice. You are welcome. You know though, the game is still on so can we continue or call it a tie?" "No, we can continue, and it is indeed a foul. To presume, I can start. "Okay, then", said Bryan. So, I started and with only 20s by the clock, I passed the ball to Priscila, who decided to try the 3 points and surprised, the ball went in, making us the winners."

Heading home with a cheerful smile, the boys and my girls decided to walk back home. Therefore, everyone is talking and making conversations with each other and then Bryan said, "I am glad my friends are getting along with yours. What an afternoon! I am still in awe of how you girls played today. (Laughing and smiling, with himself). "Yea, my friends have a way to get along. Oh, are you still in admiration? Well for me, it was a great time, so I have to thank your friend, Patrick for giving us a chance. Ha-ha. So how long have you been here?" Melanie asked Bryan. Turning to face her, Bryan said, "I was born here and grew up here, and recently still staying here. Um, I have the amazing news that I was accepted by one of the universities, here nearby, so yea, I am very happy. How about you?" asked Melanie. "I just did my interview with the principal in the nearest university and tomorrow I will get my approval via post mail."

While everyone was eventually heading to his or her separate homes, they called it a night and decided to meet again one day.