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Odessa went from being the school slut to the All Valley championship in just a couple of months. It was a huge deal. Her name was out to the world in a different way. She had a chance to reinvent herself. She was proud of herself. Her mom was proud. A small part of her hoped that her dad was proud, wherever the hell he was.
"Thank you." Odessa smiled at the waiter as she picked her order of BBQ nachos from the counter. She carried her food and herself back to her table of friends in the back of the room.
Aisha flashed her phone in the girl's face. "And here's the champion herself!" She said out loud to her live stream.
The table cheered and Odessa laughed while sliding into the booth next to Eli. He wrapped his arm around her shoulder. "So you might be wondering what a team does after they win the championship. The answer?" She pointed the phone to the food. "Victory nachos!"
"Hell yeah!" Oliver hollered and they cheered again. They all lifted their drinks and clinked them together.
"It was supposed to be a round of drinks but the the waiter was not feeling Hawk's fake ID."
Eli's face fell. "Hey, don't talk about that. My parents follow you!" He panicked.
Aisha cringed and turned back to her phone. "Sorry, Mr. and Mrs. Moskowitz."
She ended the livestream and sat down with them. Odessa laughed when Eli picked up one of the nachos and held it in front of her. She gave him a weird look but ate it. "What are you doing?"
He shrugged innocently. "Being a gentleman to my girlfriend who i'm still incredibly sorry I upset."
She smiled. "I already forgave you."
"Doesn't mean I still can't be a gentleman." He leaned in and kissed her, chasing everyone at the table to groan.
"Dude looked like he was going easy on you," said Oliver, referring to Robby.
Eli agreed with him. "Yeah. What did you say to him anyway?"
Odessa shrugged. "Just trying to get him to fight fair since it was my boyfriend who kicked him in the shoulder." She emphasized and slowly looked at him. She pinched his cheek to relieve the guilty look on his face.
"I gotta say it's nice to be at a victory party," said Demetri while holding a nacho.
"Yeah, except you had nothing to do with the victory." Eli objected and snatched the nacho from him. He ate it proudly.
Odessa gave him a warning look and nudged him.
"Then I consider it a belated party for the coding competition we won at computer camp." Demetri continued, recovering from the act.
