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g.goldberg ~ jumpy

D2
L.A.
Tuesday, 1994
07:21 a.m.

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"How'd you sleep?"

"Astaghfirullah, Goldie. Stop fucking scaring me!" I said while I was peacefully getting my breakfast. "You do that all the time."

"No, I think you're just jumpy." He said. "No, you somehow can sneak up on people without making a damn noise." I said.

"Whatever. How are you so fresh this early? I mean, all of us just woke up looking absolutely terrible." He said.

"Bro, I woke up at 5 this morning and everyday and read a book while waiting for everyone else to get up." I said. "Why wake up that early?"

"To pray, dumbass. I literally tell you all the time." I said and sat at a table with him following behind me and sitting next to me.

"Oh right. You don't feel sleepy? I would have." He said. "I guess I got used to it." I said and started eating.

"Hey guys. You don't mind if we join you, right?" Says Averman as he and Russ join me and Goldie at our table filling in all the empty seats on our table.

"Do I have a choice?" I said and they sat down and ate. "Les, you look like sh-" I said but he cut me off.

"Terrible! I know. Stood up late cause I was reading a super confusing book." He said. "What book?" I said as I bit my toast with eggs on it.

"It's called Dune. I kept reading it cause I wanted to see if it'll all makes sense in the end but I didn't catch a thing." He said. "Hmm, I've never read that. I might go check it out."

"How do you look so fresh and bright? Literally, your skin looks absolutely soft..." He said, about to touch my face but I hit his hand before he could.

"Don't touch my face, ever. And, I wake up at 5 everyday, my day pretty much starts at 6 but I'm up at 5 or 5:30." I said. "Why 5?" Russ asked.

"She has her morning prayer everyday unless it's the time of the month." Goldie explained. I looked at him, shrugged, and continued eating.

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"Man, that was one hell of a game. So glad we won but, I do like Italians." I said to Julie. "Hey, I'm gonna be heading out first okay?" She said with her duffle bag over her shoulder.

"Yeah sure! I still need to prep myself up. "We're just going back to our dorms..." She said. "Why look simple when you could look absolutely stunning?" I said. She grinned, shaking her head and then left.

After I had gotten ready after our game, I turned off the locker room lights and walked out.

As I was walking down the hall, almost to the exit, my soul almost left my body.

"Boo!" The whole team said as they scared me from behind.

"Allahuakbar!" I said as my whole body jumped and I looked back. "Astaghfirullah, you people- this was so your idea wasn't it, Goldberg?" I said, pointing at him.

"Maybe." He said with a grin.

I gritted my teeth, "I'm gonna tell the Shaytan about all of you." I said jokingly as I walked back to the bus.

"You look fabulous by the way!" Goldie shouted at me.

I flipped him off as I kept walking towards the bus.

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Ur Muslim in this btw if you don't mind.

Also, I've never read or watched Dune.