riptide || sports imagines

the baker and the baller -giannis antetokounmpo pt. 2

pt. 2 folks!
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"You look happy Johnson. I've never seen someone that happy carrying cheese." Michaels teased. I placed down the tray and looked at Michaels.

"Well I just love artificial cheese so much." I smirked and walked behind our catering table.

The party didn't start for another 20 minutes so I went to go find Maya. I walked around the house I grew up knowing. I knew where every hallway led to and where every doorway opened to. I was walking down one of the many hallways when I felt a tap on my shoulder.

I turned around and met Giannis' eyes.

"Hey Johnson! I was looking for the bathroom. Do you know where it is?" he asked, his cheeks tinted pink.

"Yes, I do. Follow me." I said as kept walking down the hallway.

"Soooo Johnson. I was wondering, what's your name. Well, first name. You know mine so I think it's fair I know yours."

"It's Willow." I said.

"Willow. That's a beautiful name." his accent thick as he spoke.

"Thank you." my face tinted red. We came up to a door and I stopped.

"Here's the bathroom." I smiled as my hands motioned to the door.

"Thank you αγάπη." Giannis smiled as he went into the room.

A gap eh? What does that mean? I thought. Suddenly, Giannis' head peaked from the bathroom door.

"Can you wait for me. I've gotta change and I want to hear your opinion." Giannis shut the door.

"Uhh ok."

About 5 minutes later, Giannis came out of the bathroom. He was wearing a nice blue tuxedo.

"How does it look?" he spun around to show me the whole look.

"It looks great. I really like it." Suddenly, I heard the click of familiar heels, Maya.

"Giannis! Hi!" Maya came running towards Giannis and I. Her smaller body slammed into Giannis's bigger one, giving him a bone crushing hug.

"Hey..." Giannis looked into my eyes, confused.

"It's Maya, the mayor's daughter." I mouthed towards the forward. He gave a smile and tapped Maya lightly on the back.

"Come on! Let me give you a house tour!" Maya grabbed Giannis's hand and dragged him down the hallway.

"Oh, hey Willow!" Maya greeted me as she continued to drag Giannis down the hallway.

"Hey Maya." I gave a breathy laughed as Giannis's eyes were wide, pretty much saying 'help me'.

I headed back towards my table where Michaels was waiting for me.

"What's got you all smiley, Johnson?" Michaels teased as I put an apron on over my dress.

"It's the cheese again. Always got me crackin' a smile." I smirked as I stirred the cheese so it wouldn't burn in the pan.

"Ohhhh yes. The cheese." Suddenly, his phone started to ring. He looked at the name on the phone then back at me.

"I gotta take this." Michaels said as he answered the phone and left to go outside.

I tied the apron around my back as I overheard Maya talking to Giannis.

"-and this is where my daddy keeps all his mayor stuff. I can't show you 'cause he says it's 'top secret business stuff'."

Giannis must've said something which lead Maya to run off somewhere.

Giannis then sprinted towards my table. His hands grabbed the top of the table as he huffed over the table.

"Tired yet? Seems like you still have..." I counted the imaginary rooms in my head, "about 2 dozen rooms to see still!" I smirked.

"She's.." I cut the Bucks player off.

"A treat. Yeah, I know. We've been best friends since kindergarten. She's a lot nicer once you get to know her, though."

"That's reassuring." Giannis sighed as he stood straight up and straightened out his back.

"Anyways, Willow, I was gonna ask you about yourself before she started to give me a MTV Cribs tour. So, tell me about yourself." he gave me the sweetest smile.

We went on and on talking about each other's interests, hobbies, friends, and family for as long as we could.

As Giannis was talking about his favorite food (which is his mom's gyros), Michaels walked into the area.

"Ok Johnson, we have... OH! Uh, hi there." Michaels looked up to see Giannis, obviously startled by his size. Giannis and I started blushing and it all clicked in Michaels' brain.

"Ohhhh, so you're the 'artificial cheese'." I burst into a fit of laughter as Giannis stood there, obviously confused.

"Yep, Mr. Artificial Cheese in all his glory." I waved my jazz hands towards the basketball player. Giannis seemed to have just accepted his new title as "artificial cheese" and was going to  deal with it later.

I heard the clicking of familiar heels... Maya. Giannis' eyes grew big.

"Giannis! There you are!" Maya said as she threw her arms up and slapped them against her thighs in realization. "Seems like you've met my very best friend ever in the whole wide world, Willow." Maya came around the table and gave me a big hug. I smiled as I hugged her back.

"Yes. Yes. I have." Giannis winked my way.

"Well, it seems like we'll have cut tour short because my dad needs everyone to go into the main hall so he can announce his big announcement thingy. Let's go!" Maya grabbed his arm but turned to me before she left. "See you later Willow! Love you loads!" she blew me a bunch of air kisses.

"Love you too, Maya!" I blew a kiss back her way as well.

As the night went on, Giannis never came over to my table. I just assumed he was consumed with professional people here to see him like for like business.

I'm refilling some food when I hear a deep  voice go, "Hello ma'am. Could I maybe get some pretzels and artificial cheese with an extra side of your phone number?" I look up to see Giannis with his arms up in a shrugging look. I smiled at his antics.

"Ok sir, a 'pretzels and cheese with an extra side of my number' coming right up!" I winked at him. I made his plate and after, on the plate, I wrote my phone number with: "call me. (;" underneath it.

He grabbed the plate from me and looked at the note. He smiled and gave me a thumbs up but had to walk away.

As the night wrapped up, Michaels and I packed up as well. Since the party ended later... our boss just said to drop the truck off at the restaurant and we'll unpack it in the morning. Michaels and I did that and then he drove me home.

"Thank you Michaels. This was super nice of you to do. I'll repay you back, I promise." I said as I exited the car.

"Psssh. Don't worry about it. It was my pleasure. Especially seeing you blush at the beast of a man all night." Michaels laughed. I rolled my eyes at the remark.

"Shut up." I playfully slapped his shoulder. We both said bye to each other and left.

The next day, Giannis called me. Then, we called the next day. And the next. And everyday after that.

We started dating and now we're living happily ever!

p.s. Maya is so happy for us. She got over Giannis pretty quickly.

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hey! sorry i haven't updated in like legit forever. i've been busy af and will deftget busier when winter/spring hits.
i hope everyone's doing well but mostly... ITS FOOTBALL SEASON!! i'm actually so happy (except for the school part 😭)
anyways... thank u for reading! 😘