𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐍𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐞

𝐀 𝐥 𝐞 𝐱 𝐢 𝐭 𝐡 𝐲 𝐦 𝐢 𝐚

Xavier's POV

After the event we shared at the park neither one of spoke about it, at least I didn't speak about it. I decided to go off and clear my head from my thoughts. Well, thought.

The only thought that seemed to consume all of my time and energy for the past few days have been-

"Hey Xavier, have you seen Senaii?" Devin asked looking around me.

I shook my head no along with moving at a quick pace away from him. I turned back and he was gaining speed on me. Just then the last bell for lunch rang. 

Thank God.

I scurried between the busy lives of the other students making their way to the cafe to sit down and chow with their comrades. Meanwhile, I was making headway towards my 6th period class to inform my teacher that coach wanted me for practice this period.

After grabbing my change of gym clothes I headed to the workout room and I started working on my form for basketball season. I worked out for maybe 15 minutes before the coach came in. I nodded at him as he passed me in the weight room.

Couple minutes later the rest of the team came walking in ready for workouts. Coach blew his whistle meaning we needed to stop the chit-chat and listen up.

"Alright guys, I want 2 laps around the gym then I want you to practice your layups, rebounds, and 3 pointers. Almost forgot to mention."

Just as coach was about to finish his sentence, Devin walked into the gym. I stepped up from the back, "Uhm Devin, this is a closed practice. So if you could ever so kindly-"

"Martin please.. be nice to our newest member of the team." 

"New member?"

"Yeah. Li showed showed me some serious hustle and determination for this spot on the team." Coach said patting Devin on the back. I didn't believe the 'hustle' that he seemed to show. There was an ulterior motive.

Devin shook hands with everyone on the team, leaving me to be the last person to shake his hand. He held my hand for a bit longer and had a tightening grip. Getting tighter by the second.

I retracted my hand in a swift motion. Coach clapped his hands startling me a tad bit.

"Alright, 2 laps around the court then run to half court and back. LET'S GO!!" He blew his whistle and we were off.

30 minutes pass by and we were doing team passing drills when I heard the door to the gym creak open.

I seen a figure make their way across the gym when they stopped once a ball crossed their path. I looked over and seen it was Senaii and she had a paper in her hand. The basketball rolled over to where she was standing and tapped the side of her foot slightly. Gavin and  Brody paced over to grab the ball from Senaii's foot. Senaii looked down at her feet, she placed the paper on the bench next to her and shot the basketball through the rim from the side lines. She took a bow and we applauded and whooped at her for making the shot. We heard coach blow his whistle and we got back to running drills. She headed inside to talk with coach and we continued on with practice.

She came back out a couple minutes later and there was a ball heading for her Gavin stopped it from hitting her. I was about to return back to my exercise when I seen out of the corner of my eye, Devin was heading towards Senaii at full speed.