Only You.

CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR

To say that Juri was kind of nervous was an understatement.

Her stomach churned as she listened to the others anxious and exciting chatter.

Today was the day of the match and Juri didn't think that she would be feeling as nervous as she is now.

Looking at the kit she tilted her head to the side, it was a black one, the school name on the front.

Juri looked at the number ten that was on the back shrugging, she slipped it on and over her black turtleneck.

Putting on the shorts over the black leggings with her shoes, she cleaned off her glasses for the fourth time then let out a sigh.

"Guys, let's do our absolute best!" Zenny exclaimed with a huge grin, she was buzzing with a lot of excitement.

"YEAH!" A chorus of determined yells came from all of them as they left the changing rooms.

"Juri I would be careful with your hair, they're pretty vicious." Mari said.

"You played against them?" She asked.

"Mhm, I busted up my shoulder pretty bad two years ago because of them. But not this time." She said with a small smirk.

Juri laughed out at her slinging her hand over her shoulder.

As they entered the sports hall, they made eye contact with the opposing team seemingly warming up on the right end of the hall.

"Come on girls." Ross said as she nodded her head to the side.

They took their eyes off them and followed along.

Juri wasn't affected by their intimidating looks, they were indeed tall, a bit taller than Juri too.

She took one more glance at them then turned towards her team, she let out a small breath as she saw them slightly fearful but mostly nervous.

They began to jog from the halfway line up to the other end, then they did stretches, then they practised their shooting.

The whistle was blown and the ref had ordered them back to their benches.

"Alright, ease your minds. I've got a plan for us." Coach Ross said as she was crouched in front of the anxious girls.

"Our five starting players, Sarah, Valentina, Chantel, Izzy and Mari." They all perked up at their names being called.

Ross wanted too mix up the skill levels, since Chantel and Mari had played against them before, so they'll be able to maneuver around guiding the other three.

"Oh thank the lord." Juri mumbled, she didn't want to be the starting team not because of her nervousness but because she packed food to enjoy while watching.

They saw as the other team were ready, setting themselves up in the middle for the jump ball.

"Don't panic, never mind about how tall they may be, pick a player and mark them. Besides that, you've got this." She whispered out to them.

The tallest out of them, Sarah, stood beside a girl from the opposite team that gave her a cocky smile.

"I'm gonna wipe your face onto the floor." The girl mumbled into her ear, Sarah's face scrunched up as she gave her a glare.

"Both teams ready." The ref said as he stood in front of them.

"Right..." He mumbled, holding the ball out he threw it up into the air, both girls leaping up as high as their legs could get them to gain possession of the ball.

Juri shut her eyes, opening it again their were cheers for Sarah as she passed it to Valentina.

She let out a breath in relief.