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"Point for me!" Sevyn cheered, waving her racket excitedly while Darnell stood on the other end of the court. He picked up the tennis ball and shook his head.
"You just got lucky," he called back.
She laughed at him. Darnell knew how hard this shooting had been for Sevyn and he offered to spend some time more time with her and because she was good at hiding her feelings. He left the choice of activity up to her, and Sevyn of course suggested doing one of the things she loved which was tennis.
"You told me you knew how to play," Sevyn teased as he prepared to serve. A genuine smile slipped on your face as you admired the determined look on his face.
"I am!" he said, doing a test swing of his racket, "You just have luck on your side at the moment."
"Luck baby I am a champion!" Sevyn yelled back.
Serving the ball, Sevyn watched where the ball was headed before quickly hustling over to return the ball. The two continued to rally back and forth for a while before Darnell managed to hit one just out of her reach.
"Woo!" He cheered, doing a small victory dance.
Sevyn let out a genuine laugh, amused by her boyfriend's energetic nature. Picking up the tennis ball, she tilted her head towards the bench along the side of the court.
"Want to take a break?"
He nodded, following her lead.
"How you been doing Sev?" Darnell asked as she took a sip of her water.
"Um, I've been talking to the counselor a couple days a week since the, you know..."
"I'm proud of you Sev."
"I love Ms. Bailey she's been amazing and has been helping me out."
"Have you been sleeping?"
"I haven't been sleeping much lately sometimes it's just me and Liv up late at night or if I'm home I'm by myself."
"You know you can call me anytime you can't sleep."
"I don't wanna keep you up with my problems."
"Nah Sev I want you to keep me up that way I know you're okay and getting better," Darnell said making her smile.
"Uh you just know what to say," Sevyn said making them both laugh.
"You know what can I say," Darnell said flexing.
"And also I want you to stop feeling bad about that night."
"You guys got hurt because of me."
Sevyn wrapped her arms around him and said, "No we got hurt because of Tyrone that had nothing to do with you, if I'm being honest he would have found any other way to have hurt Spencer."
