MATCH POINT ★ challengers

02. SET TWO

And I wonder what it's like inside your mind
I would pay any entrance fee
To understand what you might think of me
If you think anything

LENNON CADDEL AND TASHI DUNCAN were best friends. Everyone knew it. They came as a matching set. Everywhere Tashi went Lennon was there too, right by her side. In the dining hall, in the stands of a boys tennis match. They even shared a dorm room. There was no one else on planet earth that the two girls would rather spend all of their time with. Or It used to be like that, at least. Only recently, Lennon had been seen with a curly haired brunette boy brushing against her side every now and then. Everyone that knew them joked that Tashi had finally loosened Lennon's leash a little. The two were still seen together all the time, obviously, but it seemed like their duo had turned into a quartet. The aforementioned brunette boy, and a blonde, making their appearances at matches and in the dining hall. Lennon, who once looked like she had to be dragged to tennis practice, went everywhere with a pep in her step. Maybe it was the boy she was seeing. Maybe Tashi had finally cooled down. Nobody really knew. But whoever it was, they were doing their job. And they were doing it well. By the end of the school year, Lennon Caddel would be ranked number one in women's collegiate tennis. Across the entire country.

"Let's fucking go!" Lennon had just won her third match of the season, officially pushing her to the top spot in the country. A freshman. #1. If you had told her six months ago that this is where she would be, she would've laughed in your face.

Patrick and Art are in the stands, cheering like their life depends on it. Tashi is standing up from a bench not too far away, running in the direction of her best friend. She picks her up and spins her around before setting her back down on the court. Lennon isn't just smiling. She's glowing.

"You're fucking amazing!" Tashi exclaims, grasping Lennon's hands in her own. She pulls her into the tightest hug and sighs. The sigh was something akin to relief. Lennon was too elated to notice. She catches Patrick's eye over Tashi's shoulder. He winks at her and all she can do is smile back.

She's got the world in the palm of her hand. Number one in the country. Best friends a person could ever have. And the type of boyfriend that she thought only existed in a romance novel. What could get better than this?