WNBA Anthology

Get Close (Kahleah Copper)

If y'all knew how many drafts I have of a Kahleah Copper story you would yell at me 😅

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The team is sitting in the lounge, listening to the various performers. They are there for one reason and one reason only: to see if the quiet Aide they know as Sonatina is performing tonight.

Flashback

"Look at this!" Sophia exclaims, holding up her phone.

Phoenix Mercury looks at her phone, the realization until Mack jumps up.

"Is that Sonatina?!"

Sophia nods as their eyes widen at seeing the quiet yet kind aide who keeps their locker room stocked and pretty much is like a mom to the team when it comes to ensuring they are taken care of.

"She's a singer?!" Cloud says, looking at the phone before passing it to Diana.

"I mean, I have heard her humming before," Brittney says. "But I never thought of anything else."

"Same," Sug says, nodding in agreement.

"We should go," Diana says making them all look at the Veteran player. "It would be fun and a team activity!"

They all look at each other before nodding.

End Flashback

"Hello," comes a soft yet sultry voice, the team looking up before their eyes widen and mouths drop.

Standing on the stage is Sonatina. She's wearing a sparkling black dress that is one-shoulder with a peak-a-boo type cut that showed some cleavage but in a teasing way. The slit stops mid-thigh with feathers on the trim of the dress, the train pooling slightly around her feet which draw attention to the laced up black heels on her feet. Her hair is straightened, the normal lion mane now a straight mane pulled into a sleek ponytai. She smiles at the crowd.

"I know I've been neglecting y'all," she says, the crowd humming in agreement. "Y'know the season has started and I am busy. But when, Marco said he was having a little celebration well, I couldn't miss that."

She smiles as the music begins.

"New York pizza, my Coke Zero

Gamble my heart, Rob De Niro

I just want you to call

So we can get congenial

Get Close."

Her voice carries, keeping in time with the beat as she sings. Kahleah happens to make eye contact as Sonatina looks in their direction.

"You like Tupac, I like Janet

So damn stubborn, I won't have it

I laugh at it, boobies grab it

Take a road trip, screw the planning,

Get Close,

Get Close,

Need You Close

So Close."

Kahleah won't lie: she always did find the aide cute and attractive. She knew that underneath the sweats and baggy t-shirts she always wears, there is a woman with curves to die for. She caught it once by chance–Sonatina was heading out after work and Kahleah saw her in a black tube dress that hugged her curves as she walked to her car. She had started paying more attention to her afterwards, curious about her.