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mei'lani's pov ————
i was in my aunt's office eating on some nilla wafers.
it was thursday, now my 4th day at the school.
"made any friends yet?" , my aunt asked as she typed on the keyboard with her glasses sitting on her nose
"nah, you know i'm a loner. i was a loner back at home" , i said still snacking with my knees to my chest, sitting on the couch in her office
someone then knocked on the door , "come in", my aunt yelled
i looked up from my phone , "hey coach , just letting you know i straightened things out with mr.thame so you can get off my back now" , she said jokingly
i looked her up and down , analyzing her. she had a nice sense of style. she was masculine too. but i'm not into girls
"you know i'm still gonna be breathing down yall back's , yall can't be slacking on my team" , my aunt said in response with a light chuckle
"yeah i know", she sighed , "hey manager", she said then catching me looking at her
i just formed a small smile before she left and closed the door behind her —————————————————————————
*later that day, at practice
i was sitting on the bleachers, eating ice. the bleachers weren't fully pulled out so my feet were dangling.
some of the players would sneak and get my ice during practice so i just sat the ice next to me incase they wanted some.
"lani put 2 minutes on the clock!" , my aunt said to me as i hopped down from the bleachers to do as i was told.
the players walked towards the bleachers , breathing heavily. i hopped back on the bleachers and watched bri (a player) , take some of my ice
"well damn i need to get some more ice, yall eating all my shit" , i said smacking my hands on my thighs
"why you eat so much ice?" the girl from my aunt's office earlier questioned me
"ice is good", i smiled
"its water" , she said taking a sip of her gatorade
"water is good too" , i said
she chucked , "okay manager"
"why do you keep calling me manager? my name is lani" , i said furrowing my eyebrows at her
"cause you're my manager, manager", she said chuckling as if it was funny.
"okay, player" , i said to her
"stop playing with me" , she said locking eyes with me as the buzzer went off , "its nazaria" , she said before tossing her gatorade and running back on the court
"its nazaria" , i mocked her
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nazaria's pov ————
i put my blunt out as i parked my car on the block of this party my best friend told me to pop out to.
i don't normally do parties , simply cause i don't like busy surroundings .. but eh what the hell.
i seen my best friend at the front door , waving at my car trying to get my attention
i got out and walked up to the front door
"not you actually popped out" , she chuckled with a red cup in her hand
"yeah yeah" , i said throwing my hoodie on
i walked in and followed her to the kitchen
i sat on a barstool , looked around and put my hands in my pockets.
"don't sit there like a lost puppy best friend , loosen up", kamari said to me
"hey ma" , her boyfriend said coming up behind her , hugging and kissing her
i side eyed them , and turned my nose up
"hey baby", she turned around cheesing
i was looking them up and down until i seen someone enter the kitchen through my peripheral
it was my manager, lani.
she poured herself a drink then looked up at me. she began chuckling at the sight of me.
"i know that's not ms.manager" , i chuckled as she walked up to me
"i know that's now ms.player" , she chuckled taking a sip of her drink, now standing in front of me as i was in the barstool chair , looking up at her
"don't call me that" , i said with a straight face
"just matching energy" , she said with a small smile
i snatched her cup, smelled it, then took a sip
"um .. who told you to snatch my cup? what if i had something?" she scrunched her face up
"relax, you look like a clean girl", i said locking eyes with her
"yea yea. you can keep it, im about to go" , she said as she turned around to walk away before i grabbed her arm
i stood up , she then went from looking down at to me , to looking up because of our height difference. "where you going?" i questioned her
"why you worried?" she said raising an eyebrow
i just scoffed and let her arm go
"take me home" , she said .. i then looked back down at her
i grabbed her by her pants and lead her outside to my car
