Coincidence at best

I dont quite fall for him, more like into him.

We arrived at the school at exactly 6:10, so I can easily be in the Varsity locker room by 6:15. As my mom heads twisted the main entrance and I the side entrance, she wished me luck and promises to take lots of photos. I inwardly groan because it's a fact that I make the dumbest faces when I'm on the court. But alas, there is no way to stop my mother when it comes to "family momentos". As I opened the doors and made my way down the locker room hallway, I could already hear the excited screaming coming from my teammates, as well as the pumping of our pre-game music that my friend Merissa plays through a huge ass speaker. I smile to myself and think, "this is gonna be fun."
As soon as I walk through the door I am surrounded by my teammates. And I was ready to rock this game!
We spent a half and hour getting ready and talking about the game plan. It was now 6:45, time to head out on the court and start our pre-game warm up. We did lay ups, three man weave and others. As the buzzer went off to signal that warm ups were over we headed towards our bench. Coach Mitch gave us a pep talk as well as restate the game plan that the team talked about earlier. The starting line up was; Merissa as point guard, Lilly and Vanessa as wings, and Kate and I as posts. I would be jumping. The butterfly's returned. This was it, as the Ravens walked out on the floor, our entire team cheered as loud as humanly possible.
"COUGARS!"
I turned and strode towards the middle of the court. I was giving myself mental encouragement with each step I took.
    "Jump high and you'll be fine."
    "If she gets it stop her right away."
    "Remember to use the up-and-under, it's your best move."
Then I was face to face with the opposing jumper, this was great she was a bit shorter than I, let's just hope she can't jump well.
The referee walked up, whistle in his mouth.
    "You ladies ready?"
We both nodded, then, the whistle blew.
     REEEEET!
The ball was up and I jumped as high as I could, that's it! My hand is on it. It went straight to Merissa who was to my front right. She dribble as swiftly as the wind. Lilly was ready at the basket, pass, SCORE!! We got the first point, we can do this!
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It was the fourth quarter, only a minute thirty left in the game. The student fan section was screaming their heads off. I was under the basket on defense, boxing out the girl I was guarding, there was a shot, I got the rebound! We were only one point ahead, the score was 34:33, in our favor obviously. But the Ravens were pressing us I had no one to pass to, I would have to take the ball down to our basket.
     "This is your chance Hailey, GO!"
I ran, dribbling the ball so fast I forgot I was doing it, but the defense was pushing me right along the out of bounds line. I was so close to crossing half court! Five more feet! Then BAM!! I suddenly flew sideways, though the landing was surprisingly soft. The blow definitely wasn't. Dazed, I looked around trying to figure out where I had landed. Then, I looked up into a pair of deep Amber eyes and realized I hadn't landed on SOMETHING, I had landed on SOMEONE!
   "OH MY GOD IM SO SORRY!"
I struggled to get up but I was stills dazed from the blow.
    "Its ok, just chill, are you ok?"
Oh my god his voice was like honey, snap out of it Hailey!
    "Uh ya I'm fine, just a bit dizzy I guess?"
     "Here let me help you up."
I grabbed me gently under the armpits and lifted me up, the fans clapped politely as you do when a hurt player stands.
I got a good look at him as I turned to thank him. He looked like he was just a bit taller then me, with a mop of messy bleach white hair. He also had on simple black jeans and an AC\DC shirt!! I love them!!
     "Thanks for you know, um, making the landing less harsh."
He looked me straight in the eye and gave a small smirk.
      "No problem, any time."
Then I remembered I was still in the game, I ran to our bench, my teammates clapping me on the back and asking if I was ok. Turns out one of the defenders decided to ram me to stop me?!? She got a technical foul for that one! I sat out for the last minute of the game, we even managed to hold them at 33:34!! WE WON!!! When the buzzer went of we all screamed in excitement. But we remembered to compose ourselves and be sportsman like for the other team, we shook hands as well as thank the refs and scorekeepers. As we headed to the locker room we started singing "Champions!" By Queen. This was the best day ever. But I couldn't get the itching question off my mind on who the boy I fell on was. Did he go to our school? How old was he? I'll see what I can find out tomorrow.
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