In the town of Tree Hill, being a Scott meant something, and it usually had something to do with basketball. But to Daphne, it meant her favourite cousin was the unwanted son of a town legend, ostracised and bullied by his own half-brother.
And Dap...
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AN UNKINDNESS OF RAVENS PT.2
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DAPHNE sat on the picnic table, in her go-to spot between Mouth and Jimmy, one knee pulled to her chest with her chin resting upon it as she gazed at the ground. She'd been quiet as the group waited for Lucas, something they'd all noticed for Daphne Scott was not the silent type.
"Hey, mama." Daphne watched the pair of Nike airforces come into view and lifted her gaze to see Skills in front of her "What's going on with you? 'Cause you've been mad quiet and I don't like it."
"He's right." Jimmy nodded from her left and she looked to him "Usually you never stop talking. Maybe we should call you Mouth."
Daphne chuckled a little before sighing as she she looked between the boys, Fergie and Junk tossing the ball back and forth between them "You heard about the whole school bus thing, right?"
"Shit, yeah." Junk chuckled, glancing over "I heard Nathan was all up on some cheerleader while Peyton stripped on her webcam at home."
Fergus frowned "Dawg, where do you hear this shit?"
He shrugged defensively "I talk to people."
"My point is, half the team got suspended, right?" Daphne bit her lower lip "So, Coach Durham kinda asked me and Luke to join varsity."
"No way!" Mouth laughed, his eyes wide in delight while the other boys shared their own disbelief "Now we can do a real podcast."
Daphne frowned, shaking her head "No, you can't. Because we said no."
"What?" Skills questioned "Now why would you do that? You've always wanted to play for a proper team. I don't understand why you would—" He sighed in realisation "You're doing this for Luke."
She shrugged "Nathan's the team captain. It wouldn't work."
Skills opened his mouth to respond when he heard Lucas call out a 'hey' and spun to face the boy "Were you gonna tell us, man?"
Lucas sighed as he spared Daphne a glance "It's nothing."
"Whitey asked you and Daph to play on the team, and it's nothing?" He scoffed.
Lucas sighed "It's nothing 'cause we're not playing—not with those guys."
Skills frowned "Luke, man, I've been guarding you and Daph almost every night since we was 12 years old, right? And I won how many games? I don't know, just seems like a waste to me, man."
