My Life Was Horrible. Until I met Him.

Chapter 9!

We walked in the door and I went up to my room while the boys played Black Ops. Ty said that Ari and Landin stayed here too, and when I asked how come they hadn't been here for the past couple weeks he said that they were on their vacation with their family in Jamaca. He said they just started living here about a day before I got there. And just before Ty found me they left. We were going to go pick out the furniture for their room here in just a little bit.

I plopped onto my bed grabbing my laptop as I walked by my desk. I got on facebook and read about everyone's damn problems. I mean why do they have to post them on facebook? I closed my laptop and looked around for something to do until then. I decided I'd go wander around the house until someone gave me something to do.

I walked down the stairs and plopped on the couch sighing heavily. When no one looked up at me I did it again. I still got no response until about the 4 time when Landin said, "Allright. What's going on? You keep sighing and ruining our game."

I gave him a glare and told him I was bored.

"That's it? You're bored? You did that because you were bored? Man, if you did that because you were bored, I'd hate to see you when you're hungry." Ari said.

"I'd offer you a control, but they're all taken." Ty replied, trying to give me something to do.

"Didn't you say you liked basketball?" Landin asked.

"Yepp. Love it. You got a goal and a ball? Cause I could totally take you."

"Oh really? Now I'm in." Ari said. Then Ty and Landin replied with a enthusiastic 'Hell ya!'

Me, Landin and Ty walked outside while Ari went to go find the ball.

"So what about teams?" I asked.

"Um.... How about me and Avery against Ari and Landin?" Ty suggested.

"Works for me." I said while the guys all nodded.

We started the game. Me and Ari stood in the center while Ty threw up the jump ball. As soon as Ty threw the ball, he ran behind me to be prepared for when I hit the ball to him so we could score. I bent my knees and smacked the ball sending it strait to Ty. He caught it and performed a perfectly amazing lay-up. After that the teams went back and forth but we always managed to stay in the lead by a couple points.

"Ughh! Landin what the hell?!" I yelled at him. I had been dribbling down court towards our goal when he came out of no where and knocked me down into the ground and the ball left my hands flying to god knows where.

"3 free shots." The other guys said at the same time. Someone ran and got the ball while I wiped the blood and sweat from my face. When he got back with the ball, I lined up my feet, twirled the ball, dribbled hard twice, and flung my arm into the air, feeling the surface and weight of the ball leave my hand. I watched as it soared through the net with an audible swish. I loved that feeling. The way the ball felt leaving your hands, how your wrist flicked forward as it left your hand. All the amazing tricks you could do with the ball. It all felt so amazing and unique. It made me feel powerful and perfect.

I lined up and did my thing as I watched my other two shots swish through the net. When those two shots were done, Ari and Landin got the ball and dribbled down court and I went and stood in front of Landin gaurding him so Ari couldn't pass him the ball. Ari was having a pretty hard time getting around Ty seeing as he was blocking Ari. Somehow Ari had gotten around Ty and was heading for the basket to complete another lay-up. I abandoned trying to gaurd Landin and ran towards Ari jumping in front of him with my hands in the air to block him using my chest. I couldn't use my arms or it would be a foul. He fell to the ground with a thud while I jumped higher and grabbed the ball out of the air running back towards our goal. As I was running I thought of how I had been working on those slam dunks before Ieft one of my old foster homes. I decided I'd try once again to do one. If I made this shot we would win that would make us have 40 points while they had 38. Right now we were tyed. And I went in for the win, lifting both my feet off the ground pulling my hands over my head and slinging them over the orange rim of the goal. I watched in slow motion as it slid over the edge and spun in a circle. To you it may just seem like a stupid pick-up game, but to me it was everything. The ball stopped spinning and fell the rest of the way into the net causing us to win the game!

I jumped up and down and ran over to Ty with a huge grin plastered over my face. He grinned big and gave me a hug.

"Aww! Group hug!" Ari exclaimed loudly jumping into our hug.

"Dude, we lost. We don't get a group hug." Landin replied.

Me, Ty and Ari looked at each other and shuffled our feet over to where he was standing. Without unhooking our arms we pulled him into the hug forcing him to at least act like he loved us.

"Come on yall. Let's go inside. I'm hungry." I said being the fist to break up the little love fest and walking into the house. It had now gotten dark and so Ari and Landin would not get to sleep in their own rooms tonight. We'd figure out sleeping arrangements later. Right now was something more important. Food.

I walked to the kitchen and grabbed four waters out of the fridge. I set them down on the counter right as the guys walked into the house.

"So.... What do ya say? Losers make dinner?" I asked Ty.

"Hell ya! I'm way to tired to cook after beating their butts." he said grinning and winking at me.

"Ya ya ya. Whatever." Ari said. I don't think Landin really minded. He walked right over to the fridge and started to pull out ingredients.

I grabbed my water and walked off leaving them to make me food. I plopped down on the couch and turned on the tv flipping to a random channel. I stared at it just thinking not really paying any attention at all.

Ty walked in and plopped down beside me watching whatever was on.

"So, we didn't go shopping for their furniture today. Where is everyone gonna sleep at?" I asked Ty.

"Well, I don't know." he paused for a minute thinking about it. "I guess they could take my bed and I could sleep with you again."

"Ok. I'm gonna go catch a shower, eat and then get in bed." I said walking to the bathroom.

At least we had a curtain this time.

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A/N: Well sorry it was late. School suddenly got harder and I have presentaions, papers and all kinds of shit due! once again sorry it took so long! Hope you enjoyed it!!

-Alyx