Geeks Deception

Episode 2.1: Tryouts

June 5, 2013 (Date Present)

Westernville Clubhouse

7:30AM 

Alex POV

Wearing a spandex shorts, top with a dri-FIT sleeveless shirt, a knee pads, partnered with a running shoes – I'm walking my way to the Westernville Clubhouse, a recreational activity center in our village. Candice and I will be having a practice today for the volleyball tryouts tomorrow.

As I arrive at the clubhouse, I headed to the gym – in which Candice's mom reserve for us today. I fix my things on the bench and do some stretching. After a few minutes Candice arrives as well.

Candice Velez. My bestfriend. Sister. Hangout buddy. Family friend. She is a latina beauty, having a long wavy hair, hazelnut eyes - a perfect sophisticated teenage girl. Her family owns a globally known Fashion Magazine and an advertisement company.

We start our practice with a 15 minutes warm up, and then continue on the basic trainings. After completing a full round practice, Candice asks for a break.

“I miss this!” Candice utters. 

“Yeah right! It's been months since we play this game.”

“Yep! Our high school varsity days - Ah girl before I forgot, let’s go to the school later to watch basketball tryouts - Please. Please. Please. Let’s go boy hunting!” Candice said as she wipes her head with a towel.

“Boy hunting? It’s Christian again, right?” I asked as I open my water bottle. Christian is Candice’s long time crush since we were in high school.

“Nah! Sports is not his hobby. Dancing is. I just want to see some cute freshmen in our university. I've heard that the university basketball team is also there. And they said they’re hotties. Ha-ha.” The power of Candice eavesdropping. Amazing.

“Well, I don't have anything to do after. So... boy hunting it is!” I agree with her.

We do 1 more game before we decide to go to the university. Upon arriving at the school, we head to the gymnasium. There are lots of students that are also going to the gymnasium. I guess there are lots of participants today. Everyone is excited. We reach the gymnasium and we are awe in what we see.

It's a 'WOW'.

The gymnasium is extravagant. It is like a commercialized gymnasium like Arena. It can accommodate almost 4000 persons. It has a 4 sides visual display screen on the center of the court. It has a divider that separates basketball court, volleyball court, and badminton court. It has a separate shower room and dressing room at the side. There is a 4 feet high stage in front which can be used for presentation activities in the school. 

There are lots of students who are waiting for the opening of basketball tryouts. Some of them are cheerers or fans of the participants. We seat on the vacant bench near the court. I see the participants listening on the side while they were given some briefing of the head coach of the basketball team. I am awe as I see Matteo in line with the participants.

‘So Mr. Yabang is in to basketball. Hmmm... let’s see if he’s good then.’  My mind says.

After a few minutes of waiting, they all stand up and start a warm-up exercise. 15 minutes after, the head coach calls them and introduces them to the basketball team of Monte Carlo University.

“Ok guys, since there are lots of participants in this year’s tryout, I’ll divide you into several teamsand will do a single match game. Each team will match one of the team’s here. We will do a different type of elimination game. Each game will have 2 quarters or a 20 minute game. We will select best players on each team and group them to the other selected players in other team. The selected players will be group and match up to the other team. The winning team would have a higher chance to be selected for the basketball team. For the failing team, we will still select best players on their team if they do an exceptional game. Then after that, we’ll pick who are the successful players that pass this year’s tryout. We will post the successful players at the bulletin board. So everyone, do your best! So as I call your name, go to your respective group” the coach says.