Not A Simple Love Story

Chapter Sixteen

[Sixteen]

***Lexi's POV***

My eyes fluttered open, and I smiled.

Maddy, Hailey, and I were meeting the guys at 12:00, at the basketball court just outside of the hotel.

"Nice of you to wake up, Lex." Maddy said, digging through her suitcase.

I sat up, and threw the covers off of me, standing up. "What are you looking for?" I asked, walking towards my suitcase.

"My pink Nike shorts, have you seen them?" She asked, making a mess of clothes.

"You only wear those when you know guys will be at practice. Trying to impress Nash? Hm?" I teased, taking them out of my suitcase.

"Shut up, Lex." She mumbled, and I threw the pink shorts at her.

"Thank you!" She said, running into the bathroom. I rolled my eyes, and took out navy blue shorts that ended an inch or two above my knee, with an oversized white t-shirt. I quickly threw on a sports bra, with my navy shorts. i heard the door open, and I turned to see who it was.

"Hey, do you-" Cameron started, but once he saw me, he stopped.

"Ever heard of knocking?" I asked, as he took in my appearance. I mean, I was in a sports bra.

"Perve, what do you want?" I asked jokingly, throwing on my t-shirt. I tucked in the front, and put my hair into a messy pony-tail.

"Oh, uh, do you know where Hailey is, Carter wants to talk to her." He said, looking around the room.

"Right here!" She said, walking out of the bathroom, "I'll go see him." She said, leaving.

"You better get ready for me to kick your ass, Cam." I said, and he rolled his eyes. He walked out of the room, and shut the door, just as Maddy came out of the bathroom.

"Who was that?" She asked, walking over to get her phone off the dresser, with her pony-tail swinging.

"Cam." I said, putting on my sneakers.

"What did he want?" She asked, putting on a pink headband, matching her shorts.

"Carter wanted to see Hailey or something, I don't know." I finished tying my shoes, and stood up. "Ready?"

"Let's go!" She said, happily, and we made our way down to the courts.

*

"Alright, because this is Cam and Lexi's bet, they're captains." Jack J said, and we nodded.

"Ladies get first pick." Cam said, and I agreed. After a couple of moments of silence, I spoke up.

"Aren't you going to pick, Cam?" I asked.

"Burrnnn." Matt said, earning a glare from Cameron.

"Carter." Cameron said, and Carter walked over.

"Hailey." I said.

"Johnson."

"Maddy."

"Mendes."

"Gilinsky."

"Espinosa."

"Caniff."

"Grier."

The teams were set, and we had one less person, so they had a sub.

"You get ball first, because you have the girls." Cameron said, and I rolled my eyes.

"Hailey, you take it up." She nodded, and dribbled up the court. Carter was guarding her, and she looked at me. I ran up, set a pick on Carter, causing him to fall over. Hailey ran for a layup, and scored.

"Alright, not bad." Cameron said not taking his eyes off me, "Carter, you're point."

I was guarding Cam, and Hailey took Carter. He ran up, and crossed over, running past Hailey. She smirked at me, and I stepped over, stealing the ball from Carter. I ran down the court, earning another basket.

The game continued, and we were down by 2. Hailey brought up the ball, and passed it to Jack G. He was about to go in for an elbow shot, but Nash blocked him. I faked, and ran around Cameron, stopping at the three-point line. Jack G saw me, passed it, and I shot a perfect three.

"SWISH!" Jack G, Taylor, and Maddy screamed. I laughed, running back.

"Next basket wins. Losers buy ice cream." Cameron said with a smirk.

"Deal." I said.

Cameron got the ball, and he went up to shoot, but I blocked him. I grabbed the ball, and ran up the court, scoring on a layup, and winning.

"WE WIN! WE WIN!" Everyone on my team chanted, and I looked at Cameron.

"Alright, Cameron, ice cream?" I asked, and his team groaned.

"Oh, it was your captain who made that bet. Not me." I said with a smile, walking to the bench with all of our phones. I grabbed mine, and turned it on.

I opened up Twitter, and looked at a couple of my mentions.

'sorry losers, maybe basketball isnt your sport (: @CameronDallas @Nashgrier @JackJackJohnson @Mr_Carterr @ShawnnMendes @TheMattEspinosa'

I closed Twitter, and we all made our way down to the ice cream shop.

*

"I can't believe you." Taylor said, sitting down next to me.

"What?" I laughed, taking a lick of my chocolate ice cream.

"Chocolate over vanilla?" He asked, taking a lick of his vanilla.

"Yea. All day, everyday, Caniff." I said, laughing.

"I thought you guys didn't play basketball." Nash said, changing the subject.

"Seriously? We're all on varsity." Maddy laughed, and I nodded.

"Yeah, every year. We've won like 5 championships total." Hailey pipped in.

"Not adding the other leagues we've done." I said, and the guys' jaws were practically on the floor.

"Damn." Shawn said, and I laughed.

"How long have you been playing, then?" Matt asked.

"I've been playing since 5th grade." Maddy said.

"4th." Hailey said, taking a sip of her milkshake.

"1st grade." I said, and everyone looked at me. "What?" I laughed.

"Seriously?" Carter asked, and I nodded.

"My, um, my mom wanted me to play." I said quietly, looking down at my lap. Hailey and Maddy got quiet, too.

"I bet she's your number one fan." Cameron said with a smirk, and I looked up.

"Yeah. She was." I said with a sad smile, and my phone rang. I got up to answer it, getting out of the awkward situation.

***Hailey's POV***

"Yeah. She was." Lexi said, and her phone rang. She quickly got up to answer it. Maddy looked at me, and I sighed.

"What's up with that?" Jack J asked, and I debated on telling them or not.

"Um, Lexi's family is kind of a touchy subject..." Maddy trailed off.

"What do you mean?" Cameron said, and I was about to say something, when Lexi sat back down.

"So, let's go back to the hotel?" Nash said, and we all agreed.

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