Magic

Chapter 15

Magdalyn "Magic" James

i've been waiting all year for basketball season and it's finally here. it my senior year and i have to make this one count. there are scouts coming to my games and everything so i have no time to slack and no time for stupid distractions....even if it is from jeremy. he's been calling me and texting me nonstop and acting really weird.

"Magdalyn?" he called down the hallway.

I turned around and he was running down the hallway toward me. he wasnt supposed to be here right now because the boys were supposed to be practicing before their game. there was the main gym and a smaller gym on the side of there that we use for practices so that we dont do any extra damage to the floor.

"hey, what's up." i asked him.

"i was thinking that after the game me and you could go back to my place. my parent are out of town and im thinking about throwing a party. you down?" he leaned against the wall and gave me this sickening grin. Something about him was wrong. Something was different.

"i dont know...i got a really important math test tomorrow and i dont think that i'll be up for staying up late." i lied. i dont have a test tomorrow. i'm just not going anywhere with him like this.

he frowned but quickly changed his face and smiled. "aw come on, it'll be fun."

"i dont think that i can," i said. he reached up and touched my arm.

"come on babygirl." he said.

"i'm cant go," i said to him. he gritted his teeth and began squeezing my arm. "Ow, what are you doing?" i tried to push him away but he ju held tighter. "get off of me."

he let me go and took a step back. "you know what, dont come cause you aint no fun anyway. imma call your little drug dealing best friend, get some blow, and find some girl after the game to suck me off."

"excuse me?" i asked him.

"you heard me." he spat back. "i dont need this shit from you."

he turned and walked away leaving me standing there in the hallway alone. the only thing that i could do was stand there and watch him walk away. this was strange, in the movies when stuff like this happens the girl always says that their world is crumbling but mine isnt. i feel fine. almost like a weight has been lifted from me shoulders. that's the real him and there's no way that i'm gonna be involved in that.

it was halftime and i was sitting on the bench watching the clock wind down to mark the start of the second half. there was a tap on my shoulder and i turned around to see Jam, set, quavo, and take sitting there. i waved at them and i got nothing but a lifted finger from quavo. Offset was too busy looking at Jamira and take was staring past me to where the cheerleaders were doing their halftime performance.

the second half started up again and it wasnt long before coach took me off the bench and put me into the game. i played like i normally would have but i could feel him watching me and i'm not talking about takeoff. i could feel jeremy peering down at me from the top of the bleachers like he was a sniper getting ready to take a fatal shot.

"move around magic! move!" i heard the coach shouting. there was only five minutes left in the half and we were up but only by two points.

"she gone choke!" creamed a familiar voice from the top of the bleachers. i didnt have to look over to know that it was jeremy screaming down at me.

i had the ball in my hands and i passed it on. it went back and forth from one teammate to another until it found it' way back to my hands and from right there where i stood i threw it up and watched a it passed right through the hoop right as the buzzer sounded. the whole crowd jumped to their feet and they were roaring. i went over to the sideline and got on top of the chairs that were set up for the team to sit on and jeremy was still looking right at me.