Rebound Girl || •Trevor Jackson•

Preface

New Home

Toni runs after the ball as it ricochets off of the backboard. " I'm for sure I'm not going to make the team," she thinks as she practices her ball handling. "why would the pick me, the new girl from the hood?"

Toni's mother recently received a promotion which allowed them to update their living status. They moved from Compton, California to Malibu and began their new life.

Beginning to get frustrated, she packed up her ball and headed home.

"Ma, what's for dinner!" Toni screamed as she walked through the front door.

" Raise yo voice in my house like that again and you ain't gettin' nothin'!"

" This ain't even yo house; we rentin' this mug remember," Toni said jokingly.

Toni's mother ain't rich. She just can cook her heart out. Back in Compton, Toni's mother worked at a small restaurant in town that didn't pay much. Living life as single mother; raising a daughter on her own, she knew she couldn't live like this any longer. Lucky for her, when making a new recipe for the restaurant a very prestigious food critic quoted in the local newspaper that it was "the best dish I ever tasted in my life." This earned her the position of head chef at a new popular restaurant in Hollywood.

"Wash your hands and come eat; dinner's ready."

Toni dashed to the bathroom, washed her hands, and was sitting at the dinner table within seconds. It didn't even matter what she was cooking; if Toni's mother was making it, it was bound to be delicious.

After dinner Toni began to prepare for bed. She couldn't stop thinking about tryouts. "I hope I make the team tomorrow,"she thought as she fell asleep.

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