Love And Basketball

Chapter 5

Sarah had never been the type to go out drinking, and partying. But there she was, packed in Marshall's car with Justise, Quinn, Jahil, Amile, Tyus, and of course Grayson. It was so not legal to be smushed in his car like this, but whatever. Sarah of course, being the smallest got thrown in the middle of the backseat. I really don't know how 5 freakishly tall guys squeezed into the back of Marshall's mustang.

"Get your elbow out of my ribs Okafor." Sarah gritted out.

"Get your elbows out of my ribs Okafor!" Jahil repeated in a girly voice, making Sarah roll her eyes.

"Mocking, really? How old are you?" Sarah asked. "And I don't talk like that."

"Whatever you say." Jahil replied.

"Are we there yet?" Quinn asked.

"No, now shut up." Amile replied from the front seat.

"Why did you get the front seat anyway?" Quinn questioned.

"Because I'm the tallest. I need more leg room than y'all dweebs."

"Bull crap. You're so not the tallest." Jahil chimed in. "I am."

"Bull crap, both of y'all are wrong. Marshall is the tallest." Grayson said, finally joining in on the conversation.

"Who asked you to talk freshman?" Amile replied, rolling his eyes.

"Shut up Amile! You love Grayson." Tyus called out from being squished under Justise.

"What were we talking about again?" Jahil asked.

"Who knows." Replied Justise.
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Ten minutes later they were free. The boys chose to go to Shooters with that being a place that underage students were known to be served alcohol.

"I don't even know how you guys talked me into this." Sarah exclaimed "It's not like I even like partying, alcohol, or people for that matter.

Amile threw his arm around her shoulders, "oh come on,  Sarah!" He said in a sing-song voice "you're going to have a great time!" 

"Thats right!" Tyus yelled as pushed his way to the front of the group headed to the bar. "you can't say you truly don't like partying until you've partied with us blue devils." 

Sarah internally rolled her eyes. But she was here, she vowed before coming to college that she was going to start fresh, make friends, and maybe even have a life. So what if she got a little wild and crazy tonight, she was going to have fun and to have fun she needed a little liquid courage and Jahil seemed to have that covered for her.

"Here you go Sarah, this will knock the edge off." Sarah reached to take the glass from Jahil but before she could the fun police snatched it from his hand. The fun police being Grayson.

"Man, what are you doing?" Grayson asked Jahil eyes wide. "That's tequila!" Grayson said pointing at the shot glass, and then he turned to me and said "Thats Sarah!" Jahil seemed genuinely confused.

"I'm not sure I understand what you're saying Grayson." Jahil said with a bored look on his face.

 "Are we pointing at things and naming what they are?" Jahil asked with his hands out. "If so.." He pointed at Grayson "Grayson Allen, known tonight as The Fun Police. Give the drink back to Sarah, she's having fun tonight."

"She's got practice tomorrow morning, you don't want to be in her proximity if she's hung over." 

"she'll be fine. Now hand it over." Jahil crossed his arms. Grayson looked down at me and I gave him and an innocent smile, then he looked back up at Jahil clearly not wanting to back down so easy but knowing he probably wasn't going to win this battle, he handed it back over.

"Thank you!" Sarah said in a sing song voice. then she put the glass to her and lips and tilted her head back. Bottoms up she thought. After the burning liquid went down her throat, her face made its way into a grimace and a she broke out into a couphing spell. She glanced ad Grayson and he looked pleased with a smirk on his face. 

"Cant say I didn't warn you." Sarah rolled her eyes, and looked over at Jahil he was cackling.

"Alright lets get this party started!" Jahil pumped his fist and made his way back up to the bar where Amile and Tyus were sitting.

Sarah and Grayson made their way to the bar and ordered just plain beer. She wasn't feeling like tequila before 7AM practice tomorrow morning was such a good idea, the boys on the other hand were downing shots every five minutes, it seemed like. She just thanked god that Grayson was not following their lead and that he had stopped her and been the voice of wisdom before she got shit-faced drunk. throwing up on the court tomorrow in front of Coach K in the girls and boys joint practice was not on her list of things to do. But hey, sitting in a secluded corner of the bar with Grayson getting handsy, drunk off cheap beer didn't really seem safer, but it was way more enjoyable. 

Well the clock on the wall read 1AM and that's when Sarah knew it was time to go, but why didn't she wanna move? Grayson had just gotten up to go corral the boys up and she couldn't stop thinking about all the kisses her and Grayson had shared that night. Soft sweet ones, that turned into wild crazy ones, all she could think about was getting him home. But she knew better than to move so fast, they'd been friends for a long time and she wasn't going to let her gullible mind be tricked by her raging hormones, to go jump into bed with Grayson. She knew better, she was going home to her room, not Grayson's. She had controlled herself all through high school she wasn't about to stagger now.

"Well guys.." Marshall started until Sarah cleared her throat loudly and raised her brow. 

"sorry, excuse me.. guys and gal." Sarah smiled. 

"better."  Sarah replied.

"We started this night squished into my mustang and that's how we're ending it, I'd say that's a win."

Grayson scrunched his eyes together, "You'd say this is a win? when we have Amile sleep talking up there in the passenger seat, Tyus and Quinn passed out snoring, and Justise is back here talking to himself."

"Well Grayson" Marshall replied stretching the sound of his name. 

"we're all alive, back in my car, and on the way home. Id say that's a win."

"Amen!" Justise. suddenly deciding to speak to someone other than himself. "