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"Klay wake up."
I groaned and turned over, pulling over the covers on my head.
"Mikey leave me alone."
"I'm not your brother."
I opened my eyes and noticed I was under a white comforter. I quickly sat up and rubbed my eyes to see Salice standing there wearing a Christmas onesie and her hair in a bun.
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"It's not even Christmas."
"So ? I can't be happy in my own house."
"Oh shit, what time is it ?"
"It's one , you already missed practice." She shrugged.
"Why didn't you wake me up ?"
"You were tired as hell. You have been snoring for hours and here." She said, handing me a plate of breakfast foods. It was multiple pieces of bacon and sausage with eggs and pancakes. She added strawberry filling and whipped cream on the top. I ate all of it and she took the plate before walking out the door. I grabbed my phone that was on the nightstand and looked at all the texts and calls. Everyone texted me atleast twice and called me once and Coach was blowing my phone up.
I decided to not call and show up tomorrow to show my face to say I was alive. I put my phone back on the night stand and laid under the covers again. I heard Salice's feet slamming against the carpet. She walked back in and got under her covers too , scrolling through her phone. I noticed her ear had a mark on it.
"What happened to your ear ?"
"I got burned. What do you want to watch on tv ?"
"Anything." I said as my phone buzzed again. I picked it up to see KD calling me. I put the phone down and rolled over.
"You are so popular."
"More like in trouble."
"So is practice mandatory ?" She asked.
"Yes. If we don't make enough days , part of our salary is cut."
"That's stupid."
"Playing sports isn't a right , it's a privilege and it's fair." I shrugged. She started scrolling through the tv and she gasped and squealed with excitement.
"How long do you want to stay ?"
"I have no plans today."
"Harry Potter marathon tonight ?"
"Wait you like Harry Potter too?" I asked her. She nodded like I was stupid.
"Harry Potter is my shit. YAY I found someone who likes Harry Potter." She shouted, giving me a big hug and getting off of me. She turned on the movie and the whole day , I learned more about her and her passions.
She was different from other girls and it felt good to open up to someone without judgement.
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I walked into practice late as hell. I knew I was in trouble. I missed practice and ignored everyone's phone calls. I placed my bag down softly to not catch eyes but I ended up knocking over someone's container , slamming against the chairs. I felt everyone's eyes look over and I tried to pose awkwardly like I didn't do anything.
"THOMPSON!"
I sighed and walked over to Coach. He wrapped an arm around me and turned me away from the other players.
"So why didn't you show up yesterday ?"
"I ended sleeping through all my alarms."
He looked at me before looking at his clipboard.
"You are a terrible liar kid but I will let you get away with this one. Go practice."
I nodded and ran over and got ready to practice. Draymond tossed me a ball.
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"Why weren't you here ?"
I stated something easy.
"Overslept." I told her before making a perfect three.
