My Grey Nights {EDITING}

Chapter 8.

Chyna McCartney

It's been two days and I haven't talked to Sid and three for Noah, it's eating my alive! Last night my family came back home and nothing happen, but my mom or should I say Selina has been sending me death glares. After that crazy experience with the smoking that I vowed to never do, Selina has been on my case cause she claims, the air of the house has been thrown off. Stupid right? Other than that I've been chilled lately. I haven't been crying but I've been depressed and saddened. I regret getting mad at Sid cause it wasn't even his fault. I'm such a bitch! I've been sending him apology text messages it would say he read it but never text me back. So I've said fuck it, and with Noah I refuse to text him, call him or anything. He's a total jackass for what he did and said to me.

Just because Sid and Noah wasn't talking to me doesn't mean I wasn't going to have fun. Today was New York's annual Volley Ball tournament. Where different colleges from different states would compete for the Volley Ball state trophy. Every year I'm asked to play because of my stupendous spiking skills and over hand. That's also how I got a full term scholarship to The University of Illinois. My teams name was the New York Panthers. Some should say we were undefeated, and other would say we suck because we took the trophy home two years in a row and they were mad. Throwing my duffle bag full of my equipment into the back seat, I buckled my seat belt and put the key into the ignition and started the car up. Pulling out of the drive way I made my way towards the stadium where it'll be held.

When I pulled up it was overly crowded. I grabbed my things and walked to the back entrance of the stadium and did a knock. The door open and Benny, the body guard opened it up.

"Hey baby girl, long time no see." He said as he hugged me.

I smiled, " hey Benny, so did it start yet?" I asked looking past him and saw the other teams and mangers roam around talking and greeting each other.

"No, as a matter of fact, it starts in thirty minutes. So go get ready Panther." He said pushing me inside the building. I smiled and started walked towards the locker room when I heard my name being called,

" Chyna!" I turned around and was met by my friend Molly, she was asked to join from The University of Memphis. She was a white girl, she had a shy looking personality but don't let that full you. She can get hectic. From last year and up we made a hit and became good friends for now, I totally forget about her!

"Hey Molly, how are you?" I asked as she pulled me into a hug.

"Girl good, just happy I'm how out of school, what's been going on with you?" She asked as we walked into the locker room filled with our other teem mates we greeted each other before Molly and I made our way towards our lockers to change .

I signed, "shit, I mean I've been good and all but guy problems that's been getting on my nerves, and Sid isn't talking to me. We got into a bad argument." I confessed pulling off my shirt, leaving me in nothing but my pink bra. I grabbed my black shirt I wear every game and slipped it on.

She laughed. "You have guy problems!?" She exaggerated. I nodded,

"What, I can't have guy problems?!" I said slipping on my shorts and knee pads.

"I mean, yeah. It's just you never really talked about guys other than Sid." She rolled her eyes and scoffed. She use to like Sid and they went out for like two mouths before he cheated. That's when she acted like she hated him, stupid right? But it's what ever.

"Three minute left ladies!" Our couch Mrs. Freight yelled into the locker room. I bent down to tie my shoes and stood up and put my hair into a tight pony tail. Everybody that was standing around started to line up by the opening door

"Well, yeah he thinks he knows me and shit. But let's go line up." I said walking away from her.

"Now it's that time of the year we've all been waiting for!" The announcer yelled into the speaker phone, and the crowd suddenly went wild. A rush darted through my body as I started shake my hands and jump up and down. I'd be damned if I wasn't nervous.

"Let's welcome our upcoming and undefeated team, the New Yotk Panthers!!" He yelled dragging the letter R. We busted though the door of the stadium, the crowd went crazy. We ran onto our places on the court and I was up first to serve.

"Now we can't forget our second place winners the Texas Peppers!" He yelled. They ran out the other double doors across the court and they crowd screamed and cheered. They got into place and they was sending us glares. We all got into a live and walked down a black line. Meeting with the other team we shook each other hands and said good luck.

We got back into place and I was handed the volley ball. The referee pointed towards our side and blew the whistle. Throwing the ball into the air I watched is as if it was going in slow motion. I sung my arm into the air and hit the ball as hard as I could. It flew over to the net and went over. The player in the middle when for it and hit it back over. It was coming for Molly and she spiked it over, making the other team lose that point. The referee blew the whistle and pointed toward us letting the crowd know we made that point. The crowd screamed and clapped and did a wave I smile and the ball was thrown back to me.

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We were now one points ahead of the other team and it was the last ball and they had it. Droplets of sweat is dripping down my face. The ball flew over the net and was going for a girl named Katy. She hit the ball but it failed to reach the net,

"Help!" She yelled, Joliet another player on the team helped and hit the ball into the air and it was coming for me. A rush sprinted through my body and I spiked it over the net. The other team it hit and it didn't make the net. Another member from their team tried to help but fail and it hit the floor. Meaning we scored the last point and we won! We screamed with the crowd and we all hugged each other. Three times in a row we won the state trophy, it was crazy that my family never been to any of my games.

"And again, the Panthers won. Three times in a row! This is truly a undefeated team!" He yelled into the mic. I searched to crowd and saw the people jumping and screaming hugging and all. I looked around and saw Katy hugging someone I smile then it immediately dropped went she pulled away.

Noah.

I quickly turned around and started walking back towards the locker room and to gathered my things together. Walking into the dressing room I put my things into my duffle bag.

"Chyna we're going to go out the celebrate you wanna go?" Katy asked walking into the lock room wiping sweat away with her hand. I smiled,

"No, I'm about to go home. But call me, okay." I said, and pulled her into a hug. She smiled,

"Okay, drive safe girly!" She said ask I raced out the locker room. I bumped into someone and stumbled back,

"Oh I'm-" I looked up and stopped talking, I froze. Noah looked down at me and his face looked apologetic. I rushed past him and walked as fast as I could.

"Chyna, wait!" He yelled. I started to run out of the stadium and back to my car. I unlocked the car and tears were begging to pour out! I got into the car and they fell onto the stirring wheel. Fuck! I thought, hitting my fist on the wheel.

I didn't even know he was there! Why does he make me cry? Just when I thought thing couldn't get worse, Bam! He wants to show up. Who was Katy to him anyway? Is it his girlfriend? He was playing me? No, it's probably his sister! But what if I'm wrong!

I started the car and started my way back home. I can't keep letting him get to me...

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July 12, 2014