Metamorphosis

Dreams

HeDi

Perfect... the word that could best describe my life for the past year... Yue and I are currently in our senior year... Me... trying to finish my last year in Civil Aviation and being the star player of the varsity basketball team at the same time... while my adorable girlfriend would be finishing Journalism in a months time.

Everyday is a perfect day... Yue made it so... Her mere presence makes everyday an exciting adventure. She makes me feel alive... She makes me happy... She makes me feel loved...

"Hey Di! Coach Liu is looking for you! He's waiting for you at his office!" Kankan yelled disturbing me from my reverie... " Yueyue....what have you done to me?" I said sighing as I bolted up and ran towards the coach's office

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"Hey coach!"

"Di... Come. Someone wants to meet you. " He said gesturing me to seat on the empty chair in front of his table. As I entered his office, i noticed that the other chair was occupied by a beautiful, foreign looking woman who elegantly sat crosslegged wearing black slacks and a white cashmere top.

"Wang HeDi meet Ms. Dilraba Dilmurat... team manager of the Chinese Basketball olympic team....Ms. Dilraba, this is Wang HeDi our star player." Coach Liu introduced us as I offered my hand for a handshake which the visitor gladly took.

" I've watched a lot of your games Mr. Wang and I am truly impressed by your skills and passion as a player..." She said flashing me a smile.
"And I won't be beating around the bush... How would you like to train for the olympic team?"

I was literally shocked by her offer...

"Wh-what?" I stuttered

"Do you want to join the Olympic team?" She repeated amused by my reaction.

Realization washed over me. Olympics... Is this even real? This woman is asking me to join the Olympic team...

"If ever you accept and grab this opportunity... we would be flying to Beijing in a months time... To jump start your training together with all the other players I scouted all through out the country."

What???? Beijing??? A month??? Does this mean joining the olympic team means leaving Shanghai? And leaving Shanghai means leaving Yue... No.... No.... I can't leave Yue behind...

"I'm sorry ma'am but I don't want to go..." I apologetically said.

"HeDi...are you sure about this?" Coach Liu asked obviously surprised by my decision.

"Yeah...yes I'm sure coach..." I said with finality in my voice. "Although joining the olympic team is every athletes dream sir... And for quite sometime it has also been one of my dreams... It's just that my dream is here sir...I'm living it."

"You don't have to rush Mr. Wang." Ms. Dilmurat suddenly interjected. "As I've said...training starts in a months time.... You have less than a month to think about it... Give me your decision before the month ends." She said as she casually turned her attention to my coach and discussed other basketball matters with him as Coach Liu dismissed me.

Yue

Hedi has been waiting beside his car when I arrived at the parking lot.