Final Shot

Ninth Shot

After almost 2 weeks of being absent, Kershia is finally back to school. Von and Kershia's parents both agreed that he will be her driver until she has fully recovered from her injury. At first, Kershia was against that idea but Von's parents were so persistent in convincing her and that made her say yes.

The team was really happy to see the ever bubbly Kershia in their training. Yep, Kershia is in Moro Lorenzo because she's having her therapy there.

"Bilisan mo magpagaling, Kershia." Arvin told her while they were sitting on the gym's floor, "Para naman ganahan na 'tong si Papi Von maglaro."

"Oo nga, Kershia Malaysia!" Anton added.

"Where the eff did you get that?!" Kershia answered while laughing her ass off, "You're so funny, Anton!"

"Funny? More like corny!" Von commented.

Anton shifted his gaze at Von, "Really, Von? How about this, "You really want to know why, Kersh? Fine! As much as I don't want to admit it but I like you, Kershia. I like you more than a friend! I like you. Fck."" Anton mimicked Von's voice, "How corny was that?"

Von bopped him on head, "SHUT UP, ANTON!!"

"See, you are the corny one here, Von." Anton continued, "Not me. It's you, Von. It's you."

The team laughed at Anton's banters. Everyone knows how pikon Von is, they won't stop teasing him. Yes, almost everyone knows about that impromptu confession. Why? How? Well, both Mika and Kiefer shared it on their instagram accounts. As they say, birds with the same feather flock together.

"Maiba tayo," Kiefer started, "Hindi ka ba nahihirapan jan sa wheelchair mo, Kersh?"

Kershia raised her eyebrow, "Hirap na hirap. Ayoko ng ganito, gusto ko maglakad, gusto ko tumakbo, gusto ko tumalon."

Von gave her a quick pat on the back, "You can do those things again, Princess. Just be patient."

They were in the middle of their chitchat when Coach Bo suddenly blew his whistle.

"Back to training, boys!" Coach Bo shouted.

The boys rushed back to the court and continued doing the drills and shooting. Kershia was startled when Coach Bo sat beside her.

"Alam mo hija, simula nung hindi mo nakakasama yang si Von nagbago yang batang yan." Coach started, his eyes were glued at the boys, "He even skipped one of our trainings. Hindi ako nakikialam sa personal life ng players ko pero parang walang magandang dala yung pagkakaibigan ni Von at nung Janine ba yun. Don't get me wrong, I'm not judging her. Or baka nasabay lang din naman may ibang iniisip si Von nun."

Kershia shifted her attention to Coach Bo, "I've known her since forever, Coach, I don't think she'll let Von skip his training. Maybe he was thinking of something lang."

Coach just shrugged his shoulders, "Maybe. But I want you to know that I'm happy that you're back. Because of you, Von is back to his old self."

Kershia smiled at him, "Don't worry Coach, he will never skip his training ever again. I promise you that."

"I'll keep your words, Kershia." then he went back to the court.

After Von's training, he walked her to her class.

"Von, you don't have to wait for me." Kershia said, "I can always text mang Roger naman."

"No, I'll wait..." Von answered quickly, "No more buts."