Summer Love

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James picture above (I totally made this guy up but none of this is real anyways lol)

I looked around as I was walking off the plane and my eyes instantly landed on Paul. I felt my lips tilt into a smile and he smiled when he saw me. Don't freak out I repeated over and over in my head, he's just a person like you and your going to play against him one day anyways. He met me halfway and took one of my suitcases from me.

"I'm guessing you know I'm Paul George" he said and I smiled and laughed a little.

"I definitely know that" I said and he smiled "I hope you know I'm Donovan Mitchell." He nodded and bit his lip softly.

"Yeah I do know that" he said "I watched some of your film" he said after a moment "your really good you know." I nodded slightly.

"Yeah I'd say I'm ok" I said and he smiled.

"Always room for improvement" he said and I nodded. "And in the one who's gonna help you improve" he said and I smiled a little. He remembers me saying that, we'll probably not, he just said it as well.

"Who's the other person you chose" I asked him and he looked down at me as we were walking to his car. "If you don't mind me asking" I added and he chuckled.

"Why would I, your going to meet him in a few days" he said and I smiled a little.

"I don't know I just thought you might want me to find out when I see him." He laughed and shook his head no.

"You've actually played him before" he said and I raised my eyebrows slightly. "James" he said "James Coleman."

"Like THE James Coleman" I asked him "like the second best player in the country."

"I don't know about that second part but yes it is the real guy" he said and I frowned a little.

"Why's not" I asked him "wha makes you think he's not good." He smiled and shook his head.

"You sure do ask a lot of questions" he said and I glanced down.

"I'm sorry" I said as I instantly regretted my decision of talking.

"It's fine" he said and he smiled a little "I actually like it." I looked up at him and he smiled down at me. "Answering your question though" he said and I nodded "I think he's a little overrated, there's aspects of his game that could be worked on." I nodded and we stoped talking since we had reached his car. I put my stuff in the back and he closed the back door while I got in the passengers side of his car.

"Where am I going to be staying" I asked him.

"My house" he said "it just makes the whole thing easier." I felt my eyes get huge at the fact that I was going to be staying at his house. He chuckled a little and I felt my face heat up. "James isn't going to be here till Monday" he said and I nodded. "I though we could do a little more one on one training before he gets here."

"Why me" I asked him and he looked over at me.

"I don't know" he said and he paused for a second "I just think there's something special about you." I smiled and he glanced over at me while he was driving. He pulled into what I'm assuming is his house since he parked in the garage. He got out and I followed him. He grabbed my bags from the back and we walked in. "I'm gonna show you your room, then I was thinking I could show you around downtown and such" he said and I nodded.

"Yeah that's fine" I said and he smiled and nodded. We walked up the steps and he showed me my room then he gave me a quick tour of the house.

"This is my room" he said once we reached a closed door "I don't really let anyone in unless I tell them, but if you ever need anything or wanna talk you can always come in." I nodded slightly. "James room is right there" he said and he pointed down the hall. "I have a bad feeling your personalities are going to clash so I put you far from each other." I laughed and nodded.

"Yeah he doesn't act the best when he's around me" I said and he smiled and nodded.

"He knows you're better" he said with a wink and my heart fluttered a little. Damn that was hot.

"Maybe" I said softly and he smiled.

"Come on I wanna take you downtown" he said "it's a little crazy but that's what makes it better." I nodded and we walked downstairs and to his car. We didn't really talk on the way but it was a comfortable silence. He took me all around downtown and to all his favorite places.

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"Hey don't let him know you've been here a week" Paul said and I nodded. "And don't let him know we didn't practice yesterday." I smiled and he smiled a little. The doorbell rang and he stood up off the couch and answered the door. "I didn't think you'd get here this early." I heard Paul say as he let James in.

"Well why wouldn't I" he said "it's not like I'm going to go and do other things."

"Well LA has a lot of traffic" Paul said and James nodded. Paul looked at me and I could feel his eyes wandering my body.

"Well look who it is" I heard James say when he noticed me. I smiled at him and he nodded at me. Paul raised his eyebrows slightly and James went silent.

"Let me show you to your room" he said and he walked up the steps and James looked at me one more time before he followed him up. "I guess I'll let you get settled" I heard Paul say after a while and then I heard footsteps on the stairs. "Hey let me know if he's ever mean" he said and I laughed.

"I can handle myself Paul" I said and he nodded.

"I know that" he said "but I can handle him as well."

"What's different about me" I asked him after a moment of silence "what makes you treat me differently than him." He bit his lip and furrowed his eyebrows a little.

"It's just, um, I just see something in you that you don't" he said "I can see how good a person you are and how good of a player you are. Don't get me wrong, James is a phenomenal player, way better than I was at his age, but there's just something different about you" he said "and I don't quiet know what it is yet but I'm pretty sure I'll know by the end of the summer." I laughed and little and he smiled.

"Why did you pick him" I asked him and he glanced upstairs.

"Because I wanna push him to a level he's not been pushed before, and I want him to realize things don't come easy." I nodded and looked around the room before I looked back at him.

"Well I hope you do that to me as well" I said and he smiled.

"That's what I was talking about earlier" he said "you want to be pushed to that level and he doesn't." I nodded a little and he smiled. "But to answer your question, of course I'm gonna push you to that level as well. I want you to become the best player that you can." I smiled and nodded. He sighed softly and I glanced up at him and he raised his eyebrows slightly. We both heard James walking down the steps and I looked over at him when he walked around the corner.

"What are we doing today" he asked Paul.

"Umm I don't know, I didn't really plan on doing anything today." He said and he nodded. "Well I guess we could get started" he said and James nodded and Paul looked over at me.

"What" I said confused and he smiled.

"Is that ok with you" he said.

"Oh yeah that's fine with me" I replied and he nodded and stood up.

"Come on were gonna go run" he said.

Just thought I'd let you know that it's is taking place over the whole NBA off season so it's over like a 5 month span of time. Idk how that works for them since there in college but oh well lol. Also! There is really no specific time in between each chapter, sometimes it's hours or a few days but it her times it's a few weeks.