THE interview

{CHAPTER ONE}

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[TAYLORS POINT OF VIEW]

after our big win today against louisville which overtime came to i was sat to do an interview with the man himself overtime larry. i should start off by saying i was kind of mediocrely popular in the women's basketball scene because of my youtube channel which showed what it was like to be a d1 athlete.

overtime usually didn't do college stuff, but i guess they made an exception for me. i had a really good game i scored 23 points with a double double on steals which i had 12 of. i chilled in the tunnel for a minute staring at the wall a tradition for when i'm anxious then i went over to where they had set up in the rupp arena putting on my uk sweatshirt and sitting down. they mic me up and i started drinking from my water bottle.

(during the interview)

"i'm joined here with kentucky's finest taylor lee. i'm so glad we couldn't have chose a better game to come to as you beat your rivals but also had a double double with 23 points and 12 steals even 8 rebounds outstanding game." overtime larry said

"haha thanks you so much!! i agree this was a very incredible game i'm just glad my teammates and i all have a great connection and play very well together i know we struggled the first few games together but we are getting the hang of it. i'm so blessed to be apart of a team that actually cares and works hard everyday to better themselves." i answer back drinking some more water.

"how does it feel being only a freshman here at such a high level of basketball and not only that but helping lead your team?"

"well i grew up in memphis so i really learned how to get tuff and play with older stronger better people and i think that helped me a lot in the long run."

"it was still a big challenge to adapt to college ball versus high school i mean they are such different atmospheres, but i think i've started to overcome the challenges and i try to set the best example possible for everyone."

"yes of course you have you ball out all the time now for some other overtime questions. why did you choose to come to kentucky?"

"well it was a very good program i love the coaching staff and this team as well as the fact it wasn't to to far from home i had an offer from a few other top schools, however, i'm glad with my decision."

"we all are. next question you have lots of fans since you started youtube how do you manage all of the work you do?"

"you know it's very hard and stressful at times but i remember when i was in high school i loved watching videos like that you know just to understand the hard work they put in." i said laughing.

"yeah i'm sure i couldn't imagine keeping up with all of that now for the fun questions who is your favorite teammate?"

"umm i don't pick favorites but i am really close with jaida roper i actually used to be rivals with her back in high school she is a grade above me but we've just grown so close."

"yes she's a walking bucket who do you think would win 1v1 matchup you or her?"

"ohh me no doubt i got her locked up." i joked around.

"who is you favorite kentucky player of all time boys or girls team?"

"tyler herro" i said almost immediately then drank water because i got nervous.

"ohhh the baby goat huh might have to set y'all up get some d1 babies." he said as i started to choke on my water.

"you good tay my boy tyler got his number one fan in his favorite rupp arena."

"i—i-i don't know if i'm his favorite f—a—n oh my gosh sorry," i said continuing to cough,

"i just really like his style and attitude you know he never lets hate get to him and always proves people wrong i mean he's definitely not ugly either tho." god what the hell am i saying.

"i'll make sure he hears about that you heard that tyler you got a boo thing to come cuff at kentucky and she's as swaggy as you are yerrr her shoe game fire cmon look at those he pointed to my shoes." he said.

"okay okay final question we saw you staring at the wall for a bit after the game and noticed you do that a lot why?"

"well when i get really anxious, excited, nervous, or overwhelmed anything like that i just put my phone up or drop everything and got look at the wall to calm myself down it's a weird but affective habit."

"of course we all have some way to calm and bring ourselves back to the real world thank you so much for joining us and imma need to give you some overtime gear to rock during interviews."

"this was the uk freshman bucket taylor lee."

"thank you for having me shout out overtimeee." i yelled as i stood up and dapped him up.

i talked to him some off camera. he had such a friendly and explosive personality i felt like i could tell him anything and i did. know the entire overtime fan base would know about my crush how embarrassing.

i walked back to the locker room taking off my multicolored confetti kyrie 11's mismatched shoes i wore for every friday home game as good luck. i changed out of my jersey into nike joggers and a sweatshirt before grabbing my keys and heading to my apartment.

it wasn't a far drive only about 4 minutes thank god because i really need to shower. i got home showered and looked as overtime tagged me in an instagram post. it was a picture with the caption uk freshman @taylorlee went off tonight with an insane 23 point game to defeat louisville 84-60 she also spilt some tea about her celebrity crush link in bio to watch😏.

i laughed at it and liked it commenting the 🤫 emoji before taking a shower. when i got put it was 11:30 and we had 1 pm practice then 3 pm weight lifting so i could at least sleep in.

a lot of basketball accounts posted about the game tonight and overtime posted the clip of me chocking on my water but thankfully cut out the subject of the conversation tyler herro i had a crush on him since high school probably and i just thought he was cute as heck and great at basketball.

i then noticed something really strange. tyler not only liked the picture but commented on it saying

damn that's cute.

OH
MY
GOD
TYLER HERRO JUST CALLED ME CUTE!!

this had to be a joke i mean for gods sake i was the furthest from cute in that picture i was chocking and had my hair in a gross looking bun and was all sweaty and gross since we just played in the game. i put my phone down and started at the wall for a few minutes. i always did that when i got overwhelmed and even did it after the game tonight before my interview.

i then picked my phone back up only to see that everyone was @ me in tyler's instagram page. i clicked on his story and saw the clip of me from overtime. oh. my. god. he said

let's get those d1 babies @taylorlee

i then set up a timer pic of me with my hair in a towel with blue nike shorts and a white overtime hoodie on staring at the wall.

i went on instagram and posted his thing on my story then posted the pic of me staring at the wall and said
currently staring at the wall and for the first time ever it's not calming me down @overtime @nolimitherro

overtime reposted in on theirs saying

2 baby goats maybe soon 3 👶🐐

then tyler literally replied to my story with the laughing emojis and followed me back i actually don't know what to do.....

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so i decided to write a different type of story bc i got no reads on the first one lol prob same here but this one is so much fun to write so idc