BALL GOALS || Bronny James

29.0

Jay

I was woken up by music blaring in my ear. I already knew it was the guys next door. Basically they came down here at the same time as us in a different bus. Right now were in Dallas Texas for a tournament on the circuit that is held every summer. Were in the Under Armour Circuit so we had to be prepared.

So far we've been doing good were undefeated but we haven't faced any real talent. I tried banging on the wall but the music only got louder. I snatched my bonnet off my head and stomped to the next room. I banged on the door and as soon as it opened I made my way inside. They were probably thinking I'm crazy.

"Can y'all keep that shit down" I said looking around the room. It looks like the whole team was in one living room. "Sorry Jay I know how you are in the morning" Shaqir said laughing. I punched him in the arm and walked out making sure I slammed the door on my way out. When I got back in my room Azzi was watching a different world on tv. "They are so annoying" she said rolling her eyes.

I went in my room and took a shower since I couldn't go back to sleep. All I could think about was what my friends back home were doing. It's crazy that I now call California home. We were all ready so we went downstairs to get breakfast. Me and Shaqir took the stairs because I only use elevators when I absolutely need to.

When I got on the first door I ran to get a window seat in the booth. I was actually breathing hard from running 20 feet. "Out of breath for a window seat...shame" Qir shakes his head at me making me throw the pepper shaker at his head. Skyy came and sat next to me while Azzi sat across from him. "Q switch with me" Skyy said. "I don't want to sit next to that" he pointed at me in disgust. He kissed his teeth and got up switching with skyy.

"I'm joking you know you my girl" he flung his arm over my shoulder pulling me into him. I kissed my teeth and pushed him off of me. The waiter came over and took our orders. I knew I shouldn't be eating a lot of sugar but I couldn't resist this cinnamon bun. I finished the whole things by myself.

After breakfast we all went back to our rooms. I put on my jersey and out on my joggers over it. My hair was in a messy bun and I didn't have any gel do I out a nike headband over my edges. There was banging on the room door so I knew it was time to go. I grabbed my bag and my phone leaving the room. I met everyone in the lobby then we got in the van.

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Cool air hit my face as I walked through the gym doors. This was such a popular tournament there wasn't even enough seats people had to stand wherever they could, and of course there was a section reserved for college coaches. I threw my bag down against the wall and took a seat on the floor. I got my passes taken care of yesterday so I didn't have to check in or anything.

I watched two teams battle on the court. When they were done we took our joggers off and started to Warm up. I looked across the court to see our competition and I saw Alana with her team in a huddle. I could've swore she siad she didn't want to join our team because she wasn't playing basketball this summer. "Aight y'all let's go" I yelled as the buzzer went off.

We gathered on the court and I locked eyes with Alana and chuckled, I was definantely gonna give her hell this game. We won the tip off and I got the ball from Hayden passing through the defenders to get an easy lay up. The point gaurd on the other team rained a 3 quickly putting them in the lead. I can already tell this is going to be a rough was game.

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It was the 4th quarter and we were only up by 8. Alana got taken out the game a while ago. My ribs were killing me because I got elbowed really hard. There is no way I can let us loose the game, all I had to do was go in kill mode. I got the ball taking it down to the 3 point line, the girl guarding me was a couple inches shorter than me and she wasn't pressuring the ball at all.

I raised up shooting it over her. We were getting into the final minutes and we decided to pressure them. We made it hard for them to advance the ball down the court and score. The final minutes I sat out to cool down because there was no way they were coming back. We ended up winning by 15.

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"Bruh it's not that funny" I huffed. We were all in me and Azzi's room watching movies. "How do you get stuck in the stair case?" Qir asked barely able to speak because he was laughing so hard. I tried to go to the lobby and get some snacks and when I got to the stairs I tried to go through the next door but it was locked. My first instinct was to go back up but it was locked too.

I had to Google the hotel we were in and call the lobby to get them to unlock the doors. I was most definantely embarrassed because the whole team was waiting for me. "Like I said it could happen to anyone" I said. "No most people would read the sign before they go through the door" Skyy said flicking my forehead.

"I'm tired of you" I spoke getting up and putting him in a headlock. "Ahh get her off me" he yelled trying to unwrap my arms from around his neck. "Say you sorry" I demanded. "Aight I'm sorry damn" he sighed and I let him go. "Can we watch the movie now?" Paris huffed sitting on the couch. Literally no one invited her, she just came through the door and never left.

I grabbed the remote and turned on White chicks. "I'm gonna have a B.F.!" Skyy said flipping his imaginary hair dramatically. "Oh, my God... She's gonna have a bitch fit!" Qir finished perfectly making us all luagh. We watched a few more movies before going to sleep.

🚫 Author's note 🚫

Did y'all like this chapter? I've been learning haitian creole to surprise my family and I'm so excited for them to hear me.

QOTD 1: what's something that nobody knows about you?

QOTD 2: What's your sign?