William...

Chapter 40...

LEAH POV—

"Here we go Bruins, here we go! Here we go Bruins, here we go!" The cheerleaders and I chanted as we cheered for our basketball team. We were facing another rival of ours, Ravenwood High.

It was the 2nd quarter and the game was close. The lead changes were back and forth. The score was 25-23 with Ravenwood upfront. We were home and the crowd was going crazy.

Ravenwood had the ball. Their point guard dribbled the ball up the court. Will was guarding him like his life depended on it.

"Defense! Defense!" The crowd chanted.

Ravenwood's point guard passed it to another player, with Brayden guarding him. Suddenly, the ball was picked off and Brayden was running down the court.

He passed it to Will, who ran to the basket and dunked the ball into the hoop. The crowd erupted into cheers.

"Go Will!" I shouted.

He looked in my direction and winked at me. I smiled at the gesture. The score was now tied with one minute left on the clock. Ravenwood had the possession. Once again, their point guard dribbled the ball up the court.

You could tell he was trying to play the clock. Will was playing good defense. He had his man cornered. It was 10 seconds left on the clock. The guy went for a 3 pointer, but Will blocked his shot.

The crowd went nuts. Will got the ball and dribbled down the court with 5 seconds left on the clock. He stopped behind the 3 point line and shot the ball. The gym was quiet as the ball flew in the air. The buzzer sounded off just as the ball went in the basket.

Claps and cheers bounced off the gym's walls. The guys were praising Will for his tremendous effort. Even I, was jumping for joy. We were up by 3. I noticed people from the crowd were walking out. Probably, to get food or go to the restroom during halftime. Ravenwood had already went to the locker room as well as some of Liberty.

I took some time out to chat with the girls, before the game started again.

"Yo, Leah." A familiar voice called out.

I turned and came face to face with Andre. I mentally rolled my eyes. What does he want?

"Yes?"

"You looked good out there." He said, looking me up and down.

"Thanks." I said, dryly.

"So, after the game I was thinking we-" I cut him off.

"What don't you get Andre? I don't want to hang with you. Hell, I don't even want to talk to you. So, leave me alone." I stated, annoyed.

Before he could reply, I was already walking away.

I didn't get far, once I felt a grip on my arm. I looked back and it was Andre. I snatched my arm back and looked at him like he was crazy.

"Don't touch me!" I shouted.

"Yo, I'm just tryna talk to you." He said, grabbing on me.

"Get off me!" I yelled.

We were getting looks.

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WILL POV—

Walking to the locker room after my amazing shot, I heard some type of altercation behind me. I turned around to see Andre grabbing on Leah. She was trying to push him away, but he was very persistent.

I heard her yell, telling him to get off, but he wasn't listening. In that moment, my body filled with rage. I already wanted to fight him for the whole Kani situation and for all the slick shit he would say to me about Leah, but watching him manhandle her,
just crossed the line.

I ran over to them like a bolt of lightning, pushing Andre off of Leah. He fell on the floor hard.

"Yo! What the fuck?!" He shouted.

"You good Leah? Did he hurt you? I asked, in a panic, looking for any marks or bruises on her.

"No, he didn't." She said, a little shaken up.

I turned my attention back to Andre, who had just got up from off the floor.

"Look who came to the rescue. We were just talking, relax." He said, dusting himself off.

"That's not what it looked like to me. Just stay away from her and we won't have any problems." I said,
turning back towards Leah.

"You're not going to do shit if I don't." He said with a smirk.

"What the fuck did you just say to me?" I asked, getting in his face.

Leah tried to pull me back, but I didn't budge.

"You heard me." He said, pushing me back.

My only reaction was to punch this dude dead in the face, so that's what I did.

I cocked back my right fist and laid a hook right across his face. He hit the floor, holding his nose. As he laid there with blood pouring, I just stood there,
looking at him. I just wanted to jump on him and punch him, until the bones in my hands were broken.

I went to punch him again, until I felt soft hands holding back my fists.

"Will, don't. You can't get in trouble right now. Please, stop." Leah begged.

"If he says anything to you, even look in your direction, I'm going to kill him Leah and I mean it." I said, pissed.

Andre got back up off the floor, and charged at me. Before he could get to me, some other guys from the team stopped him.

"Get off me!" He yelled.

"No, dawg save it for after the game. Coach will kick y'all both out if he catch y'all fighting." One of Andre's friends said.

"I don't give a fuck about no damn game!" He continued to shout.

"We do and we're not losing because y'all two got problems." Another player said.

"Fine, I'll catch his ass after the game. I'll see you later beautiful." He said to Leah, with a wink.

I tried to lunge at him, but this time Brayden held me back. Andre and his boys walked into the locker room as I stood there with Leah and Brayden.

"Brayden, make sure they keep their distance in that locker room." Leah told him.

" I got you." He said.

"Are you really okay? Cause I will end his life if he hurt you." I said, in a serious tone.

"Will, I'm okay. If there's something wrong I'll tell you."

"Fine." I said, walking towards the locker room with Brayden.

"Hey, Will!" Leah shouted, running up to me.

I stopped in my tracks as she stood in front of me.

"Thank you, though." She said as she hugged me tight.

"Like I said, I'll do anything for you." I replied, hugging her back.

"Okay, now go before you get in trouble." She stated.

Brayden and I, then jogged back to the locker room. This night was just getting started.