"Tell me something Nairobi Cortes, do you love Luis Mendoza?"
"Mendoza" I repeated, giving some thought and responding "Even the name gives me butterflies"
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"I'm open Luis!" I called out as he passes the puck to me, taking the last point of the game.
It's been a week since I moved in and it has been amazing. Luis and I are reunited and I made a bunch of friends, mostly with the whole team. I'm pretty close to Julie and Connie since we're the only girls in the team and the only ones that tells me all the gossip. Julie was more tough, but yet sweet. And Connie is just a pure sweet angel. Guess the three of us were just meant to be the small group of girls.
"Nice shot Nai!" Julie smiles as we give each other a high five
I looked over to Luis to give him a high five as well for the assist, but he went over to Connie. He's been trying to impress her for a while now, maybe before I moved here. She would sometimes be interested and other times she would just be with another teammate named Guy. To be honest, I think he likes her, and for some reason, it does hurt my heart a little. I mean, yeah Luis is my best friend and all, but I think I'm starting to get interest in him, and not in a best friend way. I can't compete with Connie, she's naturally beautiful, other than Julie.
I stared as they both laugh and giggle at some remark Luis made. I had to look away, as it made me upset. I almost jump as I felt Dean pat my back.
"You alright Nai?" He asks as he passes the puck to Adam.
"Huh?" I murmured, realizing he asked me a question "Oh- yeah! I'm fine"
"You sure? I don't wanna bother you or anything-"
I assured him "It's ok Dean. C'mon, let's keep playing yeah?"
Dean and I always had some sort of small connection. His dad is in jail for a reason I would never know, while his mom works at a full time job as a manager in a grocery store nearby. So pretty much we both know how it feels like to have a mom being out because of work and not having a dad around. He never liked anyone calling him Dean, that is if it was me- which I feel honored. He's even so sweet to me, and makes pretty good jokes. Usually he never likes talking about anything about his parents or lifestyle at home, because he thinks that the team will laugh at him, but I know they would want to help him.
Adam passes the puck to me as I tried to cut through Robertson to make a shot. It tips over the trash bin at full speed and hits someone in the face, hearing a loud scream right after. Everyone gasps in shock as I drop my stick and quickly went over to the boy I hit.
"I'm so sorry!" I apologized, hopping he wouldn't sue me or something "I didn't know it'll-"
"What the hell was that?!" The boy shouted as he held his nose, it was dripping clear red blood like it was water. "You almost made me loose my whole front teeth you idiot!"
Sheesh, do I always hit the puck that hard? And an idiot? I'm not surprised but like c'mon he could at least said something more threatening towards me. Luis, Dean and the rest of the team quickly come over to me as the boys friends help him up.
