The Owner of My Soul Vol 1: Chapter 10 and Chapter 11
CHAPTER 10
Wednesday
finally rolled around. I was lying in my bed that morning. I didn’t really feel
like goin to school, so I didn’t plan on it. I put on some workout clothes and
decided to work myself to death. I had no idea where Monique was, but she said
she was comin straight here when she got back into town. I started lifting
weights to pass by time. It’s been two days since the club incident, yet I
still have a bad feeling in my gut. Like there’s more to it. All I know is, if
I find the snitch, he or she will know the true meaning of pain.
After
lifting weights for 2 hours, I decided to wail on the punching bag for a lil
bit. I didn’t really put any power to my swings, but each hit was causing a lot
of ruckus on the bag. I was so into hitting the bag, I didn’t realize Monique
was watching the whole time. In fact, I was so into it, I was having a
conversation with her and didn’t realize it.
“Are
you always this focused?” She asked me.
“You
have to be. If you’re not, you’re less effective.” I replied.
“If
you hit it any harder you’ll bust it.”
“I’m
tryin to avoid that to the best of my ability.”
“You
decided to skip school so you can work out?”
“Waiting
on Monique. I figured I can ditch school and wait for her. This is just to pass
by time.”
“What
you goin to do wit her when she comes back to you?”
“Hold
her, kiss her, caress her…just love her, ya dig?”
“Definitely.”
“Good.”
“So
how bout you stop focusing so hard on that bag and pay attention to her.” I
stopped swinging and looked up.
“Holy
crap. You were talking to me the whole time weren’t you?”
She
started smiling, “yep, and I was wondering how long it would take before you
noticed.” I walked up to her and hugged her. “I missed you so much, Kenny.”
“I
missed you too.” I kissed her and didn’t want to stop. When I did, I just held
her.
“I’m
tired, let’s go downstairs.” She requested. I nodded and took her hand. We
walked downstairs and cuddled in the bed. “Baby, I have something important to
tell you.”
“Shhhh,
no important talk. I don’t want to discuss anything important. I just wanna
hold you and pretend my life is safe.” I could tell she was a lil confused by
that statement. “Whateva it is baby girl, tell me later.” She rested her head
on my chest. I kissed her forehead and played with her hair. “When I’m with
you, it feels like I have no problems. It’s like everything is ok and there’s
nothing to worry about.”
“What
are you sayin, Kenny?”
“The
happiness you bring to me has no comparison. If I didn’t know better, I’d say I
was living a carefree life. I’d be a fool to think that.”
“Baby,
you’re scaring me.”
“Look,
things are becoming unsafe.”
“Don’t
even think about it, Mr. Johnson. If you think I’m goin to let you break up wit
me because things are getting too dangerous then you’re sadly mistaken. I would
rather die with you than let you walk out my life.”
“That’s
coo and er’thang baby girl, but I wasn’t bout to say that.”
“Oh.
What were you bout to say then?”
“I’m
sayin, things are becoming unsafe so I may seem a lil more paranoid than before;
to a point where I’m constantly looking around and carrying a heat.”
“I
understand, Kenny. You gotta do what you gotta do to stay alive.”
“I’m
not worried bout myself, sweetie. I’m worried about you.”
“Me?
Why me?”
“Gunn
Down was bold enough to use my sista as a bargaining chip to kill me. It got
close to working, but luckily it didn’t.”
“I
see.”
“Someone
out there is feeding information to Gunn Down and I wanna know who it is.” I
looked up at the ceiling. Monique had a puzzled look on her face. Like she had
somethin to say but didn’t know how to say it.
“When
will the boys get out the hospital?” She asked.
“Friday….possibly
tomorrow night.”
“They
won’t have any permanent injuries, will they?”
“Just
mentally. Someone set them up and I’m sure it’s burning up inside having to
deal with it without a clue on whom it could be, ya dig?” She nodded.
“I
can tell you’ve been losing sleep over this.”
“Haven’t
had a blink.”
“I’m
here, now.”
She
looked up at me and kissed me. That definitely got my mind off things for a
while. When she stopped, seconds later, I was knocked out. She lied there wit
me and soon fell asleep herself.
I
ended up waking up two hours later. Monique was gone and left a note:
Baby,
I went home for a while. I’ll be back later
on tonight. Sleep well and I’ll talk to you later. Love you.
Monique
I
smiled and put the note back on the nightstand. I wanted to go back to sleep so
bad, but somethin was telling me I needed to get up. My guess was right as Will
knocked on my door. I opened it for him.
“Aye,
get dressed. We gotta make a run.” He said.
“Where
to?”
“School.
If we go now, we’ll be able to play tonight.”
“Dammit,
we do have a game tonight.”
I
hurried up and took a shower. I was dressed in 10 minutes. We rushed to school
and got there during 2nd period. We looked at each other.
“So
when did this occur to you that we had a game tonight?”
“5
minutes before I got you.” He replied. “Of course, you do realize we’re the
only ones here?”
“Yea,
and I’m willing to deal with that.” I said.
When
school let out, Will and I went to the gym for our team meeting. Coach
approached us.
“I
can understand if y’all don’t feel up to par with all the distractions.”
“Come
on now, Coach. You know we don’t get distracted.” I told him.
“Well,
tonight we face off against Grady
High School
“I
see.” I looked at Will. “Looks like we’re comin out in the second half.”
“More
like 2nd quarter.” He stated.
The
game was to be played here in a couple of hours, and of course, they were the
underdogs. Game time quickly approached, meaning it was time to do some niggas
wrong.
“This was by far the
most one-sided game I’ve ever witnessed. KT High School pounded and embarrassed
Grady High, 135-60. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, you heard me correctly. Will
Smith and Kenny Johnson of KT High were pulled out at the end of the first
quarter. At the end of the 1st, KT High had a commanding lead of
75-2, as the only two points for Grady was on the free throw line. Kenny’s
night ended with 35 points, 27 steals, 10 boards, 17 assists, 4 blocks, and 0
turnovers. He was a perfect 6-6 behind the arch. As for Will, his night ended
with 32 points, 20 steals, 15 boards, 10 assists and 6 blocks. Will was a
perfect 8-8 behind the arch. Now as I tell these stats, keep in mind that Will
and Kenny only played 10 minutes of basketball, all in the first quarter.”
“That is amazing.
Grady is not a bad basketball team. They did make it to the elite 8 in the High
School Basketball Tournament. I have no idea what ignited Will and Kenny, but
they came out here focused and on fire. Combined, Will and Kenny had 67 of the
team’s 135 points. Like you said, they were all in the first quarter. They were
well on their way to make over 100 points a piece.”
“And if they keep
playing like tonight, the league mine as well hand them the championship. But
let’s not get ahead of ourselves, as this is only game four of the season. The
KT Cyborgs improve to 4-0 as Grady receives their first loss of the season,
dropping to 5-1.”
Will
and I walked out to the car and couldn’t help but smile.
“What
a game we coulda had.” He said.
“Ya
know.” I agreed. “Couple more like that and we’ll be making history stats.” I
got into my car and started it. “I’ll holla at ya tomorrow.”
“Fa
sho.” He started his car and led the way home.
I
got home and immediately made preparations for Monique. I had rose pedals lead
from the door to the kitchen, where I had her favorite prepared. Then some more
pedals leading from the kitchen to the bed. The table was set with candles and
my most expensive dishes. I also had my platinum fork set on the table. I made
a CD with her favorite love songs and had it playing. It was about 8:15 . Monique was scheduled to be
here in a minute or so. This is one girl that’s neva late. She proved that when
she knocked on my door. I dimmed the lights and walked to the door. I opened it
for her and smiled.
“Right
on time like always.” I said.
“I
don’t like to make you wait.” She said, smiling.
“Please,
come in.” I took her hand and slightly pulled her to me. I gave her a hug and
sensual kiss.
“Heard
about your game. Why didn’t you call me and tell me to come?”
“I
figured you wanted to have some home time.” She looked around and noticed
everything.
“You
have quite a night planned.”
“Well,
just a lil somethin-somethin.” I led her to the table, pulled her chair out,
and pushed it in when she sat down. “Chicken Alfredo.” I said, revealing her
plate.
“That
looks too good.” She said. I poured her some wine. “Isn’t this the most
expensive wine on the shelf?”
“That
it is. They say it’s the best tasting wine ever made.”
“So
what’s the occasion?”
“We’re
together, I love you, you love me, and that’s the only occasion we need.” I
smiled and took her hand. “I’ve neva felt the way that I do now.”
“Me
neither.” She said, smiling.
“Now,
I prepared this meal by myself. I also made the sauce.” I watched her taste it.
Right off the back, I knew she loved it.
“Damn,
baby, this is orgasmic.” She took another forkful. “Definitely the best I’ve
tasted. I didn’t know you cook like this.”
“Well,
when you have a sister that owns her own restaurant, you kinda take in some
skills.”
“Which
sister is that?”
“Dionna.
She’s my older sista that stay on the West side. I don’t see her that often cuz
she’s busy mastering things or perfecting recipes.”
“And
she taught you this?”
“Not
necessarily. Everything I learned from her I tweaked to my style.” I tasted it
myself. “Damn, I hooked dis shit up. I did better than I thought.”
“You
should open a restaurant business.” She proclaimed.
“I
thought about it, but when I take charge of SJ Enterprise with Will, whose gon
take control of my restaurant and keep da food tight.”
“So
what are you gon take charge of?”
“Well,
in the making is SJ Enterprises next video game console. As you know, Nintendo
has dominated for the past 30 years with minimum competition from Microsoft and
Sony. Dad loves competition, so he wants to take on Nintendo. Since Will and I
are the biggest video game players he know, he wants us to run the company.”
“Wow.
When does it start?”
“He’s
aiming for next year. That gives us some time on learning the shit.” She
giggled.
“What
about the NBA?”
“We’ll
do both.” I started thinking about this. “Question.”
“Yes.”
“Do
you intend on doing anything with your life?”
“Of
course. I’m looking into business management, fashion, and marketing. Remember,
my dad owns a clothing line. I do intend on inheriting that.”
“No
doubt.”
“Let
me ask you somethin.”
“Shoot.”
“Do
you ever plan on movin out of your parents’ house, or are you stayin like
David?”
“I
intend on movin out.”
“When
you graduate?”
“Possibly
sooner.”
“Where?”
“I’ll
have somethin built on the outside of town.”
“I
see.” She stopped eating for a moment. “I would like to make a toast.” I
finished chewing and lifted my glass.
“To
what, my dear?” I asked her.
“To
us. May we be together forever.”
“I
second that emotion.” We tapped glasses and sipped the wine. “I definitely
agree. This is the best wine I’ve ever tasted.”
“Without
a doubt.” She agreed. We continued eating.
“Speaking
of your father, does he ever tell you anything when you come home from here?”
“No.
I rarely see him, for one, and he’s usually not home when I’m here, so he
doesn’t know.”
“What
about your mom?”
“Same
thing.”
“I
see.”
“I’m
not as close to my parents as you are.”
“Baby
girl, I don’t know if you noticed, but my parents are gone 85% of the time.”
“Yea,
but they’re so intuned with your life.”
“You
have a point.” We finished eating when I noticed her absolute favorite song was
on. “May I have this dance?” I asked.
“Yes
you may.” I took her hand and we danced. Midway through the song, she starting
whispering in my ear, “this is by far the most magical evening I’ve ever had.”
“Well,
I try my best.”
I
kissed her. She led me to the bed and had me get on top of her. I pulled down
the straps of her dress and kissed her shoulders and made my way down. We did a
lot of foreplay and made love for hours.
“Baby,
I think I should tell you now.” She said, looking up at me.
“Tell
me what?”
“I
don’t know how much this will affect us, but I’m….” She stopped as my phone
rang. “Don’t answer it.” I looked to see who it was.
“Damn,
sorry, but I have to answer it.” I answered it, “wassup Dad?”
“Come
downstairs immediately. We have somethin for you.”
“I’m
on my way.” I stood up and threw somethin on. I put on boxers, shorts, a wife
beater, and my house shoes. “I’m sorry, baby. Don’t forget what you’re goin to
say. I’ll be back in a minute.” She nodded and looked very upset. “Please,
forgive me.” I kissed her and left. I got downstairs and saw Will come through
the front door.
“Must
be big if they called me ova.” He said as he saw me.
“Fa
sho.” We walked to the Conference Room. Dad, Uncle T, Aunt Keasha, and 4 other
people we didn’t recognize were in the room.
“What’s
goin on?” I asked.
“I
mean if we’re interrupting something, we can come back later.”
“Gentlemen,
you’re right on time.” Uncle Tevin said.
“Please,
have a seat.” Dad said. “Let’s start off with introductions.” Will and I sat
down and looked at each of the four men.
“Kenny,
Will, meet Frank Fisher, Thomas Jones, Robert Jones, and Earl Martin. These
four men are the USA High School Basketball Recruiters.” Uncle Tevin informed
us.
“The
what?” We said at the same time.
“You
heard him.” Dad said. “This year, the United States
“Most
games will be played in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia ,
South America, the Caribbean , and the National
Championship will be….here.” Uncle Tevin added. Our eyes lit up even more. Earl
Martin began to speak.
“Our
task is to find the 16 best players in the nation. At least, that’s the job of
our organization. We four are designated to just the state of Ohio
Then
Frank Fisher spoke, “when we received word that we were assigned to Ohio
Thomas
Jones added, “It’s obvious the world knew you were goin to be our first draft
picks. Unfortunately, our picks have to be high school seniors or college
freshmen.”
Robert
Jones also spoke, “what my brother means is if we weren’t limited like that,
the two that follows your footsteps so well would be next on our list.”
“You
mean KJ and Terrell.” I confirmed.
“Precisely.”
Earl answered. “Now, before you make a decision, let us fill you in on all of
the conditions, terms, and duration. Robert, if you please?”
“The
tournament begins November 30th. The championship will be played on
April 10th of next year. It is a double elimination tournament, so
brackets will be kinda difficult to determine. Your first destination will be Paris , France
“What
about school?” Aunt Keasha asked.
“As
long as you are passing all classes, you will graduate on time.” Thomas Jones
replied.
“So
we’re goin to be gone for 5 months?” Will asked.
“Well,
let me make sure that’s right.” Robert started goin through his papers. “I take
that back. You would leave November 1st til March 3rd.”
“At
least I’d be back in time for my birthday.” I said. “Do we have to make a
decision right away?”
“Of
course not.” Uncle Tevin replied. “Think about it. We’ll need an answer by
tomorrow night though.”
“Look,
as your agents and as your fathers, this is a perfect opportunity.” Dad said.
“Of course, the trip has to be approved by your mothers.” Dad and Uncle T
looked at Aunt Keasha.
“We
both approve and would like you to take this opportunity to travel the world.”
Aunt Keasha replied.
“We
just need some time. It’s a lot to take in at one time.” Will replied.
“Where
is Mom by the way?” I asked.
“At
the hospital. She had an emergency to take care. She already knows everything
that’s goin on.” Dad replied.
I
kinda had a feeling that she was up there. Will looked at me and nodded. We
stood up at the same time.
“It’s
all good and very interesting, but we really have to think about this. It was
nice meeting you gentlemen.” Will said. We shook the hands of the four
recruiters.
“We’ll
have Dad inform you when we make our decision.” I said. We walked out the room,
only to be followed by Dad and Uncle T.
“What
is there to think about?” Uncle Tevin asked.
“Dad,
you’re talking bout leavin in November. Basketball season here is not over
then.” Will replied.
“We
now have to choose between turning our backs on our school, or staying and
winning another national championship.” I added.
“I
see.” Uncle T said. “Very well, do what you have to do. We need to know by next
Friday.” We nodded and headed to the elevator.
“That’s
not the real reason we’re thinking bout this offer, is it?” Will asked.
“Of
course not. You know damn well we prefer a world title over a national. Beyonce
and Monique is who I’m thinking bout.” I replied.
“Me
too. How do you think they gon take it?”
“I
have no idea. Most likely support us but at the same time, don’t want us to
go.”
“Fa
sho.” I walked Will to the door. “We’ll talk about it in the morning. I’m tired
as hell.”
“It’s
on.” I gave him dap. “Hold it down.”
“You
do the same.” He said as he got in the car.
I
closed and locked the door. As I walked to the elevator, somethin hit me. My
dream or vision happened just like this. Except at an earlier point in time. I
rushed upstairs, thinking the rest of the vision will happen the same way. When
I got on my floor, I opened a hidden safe and took my gun out. I opened the
door and searched the room for anybody. I ended finding not a single soul. I
looked at Monique. She was knocked out cold. I kissed her and lied down next to
her. Feeling my presence, she immediately laid on my chest. How was I goin to
tell her? I had to do it in the morning.
The
next morning, I woke up and made breakfast at about 6. I was goin to school,
but not to stay. Monique woke up due to the sweet smell of sausage. I had her
plate on the table. When she came to the table, she was dressed and ready. She
kissed me.
“Good
morning.” She said.
“Mornin.”
“You’re
not goin to school?”
“I
am, but only for a lil while. Baby, on Saturday, Will and I will be joining 14
other players to play on the USA High School Dream Team. We will compete around
the world against over 16,000 teams. It will continue from Saturday til March 3rd.
So today, I will talk to all my teachers and tomorrow will be nothing but
workouts and exercises. We leave Saturday morning.”
Well,
that was easier than I thought it would. Ma always said to say things straight
up and don’t sugar coat anything. She didn’t look too happy though.
“You’re
goin to be gone for the next four months, and you’re just now telling me?”
“I
didn’t find out til last night. That’s what Dad wanted to see us about. I wish
we had more time myself, but that’s not the case. As you can see, this will
have a huge affect on our school.”
“Yes,
I know. Is this what the breakfast was about? To soften the blow? Well, I’m not
accepting it. I refuse to. Tell your father that you don’t want to go.”
“I
do want to go. I finally have a chance to see the world without spending a
dime. If I was able to take you wit me, I would in a heartbeat. I’m sorry,
baby, but I’m goin.” She folded her arms around her chest and looked at me.
“I’m not changing my mind.”
“It’s
like that than.” She grabbed her stuff and left.
“Mo?”
I called for her. She closed the door. I sat and shook my head. “Why is she
being so selfish?” I called Will. “How’d she take it?” I asked him as he picked
up.
“Not
too good. How bout Mo?”
“Yea,
right. So what time you goin up to da school?”
“Prolly
bout noon .”
“I
feel ya. A nap sounds like a pretty good idea.”
“Fa
sho…I’ll hit you up when I’m bout to roll out.”
“It’s
on.” I hung up wit him and cleared off the table. I put the dishes in the
dishwasher and lied down. “Just when I thought she’d be happy for me.” I said
to myself. I sighed and closed my eyes.
I
ended up waking up a lil afta one. I got up, took a shower, and got dressed. I
called Will to see if he was up.
“Aye,
Will, you up?”
“I’m
bout to leave now. I was just bout to hit you up.” He replied.
“I
see. I’ll see you at da school then.”
“It’s
on.”
I
hung up wit him and went to the car. I chose to drive my Porsche. I ended up at
school in five minutes. I saw Will already walkin towards the building. That’s
his advantage of living 5 miles closer. I caught up wit him. We then went to
each teacher we had this semester and our teachers for next semester. They gave
us the rest of the assignments that were goin to be given out during the time
we were gone. We then did the hard part and talked to Coach.
“Y’all
are doin what?” He said after we told him.
“We’ll
be gon fo da rest of the season.” Will restated.
“Is
worldwide recognition really more important than your school team?”
“Fa
sho, Coach. You know you would have hopped on the same opportunity if presented
to you.” I told him.
“You’re
probably right. I guess this will be an opportunity for the rest of the team to
shine. Our attendance will drop though.”
“Y’all
will do fine.” Will said. “Just come to the championship that will be held on
March 3rd at C-Town Coliseum.”
“You
know I’ll be there.” We shook his hand. “Do your best.”
“We
shall.” I said.
We
walked out the gym and out to the front of the school. Classes were bout to let
out, so we waited. Oak, G, Post, and Frost were out the hospital and returned
to school today. We decided to wait for everyone at the spot. When they saw us,
they started smiling. We gave everyone dap.
“If
you were skippin, you coulda let some niggaz know.” C-Lo stated.
“Wasn’t
like that. We bout to bounce and we needed our work from now til March 3rd.”
Will informed em.
“For
what?” Frost asked.
“We’ve
been drafted on the USA High School Dream Team.” I told em.
“I
heard of dat shit.” DT said. “They compete around the world in a tournament.
Word has it the championship will be here.”
“That
it will be, maestro,” Will told him, “a championship that we will be in and
win.”
“That
means y’all will have to hold down the fort.” I said to C-Lo and DT. “Y’all
runnin dis while we gon.”
“Of
course,” C-Lo began, “we gon have dis shit on lock.” I gave everyone dap and
got in the car.
“I’ll
hit y’all up er’once in a while.” I told em as I started the car. I threw up
them deuces and left.
When
I got home, I went straight up to the weight room. I continued working out and
improving my leg strength. I lifted weights for about an hour. I then went up
to the gym and started shooting around. I wasn’t goin to be satisfied til I hit
100 straight shots from 3-point land, 200 shots from anywhere else, 500 in the
paint, 6 half court, and 1 from beyond half court. It was 4 when I started. I
went at it for a long time. I started short and made my way out. I hit the 500
in the paint without a problem. It took 2 tries to hit 200 straight jumpers. I
then skipped the 3-pointers and went to the cross-court shot. It took 5 tries
to hit from the opposite free throw line. I then moved on to half court shots.
I decided not to try to go for 6 in a row. I ended up making 6 out of 8.
Finally it was time for 3-pointers. The first time I hit 50 straight and
missed. Then I hit 55 straight and missed. Next I hit 72 straight and missed.
Finally, I hit 84 straight and missed. I decided to give it a rest for the
night. It was approaching 11 pm .
The only breaks I took were for water. I headed downstairs to the kitchen and
grabbed some hot wings that Mom made. I had about 25 wings and went upstairs to
my room. I checked my messages and turned on the TV. I turned to HBO Classics
and started watching Bruce Almighty. I refused to think about Monique.
It was hard to, but I tried to keep myself occupied. I then looked over at the
pile of clothes in the dirty basket. When I finished eating, I separated the
clothes and started washing. After putting in the first load, I decided to call
Monique. I tried her cell, but only her voicemail picked up.
“Baby,
I haven’t talked to you since this morning, and I was checkin to see how you’re
doin. Obviously you’re mad at me, but I mean, what do you want me to tell you.
I’m not goin to be able to talk to you or see you tomorrow since Dad plans on
training us a lil bit more. Our flight leaves at 8 am on Saturday. It would really mean a lot to me if you
at least said goodbye and wish me luck. If you get a chance, call me back. Love
you, baby girl. One.” I hung up and lied down. “I really do hope she comes. I
can’t think about that now. I need to go to sleep and prepare myself for an
intense workout tomorrow.” I said to myself. I closed my eyes and fell asleep.
CHAPTER 11
“Rise
and shine, son. Time to begin. William will be here in about 10 minutes. Shower
and meet me in the weight room.” He told me.
I
nodded and got up. I took a shower and put on my white basketball short set. I
went up to the weight room. Will was there and already started stretching. I
joined him.
“Gentlemen,”
Uncle Tevin began, “we realize that y’all are the best in the world, but
there’s room for improvement. Y’all can be faster, stronger, and even more
accurate. For the next 8 hours, y’all will be worked to death. Now, for the
first 4 hours, let’s workout, and afta that, we’ll practice.”
With
that being said, our training began. Weights were increased and our bodies were
pushed to the max. After an hour into the workout, C-Lo and DT joined us.
“What
are y’all doin here?” I asked them.
“Your
dad invited us to train with y’all.” C-Lo replied.
“Figured
while y’all are gone, they can help us get even better for the championship.”
DT added.
Now
it was the four of us lifting more than we ever lifted and running more than we
ever ran. After 3 hours of working out, we were beat.
“Iight,
fellas, take 5.” Dad suggested. “When you return, we’ll go into basketball.”
Will and I nodded. “As for you two, y’all will go wit Tevin.” C-Lo and DT
nodded. We went downstairs and grabbed some energy bars.
“I
had no idea Kevin and Tevin were this heavy.” C-Lo stated.
“Yeah,
they do tend to be a lil aggressive.” Will agreed.
“Now
I see why y’all are the greatest athletes.” DT commented.
“Fa
sho.” C-Lo agreed.
We
grabbed some Gatorades and went back up to the weight room. We started working
on abs next. By the time that was over, we did about 1000 crunches. You know we
were hurtin. Will and I went with Dad to shoot around and perfect some more
skills. He wanted us to hit 100 straight 3-pointers, which I failed to do last
night. Will and I were on a roll for a while, but kept having that one miss.
Finally, I was able to hit 100 straight after 3 tries today and 4 yesterday.
Will hit his after 5 tries in all. Of course, he is a better 3-point shooter
then me.
1830
hit when we were finished. We did more than what was planned, but I feel it was
well worth it. C-Lo and DT went home, but Will stayed. We started watching game
films that Dad gave us on each high school in the tournament. We had no
intention on looking at all of them, just the ones that were the best. There
were 29 teams we had to look out for located in: Yugoslavia ,
Russia , China , Japan ,
Liberia , Germany , Canada ,
Brazil , and Romania Romania
“Iight,
you see that, ri?” I asked Will.
“5
does a screen for 4, the 2 guard swings the ball to 3, sets a pick for 5, and
does a give and go to 1. Sounds simple enough.” Will replied.
“Maybe,
but there’s more to it than that. They show the impression of an outside shot
the whole time. If we don’t watch it, we could spread the floor out too much
and be penetrated.”
“True,
but as long as we pay attention to how the 5 man is positioned, we’ll be able
to read the play.” We looked at the play again.
“Yea,
you’re right.” I agreed. We looked at a different play, this time their
defense. “You see that?”
“Court
awareness. They stay aware of other players to know when to help and when not
to help.”
“This
is goin to be one interesting tournament.” I declared.
We
continued looking at game films until about 2 am. We passed out at around the
same time. We woke up around 6 and got ready to go. We were downstairs by 6:30 with all our bags. Mom and Aunt
Keasha were first for goodbyes.
“Y’all
be good. Play well, stay focused, and bring us back something from everywhere
y’all go.” Mom told us as she gave us hugs and kisses.
“We
shall be front row when y’all come back for the championship.” Aunt Keasha said
as she gave us hugs and kisses.
We
blew kisses and walked out to the limo that was taking us to the airport. Dad
and Uncle Tevin were with us.
“Iight
fellas,” Dad began, “the important info y’all need to know.”
“For
anything that’s necessary, remember to say you’re affiliated with SJ
Enterprise.” Uncle Tevin informed us.
“What
is considered necessary?” I asked.
“You’ll
know when it’s necessary.” Dad replied.
Will
and I looked at each otha and shrugged our shoulders. We got to the airport at
7. We were riding first class and so was the rest of the team. We said our
goodbyes to Dad and Uncle Tevin and headed to baggage claim. After that, we
were about to go through security when Will heard our names called.
“Aye,
you heard dat?” He asked me.
“What?
I had a big breakfast.” I said.
“Nah,
not that.” He heard it again, this time so did I. I turned around and saw
Monique and Beyonce running to us.
“Well
I be damn.” I said as they approached us.
“Kenny,
I’m…” She started to say before I put my finger to her lips.
“Just
give me a kiss and I’ll forgive you.”
She
wrapped her arms around me and kissed me. It wasn’t a short “how are you doin”
kiss, it was a long, passionate “I’m goin to miss you” type kiss. Dats all a
nigga ask fo. She then pulled back.
“Are
you goin to call me every night?”
“Of
course. Once I figure the time differences and er’thang.” She smiled. “You know
I’mma miss you baby girl.”
“I’mma
miss you too.” I kissed her again. “I love you, Kenny.”
“I
love you too.” I heard them announce when boarding was going to begin. “It’s
time.” I kissed her one last time. “I’ll call you the moment we touchdown.” She
nodded.
I
saw tears stream down her face. Will and I headed through security and went to
our gate. I really doubt y’all wanna know what we’re doin the entire time, so
I’ll talk about what’s goin on wit Monique.
She
didn’t leave the airport right away. She watched all the planes take-off and
noticed which one I was on. After my plane took-off, she decided to leave.
Later
that night, while Monique was doing homework, anticipating my call, her
doorbell rang. She got up and answered it to find out that it was her ex-boyfriend,
Gary Winston.
“Hey
baby.” He said. He had flowers in hand and a smile on his face. “Did you miss
me?”
He
stepped up to her and kissed her on the lips. Monique was so shocked she didn’t
react before the kiss happened. Upon realizing it, she immediately pushed him
off.
“You
have some nerve.” She said.
“So
do you. I didn’t even get any tongue.”
“Be
lucky you even got as far as you did. How did you find me?”
“Your
cousin. She still thinks I’m the best for you.” He looked around. “Ain’t ya
goin to invite me in?”
“No,
I’m not. You are the last person I want to see.”
“Come
on, don’t say that. We have a history, baby. You and I were meant for each
other.”
“Yea,
we had a history. The key word to that was had. I don’t want anything to do
with you. You hurt me and I don’t want to revisit that.” She folded her arms
across her chest.
“I
admit, I made some mistakes, but I neva stopped loving you.”
“What
about Tonya?”
“Who
the hell is Tonya?”
“When
you went to Seattle
“Who
told you that?”
“She
did.”
“How?”
“Because
she’s my cousin, dip shit.” She gave him the look like he was a pure idiot. “I
admit, I loved you, but you broke my heart in more ways than one. I gave you
chances after chances and you burned my trust time and time again.”
“Monique,
I made mistakes. I’m not perfect, no one is. Please, forgive me. I promise
things will be better now. I made millions with all my tournaments, I own my
own training facilities, and making things happen. The only thing I don’t have
is the love of my life. Come on, baby, we were meant to be together. I was the
closest one to take your virginity, so I know I’m the only one you felt
strongly enough for to make such a gesture. Monique, you’re the love of my
life. I’m sorry for everything I’ve done and I want to make it up to you.” He
pulled out a ring. “Will you marry me?” She looked at him and smiled.
“You
just don’t get it, do you? I don’t want you back and even if I did, I wouldn’t
take you back. I don’t know if you have been watching Dateline, the news or
Entertainment Tonight as of late, but I’m already taken.”
“What
does ET or the news have to do wit you being already taken?”
“My
man happens to be the most famous person in the world. If you think I wanted
you for your money, why would I settle for measly millions when I can have
someone that has enough money to give every person on this planet trillions?
He’s smart, sexy, funny, romantic, athletic, and by far the best dresser I’ve
ever seen.”
“You’re
making this all up.”
“By
the way, I gave him my card.” This definitely upset Gary
“You
gave him the very thing that you vowed to give me?”
“Yep.
The best decision I’ve ever made. Just a lil info, he makes you seem like a
newborn.”
He
looked down at himself. The reason she knows anything about the size of his
manhood is because even though they didn’t have sex, she did give him a handjob
once or twice. That’s basically about it.
“Timeout.
Now you’re just bitter. There’s no one who has more than 10 inches and can
satisfy a woman better than I can.”
“10
inches? That’s all you got? I was givin more credit to you than I thought.
Maybe you should look into male enhancements. Trust the fact that he’s a lot
bigger.”
“Whatever.
So who is this mystery guy anyway? Probably some big loser that messes wit
computers and talks like a fag.”
“You’re
right about one thing.”
“He’s
a loser.”
“He
messes wit computers. His father is the co-owner/founder of the largest
computer company ever established.”
“That
means he’s a geek.” You know, this Gary
“Look,
nigga, I don’t know if you know, but Kenny Johnson is not a geek, loser, or
fag. He’s 1000% all man, classy, and maybe a lil bit too much of a thug.”
“You’re
dating Kenny?” He started laughing. “You were barely in my league, do you even
think you can make it wit him? His standards would have to be low as hell.” She
pulled out a pic that she carries on her 24/7 and showed him. He saw it and
ripped it up.
“Temper,
temper.” She teased. “Be lucky I have anotha one on me.”
“I’mma
be downright upfront with you. He’s cheated on you so many times already. A guy
like this doesn’t stay a one-woman man. In fact, I guarantee he’s bangin some
hot gurl right now.”
“Please.
He’s nothing like you. He respects me, treats me like a queen, holds me, and
most importantly, loves me. Kenny Johnson is not only the man of my dreams, the
love of my life, and the perfect man. He’s also the father of my child.” This
made his jaw drop.
“You’re
pregnant?”
“That’s
right.”
“We’re
goin to have a baby?”
“We?
Look, I don’t know what the hell you been smoking, but I suggest you leave my
property now.”
“Or
what? You gon get yo big, bad, boyfriend on me? Spare me. I’d kick his ass all
across this stupid city.”
“I’ll
tell him you said that.”
“Go
ahead. Where’s he at? I’ll do it now.”
“He’s
overseas in the basketball tournament. He’ll be back soon. I’ll let you know
the minute he comes back so you can meet him.”
“You
do that. Tell me somethin, if you love him so much, why are you tryin to get
him embarrassed?”
“What?”
“You
forget, I been all across the world fighting in martial arts tournaments. I
make Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee, and Chuck Norris look like little school gurls.
I’ve come in first place in every tournament I entered in and never lost a
fight. Do you really think he stands a chance?”
“Of
course I don’t think you stand a chance. Gary Gary
“I
came all this way and I aint leavin til I get me some.” He forced himself on
her. She pulled out a gun, that I gave her, from her gown and pointed it at his
head.
“Leave
now.” She demanded. He took small steps back.
“If
I wanted to, I could take that gun from you and have my way with you.”
“Then
you’d be ensuring your death.”
When
he was outside, she slammed the door, locked it, and turned on the security
system. She ran upstairs and cried into her pillow. Then her phone rang. It
t’was me.
“Hey,
baby girl, how you doin?” I said as she answered.
“I’m
okay, I guess.” She said, wiping her eyes, and tryin to sound as normal as
possible.
“What’s
wrong baby girl?” I asked, noticing somethin was up.
“My
ex-boyfriend was here not too long ago.”
“Your
what?” I said, shocked and amazed. “I thought you said he was in Seattle
“He
was. I have no idea how he found out or, should I say, why my cousin told him
where I lived, but he showed up unannounced and uninvited. He kissed me when I
was completely off-guard. I’m so sorry baby.”
“It’s
ok, Mo, that type of shit happens. What else did he do?”
“He
started goin on and on about how he feels about me and how we should get back
together. Then he proposed to me.”
“He
proposed to you?” I began to laugh. “He just pulled that one out his ass?”
“I
guess so. Then I told him about you. He didn’t take that too well, so he
challenged you to a fight. I’m sorry baby, I shouldn’t have told him about you.”
“Why?
I’m yo man and you have every right to spread that to the world. Well, at least
the ones that don’t already know. So he wants to fight me. Sucks to be him.”
“It’s
not that simple, baby. He traveled all around the world to fight in martial
arts tournaments. He’s won every single one he’s participated in and neva lost
a fight.”
“Don’t
worry, baby girl. I’m trained in more ways than you think and more styles than
you heard of. I do all my stunts in everything that required stunts. I’ll be
fine.”
“Ok.
Where are you now, anyway?”
“I’m
in Paris
“What
time is it over there?” She asked.
“It’s
a lil afta 6. Game time is 9 and shoot around is about 8:20 .”
“Oh.
When did y’all land?”
“Not
too long ago. We had a lay over in Spain midnight over there, so I’mma let you
go for now.”
“Okay,
but you do know that while you’re gone I’m goin to sacrifice my sleep, right?”
“Yes,
but not tonight. I’ll call you when you get out of school.”
“Ok.”
“Love
you.”
“Love
you too.”
“Bye.”
“Bye,
sweetie.” She hung up the phone and began thinking aloud. “How am I supposed to
tell him?” She ended up falling asleep moments later.
Several
weeks pass from that night. Our team has not loss a game yet. C-Lo and the rest
of the click went to Monique’s house to chill. They’re all over there chillin
and conversating.
“It’s
an unusual warm day today.” DT stated.
“You
ain’t lyin.” Frost agreed.
“Aye,
Monique, we gon hit da club tonight, wanna come?” C-Lo asked.
“No
thanks, I have so much homework to do it’s not even funny. You talk to Kenny
since he left?”
“Yea,
he called me last night. We talked fa a good hour. I was laughin almost the
entire time.”
“About
what?” Beyonce asked.
“He
was telling me all the pranks him and Will been pullin. They been havin so much
fun it’s crazy.” He looked at Monique. “SO how have you been holdin up,
anyway?”
“Ok,
I guess. I miss him so much.”
“We
all do. Trust me, he’s thinking bout you every second that passes.” C-Lo
assured her.
“Thanks.
I don’t d….” She stopped as she locked eyes with Gina. C-Lo noticed it and
called her over. She listened and came over.
“What’s
up, Chris?” She said. “Hey, Monique.” Monique looked at her and socked her
right in the jaw without saying a word. Gina stumbled back and fell to the
ground.
“Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaammmmnnnn!!!!!”
C-Lo yelled.
Monique
walked towards Gina as she stood up. Gina swung at Monique, but she ducked and
caught Gina in the side. Monique grabbed her hair, and held her as she kept
stickin her in the face. She then threw Gina a good 5 yards. Gina looked for
somethin to throw, but before she could find somethin, Monique got on top of
her and started wailing her with lefts and rights. DT got up, lifted Monique
off Gina and took her in the house. C-Lo went to help Gina.
“Damn,
you iight?” He asked her. “She was whoopin yo ass kinda bad.”
“Go
to hell, Chris.” She said with nothing but anger.
“Hey,
what you mad at me for? She was the one that beat the living hell outta ya. I
helped you out.” He then whispered mostly
to himself, “I just hoped Frost recorded it like I asked him to.”
“What’s
her problem anyway?” She asked.
“What
do you think? You tried to get Kenny.”
“No
I didn’t.” Monique ran out there in stuck her in the jaw again. Gina hit the
ground so fast. C-Lo grabbed her and held her.
“You
know damn well you tried to fuck my man!!!” She yelled. “Don’t you stand there
and feed me that bullshit!!!” She was pissed off to the highest level of
pistivity. “If you ever in your life touch my man again I swear to you on my
grandmother’s grave and God as my witness I will slit your fuckin throat!!!”
Gina
was slow to get up. DT pulled her up and stood her on her feet. He then grabbed
Monique from C-Lo. C-Lo attended to Gina again.
“Whew,
I ain’t neva seen her like dis. You musta did somethin horrible.” He commented.
“I
don’t know what she’s talking bout.” She claims.
“Come
on, Gina, Kenny has the security tape of you tryin to seduce him. I watched it
several times. You know he showed her to plead his case.” She looked at C-Lo in
embarrassment.
“I
made such a mess of things.”
“No
you didn’t. You got yo ass whipped.” C-Lo stated. “In a very one-sided fight I
might add. You shoulda saw how your head looked like it was goin to pop right
off.”
“Thank
you, Chris.” She spit blood from her mouth and looked over at Monique.
“Monique, I hope you find it in your heart to forgive me.” She said, tryin to
smile. DT put Monique down. She walked up to Gina and smiled. “I’m sorry,
Monique.”
“Thank
you.” She punched Gina one more time, knocking her on her ass again. “Apology
accepted.” Monique turned around and went into the house.
“Whew,
I hate to see what she woulda did if she didn’t accept it.” C-Lo said as he
helped Gina up for the third time. “I hate to see what she woulda done to ya if
you had succeeded, ya dig?”
She
gave him an evil look and started walking home. She was in great pain all over
her body. As she walked away, C-Lo, DT, and the rest of the click laughed at
her.
Time
really flew by as the day finally came. Monique made last minute preparations,
as she got ready to go to the C-Town Coliseum for our championship game. We
were undefeated but so were our opponents, Chastin High from Yugoslavia
“We’re live on ESPN,
here at the C-Town Coliseum in Cleveland ,
Ohio
“That’s right, Tim,
and so many things have shown in this tournament. There will be a
record-breaking number of foreign players entering the draft. But one thing
that stayed constant the whole time was the consistencies of Will Smith and
Kenny Johnson playing as the top draft picks.”
“The NBA will
definitely have quite a draft this year as the class of 03 look to set records
and competition all over the league. We are moments away from tip-off, so let’s
review the stats of Will and Kenny.”
“Both have been
averaging a quad-double the entire tournament. Kenny has been averaging 34.6
points, 19.4 steals, 26.4 assists, 11.3 rebounds, and 3.9 blocks. Check this,
Tim, no turnovers.”
“Things look pretty
much the same way for Will Smith, whom is averaging 39.7 points, 15.2 steals,
17.8 assists, 23.6 rebounds, and 5.3 blocks. These are pure NBA numbers.”
“It’s hard to imagine
that these two are putting up these type of numbers and they’re not even 18.”
“You can only imagine
what type of impact they will make during their NBA years.”
“Here we go with the
tip-off to start our championship game. The ball goes up and the USA
“One thing I love
about Will is his persistence to get open. He just never stops moving.”
“In fact, it pays off
as Kenny dishes out to him for a wide open 3.”
“Nothing but the
bottom of the net. That’s what Kenny and Will do. They know each other so well
that these type of passes become natural.”
“Hold on to your
seats, Tim, as Kenny comes up with a steal and he’s now on a fastbreak. With
two defenders back, he fakes the pass and goes for the dunk.”
“He’s fouled as he
makes the dunk off a tremendous pick. When it comes to free throws, Kenny is
automatic. Only missing one the entire tournament.”
“And that one miss
came after a hard foul against a Russian high school squad. The foul was called
flagrant and it almost sidelined the young superstar.”
Pretty
much, this went on for a while. Halftime finally approached and they had the
lead 72-69. We may have had a good start, but we started to fall behind the
second quarter when the coach benched me for getting a technical. Of course,
the crowd wasn’t feeling that. We were ahead 55-40 at the time he sat me down.
They went on a 32-14 run, hitting 6 straight 3 pointers. Will scored 10 of the
14 points to keep us from being down by more. In the locker room, Will and I
discussed the game so far, as Coach talked to the team.
“How
you holdin up?” He asked me.
“How
do you think I’m holdin up?” I said in a loud whisper. “He benched me for damn
near the entire second quarter. You can not say he ain’t lost his mind.”
“I
feel ya. What did you get a tech for, anyway?”
“Tryin
to plead my case. Remember when I stole the ball?”
“Yea.”
“I
got called for the foul, ri?”
“Yea,
you did. I remember now.”
“We
saw the replay and it showed I had nothing but ball. I kept pleadin, but he
wasn’t hearin it. He gave me a tech for my troubles.”
“I
see. We were up by 15, why would you even care?”
“Steal
is a steal. Why get called for a foul for somethin I ain’t do?” He looked at me
and nodded in agreement. “I just didn’t deserve to get benched for it. Okay,
maybe a minute or two, but not the rest of the quarter. We still had 7 minutes
to play.”
“Look,
dogg, I feel ya and er’thang, but I don’t know if you noticed. These guys don’t
play like we do. Their style is a lil odd. They like to slow the ball down,
call plays, and do crazy crap like that. The whole time you were sittin down, I
did all that runnin just to keep my legs fresh.”
“Yea,
they sho didn’t pass you the ball that much. Not until they had you doubled.”
“Ya
know? The only reason I scored was because of rebounds. 5 rebounds, 10 points
for Mr. Smith.” Halftime was almost over, so we got up and got ready to head
back to the court. On our way, Coach headed us off.
“Fellas,
y’all talked the entire time I spoke. That’s somethin I will not tolerate. I
don’t care how good you are.” He said to us. We looked at each other and back
at him.
“I
don’t know if you noticed, but we talk every time you talk. It’s nothing new.
As a matter of fact, I think you notice every time.” I told him.
“Well,
guess what, gentlemen? You both will be sitting the entire 3rd
quarter.”
“WHAT?!”
Will and I said at the same time.
“You
heard me.”
“You
can’t do that.” Will said. “We’re the best players on this team.”
“Don’t
be so stupid.” I told him.
“Be
glad I didn’t bench you for the rest of the game. See you on the sidelines.” He
walked away.
Will
and I looked at each other and punched the wall. We both made a crack in the
concrete. We walked to the court and sat on the bench. The entire stadium booed
as the game resumed and we sat.
“Why
are they sitting?” Monique asked Dad. “They’ll lose if they don’t play.”
“I
don’t know, but if this doesn’t change soon, I’mma have to step in.”
“Ryan, this is very
odd. Kenny is sitting yet another quarter and now Will has joined him. Either
they did this on their own decision or Coach Forest
“Tim, I guarantee you
that Kenny and Will did not make this decision. They don’t ever want to come
out of a game, especially one of this magnitude.”
“As play resumes, 3
minutes into the 3rd quarter, and already Yugoslavia
“You can see the
emotion on Kenny’s and Will’s faces. They both are furious with Coach Forest
“Listen to the
millions of fans in attendance tonight fill the arena with boos. I’m out of
words on how incredibly stupid this move is.”
“Coach Forest USA
As
Will and I sat, the entire quarter was completely one sided. Yugoslavia
“Do
you think we’re goin in?” I asked him.
“Nope.”
He said. “The fourth is beginning in 10 seconds and he hasn’t called us in
yet.” We sat quietly on the bench, as the fourth quarter was about to begin.
“This is an outrage.
Cleveland, Ohio has been booing for the entire 3rd quarter, yet a
substitution has not been made. To add more fuel to the fire, USA
“Now, the lead is
increasing as time ticks away.”
“Wait a minute, look
on the USA
“Tevin Smith and
Kevin Johnson are heading to the coach. Hopefully to talk some sense into him.”
“Good
game, huh?” Dad said as he approached Coach Forest
“Tryin
to be funny. Go back to your seats.” He said, not knowing whom he was talking
to.
“We’d
love to, but there’s a problem. The two best players in the world are on the
bench and we’re getting blown out now 122-74. Care to explain?” Tevin said.
“I
don’t have to explain anything to you.”
“Actually,
you do. Maybe if you turn your ass around and see exactly whom you’re talking
to, you’d get the picture.” Dad told him. Coach Forest
“Mr.
Johnson, Mr. Smith, I…”
“Will
shut the hell up and listen.” Tevin told him, cutting him off. “This is what
you’re goin to do. You’re goin to call a timeout, sub our boys in, and leave
them in for the rest of the game. Or, we can give you a mystery prize and trust
me, you do not want to know what that is.” He had a stern, evil look in his
eyes as he spoke. Coach
Forest
“Kenny,
Will, you’re goin in.” We stood up and took off our warm-ups. The crowd erupted
as they noticed. We took the court with the rest of the starting lineup.
“Bill,
I expect to see you in my office in the morning. I want to know what the hell
inspired you to do somethin so stupid.” Dad told him.
“Yes,
sir.” He said sadly.
“Finally, someone has
put some sense into Coach
Forest USA trails Yugoslavia
“I agree. 60 points
is a huge hole to climb out of in 8 minutes. You not only have to score the
basketball every trip, but you have to keep them from scoring as well.”
“Well, 60 points is
the equivalent of 20 3-pointers. There is a possibility Will and Kenny can do
this, but I don’t see it happening.”
Will
and I went into the game after sitting for the whole 3rd quarter. I
walked up to him, “this goes back to training. We shoot nothing but
3-pointers.”
“Goes
without saying.” He replied.
I
gave him dap. I brought the ball down the court and the second I crossed the
half court line, Will was open in the corner. I tossed him the ball and he
drained the open 3. The crowd went wild.
“Already Will has
began to light it up from 3-point land to make an attempt to bring USA
“Now Will steals it
on the inbound pass. He dishes it to Kenny for the open 3. USA 7:31 left in regulation.”
“Szclew is open for a
jumper and is blocked by Kenny. He pushes the ball down the court, finds Will
in the corner for yet another 3-pointer.”
This
went on for quite sometime. We were closing in on them and came down to the
final 35 seconds.
“Listen to this
crowd. Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
“Kenny and Will
brought this team back from a 60 point deficit and now have a chance to win
this game. These two teenagers are amazing.”
“A huge
understatement if you ask me. Yugoslavia
“If you’re USA
“Wait a minute,
there’s a man open in the lane. He goes up for the shot and is BLOCKED BY
WILL!!! Will pushes it down the court. Finds Kenny.”
“They’re running out
of time. Kenny has to do somethin with it.”
“He’s defended well.
Kenny goes for a 3, draws the foul, and HITS THE SHOT!!! He now has a chance
for a four point play.”
“The fans are on
their feet. This place has exploded.”
“Kenny will shoot one
from the line.”
“He makes the free
throw and Yugoslavia
“USA is now down by 1
point, 139-140.”
“What a game we have
witnessed here today.”
“It’s not over yet. USA Yugoslavia USA
“Yugoslavia USA
“A little bit more
strength would have tipped the pass to Will. Now these free throws will
determine the fate of the game.”
“He shoots the first
one…HE MISSES THE FIRST FREE THROW!!!”
“He’s nervous. That
free throw was way off and so unlike him.”
“He does make the
second one though. USA Yugoslavia USA
“If Kenny or Will is
open, you have to go for the win. They are perfect from outside the arc and
doesn’t show any sign of missing. On the other hand, if you can’t get them open
beyond the arc, you have to go for the tie and take this to overtime.”
“I guarantee no one
would be disappointed about that.”
“USA
“What they have to do
is get it to either Kenny or Will.”
“Ernest Willow will
take the ball out. Kenny is able to get open and receives the ball. Yugoslavia
“It looks like
they’re goin for the tie.”
“Kenny goes up for
the shot…wait, he dishes to Will who is wide open in the corner. Will shoots it
at the buzzard and…IT’S GOOD!!! IT’S GOOD!!! USA
“What a finish for
such a great game. Kenny drew all the defenders to open up Will for the
3-pointer.”
“The officials are
checking the shot to make sure he got it off in time and to see if it was
actually a 3.”
“It did kinda look
like his foot was on the line.”
“It’s ruled a
3-pointer. The USA High School Dream Team has defeated Yugoslavia
“Ladies and
gentlemen, it is my honor to present the 2103 High School Basketball Tournament
Dynamic Duo awards to Kenny Johnson and William Smith of the United States
Dream Team.” The
stadium erupted. We held our trophy in the air and smiled. “I’d also like to present the 2103 High School
Basketball Tournament All-Star Player, William Smith of the United States United States United States
After
showers and a lil celebrating in the locker room, Will and I met up with the
fam. They were waiting for us outside. Upon seeing us, they immediately
congratulated us. I gave everyone hugs and kisses, and then approached Monique.
The way she was dressed was kinda unusual. She had on baggy clothes, which I’ve
never seen her wear. As I stood in front of her, she immediately embraced me.
“I’m
so glad you’re finally home.” She said, smiling.
“Me
too.” I replied.
“Come
on, you love birds,” Ma said, “let’s go home.”
We
all got in the limo and went home. Monique and I went up to my room. I started
getting undressed and changing into my sleeping shorts.
“May
I ask you somethin?” Monique said.
“Anything.”
“Why
did Coach Forest
“I
don’t know. All I know is, if Dad and Uncle Tevin didn’t come when they did, we
wouldn’t have won.”
“I
agree.” I lied down in the bed with her and we cuddled. “I’ve missed you so
much.”
“I
missed you too. Tell me, what’s the deal with this Gary
“Oh
yea, he’s goin to meet you at my house in the morning. I told him you were
coming back tonight and you’ll deal with him tomorrow.”
“Ok.
Sounds like fun.” I yawned. “Iight, I’m tired as hell. I’ll see you in the
morning. Love you.”
“Love
you too.” I kissed her and went to sleep.
She
stayed awake for a while. I was so sleepy I couldn’t tell anything was
different about her. In fact, my hand was on her stomach and I still didn’t
notice. She ended up moving my hand from her stomach to her breast though. How
lucky she is that I’m tired. All I know is, the truth was about to come out.
Tomorrow will be the day it comes.
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