Chapter 1: Introductions
"I never meant to start a war
You know I never wanna hurt you
Don’t even know what we fighting for
Why does love always feel like a battlefield?"
The lyrics to Jordin Sparks’ song are actually the anthem of my life. I’m 19 years old and all the guys I have ever been with have dumped me. They say I argue over the smallest things and they get tired of arguing. It’s true I am insecure in relationships and feel that guys I date are always cheating on me. I can’t help myself...I wanna stop but...
‘Ms Laine are you still with us?’
Oops, there I go off to lala land in my dance class... ‘sorry Ms Jackson...It’s just that I’m not feeling well today. I have stomach cramps’ I winced my face to show that I was in pain. I don’t like to lie and in this case I wasn’t...well I was stretching the truth because it was that time of the month but I wasn’t in pain.
‘Ok than Shontelle, why don’t you sit this out and just watch and try to follow the steps’
‘Thank you Ms Jackson’
The other girls rolled their eyes at me as I got off again! I went to sit down in the corner of the basketball gym and watched the girls as they practiced the steps for Ciara’s ‘Work’ song. Slowly my mind drifted off to space again...not for long though as I heard loud noise coming from outside. The door burst open and in walked the L.A Lakers players. ‘Oh just great’ I muttered to myself. They were talking and laughing loudly. It was impossible not to notice them. Then again how can you not notice some 6ft giants?
‘Hey Tel, ‘sup girl’ Kobe was talking to me, but my eyes were locked on a guy I had never seen before.
‘Helloooo....little cuz you there?’
‘What? Oh right sorry, I’m in pain today...that’s why I’m not dancing! Hey that a new player?’
‘Who? Oh yeah...Trevor. You know he started out with New York Knicks than he went to Orlando Magic? Hey Trevor come over here a sec’
What? Is Kobe going bonkers? I found myself unconsciously trying to fix my hair. Kobe caught me and laughed.
‘Oh I see what’s up’ I punched him in the arm. Kobe is my cousin and I love him to bits but sometimes he can be a real pain.
‘Hey, Trevor this is my cousin Shontelle. Gots to introduce you to her because she biggest Lakers fan out there! And she gotta know who she cheering for. Tel, this is Trevor...the new Lakers star!’
I looked at Trevor and we locked eyes. I reached out my hands. ‘Urm...hey...nice to meet you’. He shook my hands and I felt a tingle go up my back.
‘Nice to meet you too’. He had the sexiest smile and the smoothest voice. I couldn’t believe it.
Pau called Kobe and he left. Trevor and I just stared at each other.
‘So...you the biggest Lakers fan?’ he had a cheeky smile on.
‘Yep! You better be good or else you going to spend the rest of the season on the bench. Coach Phil listens to me you know!’ He laughed and I felt my legs start to tremble.
‘Tell you what? Why don’t you stay and watch us train and then you’ll give me a verdict?’
What? Me stay and watch? ‘Urm...I can’t...I don’t have a ride back home because I came with my girls and they going in like...5 minutes’.
I’m not sure but for a quick second I saw a look of disappointment and I smiled secretly.
‘Well, I can drop you off if you like.’
YESSSS!!! ‘Well, ok, I guess that would be cool’
I watched him walk away as my girls approached me. ‘Uh huh...oh Ms Jackson I have stomach cramps today’ Toya (short for
Latoya) was mocking me. I threw a towel in her face. ‘Shut it’
‘Hey whose that you were talking to? Your face is glowing’ I told Toya and Tia about Trevor and that I was staying to watch the guys
train and then he would take me home.
‘Hey gurl...be careful...You seem to like this guy already. You know Tel, before you get into a relationship again, you need to sort
yourself out’ Tia was always the thinker and she was right.
‘I know, but for now I’m just talking to the guy. No one said anything about relationships’. Toya and Tia looked at each other and
shook their heads.
‘Well, ok sweetie...we bouncing then. Call us when you get home with details’. We said our goodbyes and I switched my attention to the guys. I was searching them for Trevor and I found him. He was looking straight at me and he had that sexy smile on and I couldn’t help but smile back.
Ok so this is the first story I've written in years and there may be some errors so bare with me for ths part and I think I'm a bit rusty as well!! So tell me what you think. I already have the other bit but i'd like to know what you guys think of this part first and what you think is going to happen. Then I'll know if I'm on the right path!
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