Episode One
"Mason! Over here! I'm open!" My teammate shouts to me as I try to dribble the ball away from the other team.
I'm sweating like an animal - do animals even sweat? Uhm... thats not the point, this is the competition finals, this determines my fate for a while. If we lose, I'll be looked down on, I can't lose, I'm Mason fucking Allen, I don't lose.
Everyone is crowding me, I jump and throw the ball to my teammate and look to see if he catches it... and he does. As soon as I see him catch the ball, I run towards the hoop.
"Aaron! Me!" I shout. I see him look at me and then I look around me, there are like three people marking me, what the fuck, this isn't even fair. I guess I'm just that good that they need three people to keep me from getting the ball.
Aaron throws the ball from the other side of the court and the people marking me are jumping to get it, I slightly chuckle, they don't know my tactic, it's funny.
I run to the side line of the court and one of my teammates was already running to the ball, they get to it and hit it to me before it touches the floor. I catch it and dribble to the hoop, this is the point that decides which team wins, all eyes are on me - they always are, but it's way more pressuring when it's in basketball - the cooling is on the highest, yet my body is leaking sweat like a soaked sponge leaks water. I get to the side of the hoop, angling for a lay up; the opposite team is running to block my, my teammates are either watching or blocking them from blocking me.
I breathe in, and I shoot, I stare at the ball and the hoop and I swear time is moving way slower than usual. I quickly look at my teammates, some look at me, some are too focused on the ball to see if it goes in, I look back at the hoop and see the ball slide threw the hoop and the next thing I hear is cheers. I run to my teammates and then do a knee slide to them in celebration.
"Never doubted you for a second Allen." One of them chuckles.
"Pizza?" Ian asks.
"Don't have to ask me twice." I laugh as we walk to the changing room with our arms around each others shoulders. I hear everyone cheering 'Go Tigers!' as we enter the changing room.
"Holy shit that was amazing." Carl says as he gets his stuff.
"Not for me, I swear number six had a MISSION to kill me, like what the fuck did I do to you?" Yvsen says.
"Me too! He bodied me so many times!" Liam complains.
We get our stuff and head out, some people from school were outside waiting for us. As I head to the car, some girls stop me to talk to me, I greet all of them with a smile - except Evelyn, I hate Evelyn.
"Hey honey." She says trying to hug me, but I push her off.
"I said stop calling me that, people are starting to think we're deadass dating." I say angrily, she always finds a way to ruin my fucking mood.
"Are we not?" She says batting her eyelashes at me.
"NO! WERE NOT! Can you not get a hint? I DON'T LIKE YOU!" I shout angry.
"Always playing hard to get, but I like it." She says trying to touch my chest. I push her off me and continue to walk to the car.
"Okay uhm... call me!" She always says this, I don't even have her number.
Another girl stops me, Haley. "Hey Mason, you played great."
"Thanks, Haley." I say with a smile, brushing her hair behind her ear and kissing her forehead which makes her red.
"Uh- uhm..." She stutters and I smile.
"Catch you later." I turn and continue to walk. I don't really have a crush on any girl or like any girl that way, but I love giving them attention and seeing them get all hot and bothered.
"Can I get a kiss too Mason?" An unknown voice says, I turn to where the sound came from, it was Olivia, I walk to her and hold her by the waist; looking down at her face.
"Of course, where?" I say tilting my head and giving her a smile.
She looks to the side shyly and taps her collar bone. I look down at her collar bone, then at her eyes.
"You don't even want to look at me?" I smirk, teasing her. I turn her face to me and kiss her cheek then bend to kiss her collar bone, before standing back up straight.
I look at her and she looks like she's about to pass out. I chuckle to myself. "Mason! Are you gonna get in or make out with everyone first?" Yvsen shouts from the car.
"Coming!" I walk to the car and get into the back seat, placing my duffle bag on my lap.
"Took you long enough." Carl rolls his eyes.
"You all are just haters cause you don't get any girls." I roll my eyes.
"Excuse me? Not all of us. I have a girlfriend that I love, unlike you, I can commit." Ian says.
"Committing isn't fun." I sigh.
"How would you know?" Ian asks.
"From you, you always complain about Paige."
"But I still love her." Ian says.
"At least filter the L word, you know that's a trigger word for Mason" Yvsen says.
"What's that supposed to mean?" I chuckle.
