"Lisa, Kathy come here." her mother called as they walked in the kitchen that night both in their pajamas "I have cookies left you two, want them with milk."
"Yeah, I have to get Teddy, be back." she ran out the kitchen and Lisa still depressed dressed in white shorts and blue tee shirt, her hair in a messy ponytail as she fixed her ice cream and cookies.
Her mother looked over at her "Are you okay Lisa?"
"Yeah Mom I'm fine" she said as she sat in a chair.
"It's not too late you know."
"It's amazing how, you can see your life so well when you're a kid and you never think about it not coming out that way." she sais as she laid her head on the table.
"Yeah but Lisa" she came and sat across from her "I think he could do much better, much..so much better."
"Yeah he could, I mean he really could, out of all the girls in the...all these girls..I mean-" she sat up looking over at her mother.
"Lisa what's your problem? You, you are his much better, you are so beautiful, I wish.....I mean for years I've tried to show you that." Kathy called her and she kissed her daughter on the forehead and she left out the kitchen as she thought about what her mother had said.
***
That night Lisa couldn't sleep at all thinking about everything everyone had told her earlier in the day. She got out of bed and took off the tee shirt to cool off now in a thin strapped shirt and she went into the bathroom. She stood in the mirror looking at herself. She never thought she was beautiful but 'okay'. Everyone else thought she was really pretty but she didn't. She didn't think she was good enough for him as she walked out the bathroom and sat on her bed turning on her lamp only to see his posters and pictures of them when they were younger staring back at her. She looked out the window and then at the floor and back at the window and she climbed out and walked over to his and she tapped and him half sleep opened the window after awhile "What?!"
"Could you come out a sec?" He just looked at her "Please?"
He came out and he looked pretty mad as he stood over her she moved back "What do you want Lisa?"
"Um...I love you." he released a huge sigh "I've loved you since I was 12 and I.....Nicky the shit won't go away, I've tried everything but it just won't."
"It's been what? 9 years, we were kids you can't love me...2 weeks no less than two weeks before I am suppose to marry-"
"Nick"
"What?!"
"Let's play now"
"For What!"
"For your heart." He turned to go back inside and she blocked the window trying to stop him from going in she was very nervous "You told me when we always played you always let me win..you said the only reason I won was because you let me."
"What's your point?"
"If you win I'll know you want to and then you must love that girl."
"That girl huh." he laughed "And if you win"
She stepped up to him "I'll....no, you'll know you're making the biggest mistake of your life and you'll realize you wanted me to stop you all alone."
"This is so damn stupid Lisa I swear."
"I'll go suit up."
Minutes later she came out onto the court in her black shorts and black tee shirt, her hair up in a tighter ponytail a basketball in her arms. "First to 21" she said tossing him the ball.
"Five"
"Ten"
"Seven"
She took the ball out his arms "Ten okay" she shot the ball through the hoop as she counted "One" she retained the ball as he pushed her and she shot it again "That's Two. What's wrong Nicky, sleepy...check." She tossed the ball to him and he tossed it back as he tried to block her but she went around and got it in "Three."
He grabbed the ball as she tried to block him and he hit her hand away and made the shot as he started to count "One" He got the ball and she tried her best and he pushed her and shot the ball "Two"...check" she tossed him the ball and she tossed it back and she was getting mad pushed him and he pushed her back and ran up on her to make the shot "Three up."
She hated this so much cause she never in her life wanted to win a game as much as she wanted to win this one. Her thoughts were broken when she missed her shot and she looked over at him and him at her as they both missed and made shots, she ran up on him to try and block but he dunked on her, she held back tears as she grabbed her shirt from the ground (now in a sports bra) she'd taken off earlier, she turned to go back into her house.
"Hey" she stopped not turning around "We'll go to 21" She began to cry a little as she came over and hugged him tightly and he pulled her back and he kissed her and she kissed him back and then they hugged again and he kissed her neck and he realized he really was in love with her.
"Now we can play video games, eat pizza and listen to music and read comic's and basketball..play basketball all day long."
She pulled away looking up at him "You remembered"
"Yeah I remember, forever right."
"Yeah forever."
She laughed and hugged him again and him her.
***
"She threatened me, she said if I didn't come, she'd kill me and I believe her."
Brian laughed as him and Nick made their way to their seats on the floor, first row, he sat next to her mother.
The game started and she ran out as the stadium erupted in cheers, her hair up in ponytail in her full baby blue and white uniform, she stood in her place for the tip off and she turned to them and glad to see him he couldn't hear her but he read her lips which she sad she loved him and he said it back and then she waved to her sister and turned back to the game.
They waited a long while before telling about their whole love story cause they didn't want to rush things but once they did they became one of the hottest young couples around.
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