Saying Goodbye

chapter 15

kiara pov
liberty heights are up at the half. 57-38. mikey has 28 of those points. zeke has 17 points. he was really hurt by angel, and he's been taking his anger out on the other team.

samila walks up the bleachers and stands in front of me.

"my mom wants you to come over for a minute." samila says.

"ok." i reply. i stand up. she walks down the bleachers.

"and bring your brothers." she replies. she looks back and smiles. i look back at uriah with a smile. he raises an eyebrow at me and smirks. we walk over to simone, marcus and maliki.

"hi kiara." simone says with a smile. she stands up to give me a hug. i smile and hug her back.

"these are my brothers. uriah and isaiah." i introduce.

"well i'm simone. this is my husband, marcus and my oldest, maliki." simone introduces.

"hey man." maliki says.

"hey." uriah replies.

"how old are you guys?" marcus questions.

"i'm 20." uriah says.

"i'm 16." isaiah answers.

"so you're the oldest uriah?" marcus asks.

"sort of." he replies. isaiah looks at me.

"our oldest sister past away." i say.

"oh. i'm sorry to hear that." marcus says genuinely.

"it's ok." uriah says. isaiah stuffs his hands in his pockets. aliana appears beside me.

"hi simone." aliana smiles.

"hey aliana." simone smiles. i smile at the two as they hug.

"hey marcus." aliana says as she pulls away.

"hi aliana." marcus smiles.

"hey aliana." maliki says.

"hey." aliana replies. she smirks at him. i watch their interaction.

"i didn't know you were here." simone says.

"yea i was up there with my other friends." aliana replies. maliki doesn't take his eyes off her. she glances at him. mikey plops his head on my shoulder.

"wassup holmes." he says.

"mikey." i sigh.

"what? i told you i'm not stopping." he smiles.

"stop. please." i say.

"how about this? if i make this shot, i can keep the nickname. if i miss it, i'll stop." he says.

"from right here?" i ask.

"right here." he smiles.