Love me

29

When I and Marie get off of work we went straight to the basketball game. Isabelle is working on her winter fashion show and everyone else is working. We went to get some popcorn before we sat down. Marie didn't want to sit near the court, she didn't want Jai to see her.

Rose
"If you didn't want Jai to see you, then why did you make that stupid bet."

Marie
"Because I actually like him but I want him to work for it plus I don't want to tell him his antics are working."

Rose
"So you do want to go on the date?"

Marie
"Yes."

Rose
"What if he doesn't make 15 points in this game?"

Marie
"I know he will make  23. He would be in the game in the 3rd and 4th quarters. He would score 23 points and have maybe 8 rebounds, 6 ast, and 3 blocks. Give or take."

Rose
"How do you know this?"

Marie
"I do watch his games. He's better than I thought, not bad for an SF." 

Rose
"And here I thought we just watch them fake a foul so they can have a free throw."

Marie
"That too."

It was half time and we can finally see him play. I never notice how nice his legs are until now. The score is 47 to 53. I'm starting to lose hope that his team will win. When he steps on the court Marie is a real focus on the game. It's weird seeing your friend be professional and how the fuck is he fast. This man could eat multiple pizza boxes.

Marie
"He needs to work more on his feet."

Rose
"Huh?"

Marie
"Although he's fast he needs to work on his footwork more than he would have a better advantage."

Rose
"Okay coach."

We continued watching the game and I hate to admit it but she was right, he did score 23 points but he has 6 rebounds, 9 ast, and 5 blocks. When the game was over she has the biggest grin on her face.

Rose
"So you happy your man gets to take you out to dinner?"

Marie
"No. I'm happy that I was right."

Rose
"Umm hmm. Now you know damn well...."

Marie
"Are you ready to go?" We both got up from our seats to walk toward the locker room.

Rose
"You don't want to wait for him?"

Marie
"He takes forever to get ready."

Rose
"So. You didn't complain when we had to wait on Tay."

Marie
"Tay doesn't annoy me beside he got locker room interviews." I pull out my phone to watch the interview live.

Rose
"You want to watch him?"

Marie
"No, but I'll listen."

They were asking him 'what do you think of today's game?' 'How do you feel about playing in the last half?' 'Why did he choose his jersey number?' 'Do he think he has an advantage over the rookies?' 'Are you planning on trading?' Then one of the reporters asks him if is he seeing someone. Without even thinking about it he said yes. That's when she starts looking at the phone. They want to tell more about this special person but he didn't give any more information. That's when his agent starts to kick them out so he can get dressed.

Rose
"Welp seems like you're taken."

Marie
"No, I'm not. They said seeing, meaning he sees a lot of people. The man isn't blind." I just roll my eyes at her. "Enough about me, what about you and Aiden?"

Rose
"What about us?"

Marie
"Are y'all good?"

Rose
"Yes. Why you ask?"

Marie
"Usually y'all spend every second of the day to spend together and lately you been apart."

Rose
"He is just busy with work. You know the holidays are coming up." Focusing on planning a get-together so we can tell you guys we got secretly married. I wanted to reach for my necklace but I had a feeling she would catch on if I touched it.

Marie
"True. I'm just making sure you're okay."

Rose
"I'm okay." We wait 10 more minutes before he comes out. "Good game," I said catching him off guard before he put on his headphones. He jog to us and hugged us and walk with us to the car. I pretend to check my phone. "Jai do you mind dropping Marie home, Aiden needs me at the office."

Jai
"Sure." I hug them both goodbye before Maire squeezes me and whispers in my ear.

Marie
"I know what you're doing."

Rose
"Don't know know what you're talking about?" I let go of her and ran to the car.

I went straight home and got ready for bed.

Pov Phone call

"We had a deal! Where's the money?"

"I don't know. It should be in the account."

"It's not here and the account is frozen! If I don't have the rest of the money there will be hell to pay."

End call

"God damn it! The bitch found it."

Another phone call

"Let's go through with the plan."

"Are you sure? I thought you said..."

"Forget what I said and do as I tell you!"

Hangs up the phone.