The Other Side of Me

Chapter 5: The Game part 2

Yoko's POV:

My heart is beating so fast. What had just happen? I didn't intend to fall on top of her. Her eyes look intense yet it feels empty. Yet her hand is soft. I can't stop blushing. It's so fucking embarrassing. It's good that I have been literally saved by the bell or should I say buzzer?

"Are you alright,Yoko? You had quite a landing in there. Do you need to rest? Your fave is so red." Becky asks.

"I don't think, that is from falling down. But from falling to whom." Marissa teased.

"Stop it. I am just tired. And it was an accident. I had to say sorry before she might think otherwise" I defended myself.

I walked nervously to the other side of the court and looked for Faye. When I say her, I looked down on the ground and stopped in front of her.

"Ms. Faye, I am so sorry. I didn't intentionally fouled and fall on you." I said while looking down in the floor.

"It's part of the game. No worries on that. It's a nice hassle but be careful next time." Faye said looking at me.

I can feel her eyes on my head. "Thank you" I said and I quickly go back to the team.

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Third Person POV

Coach Nong called the girls for a quick huddle before the start of the second half. She recaps the first half, what went wrong and what went right. She noticed that the girls are tired which is not the usual, but it also makes sense that they are being pushed to their limits and it is good.

"We're down by 12pts. It does not look bad. Considering that you are playing with best players from before. But that doesn't mean that it is okay for you to lose. Our goal is to win. If you lose here, you will run 20 laps of suicide rice planting." Coach Nong said to the girls whose spirits has been fired up because they don't want to be punished later.

"Bam, rest first, Charlotte, go replace Bam. Let's do 1-2-2 defense for the first 5 mins." Coach Nong said

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The buzzer rang, signaling the start of second half.

The ball will be in the current's team. They started to go all out and immediately. The pressure is on and they are trying to get back the 12 point deficit. The alumni team, is getting tired already as they don't have any substitution since the first half. The current team notices this and use it to their advantage. 10mins left until the end of the game, Coach Nong, called for a time out. She noticed that the current team is showing tenacity. They're showing improvement during the game they have also started to catch up with the score. She saw how the alumni team started to feel the tiredness, they are starting to breath heavily, maybe because they don't have any substitution all through out the game. The current team huddled with Coach Nong. The current score is 48-43, 5 more points till they tie up.

"You are all doing great. To pushed the other team this far. We just need few more stops on their play and more points for us. I'll sub you all out for the meantime to catch your breath and be ready for the final 5 minutes. They are already tired, we can use this to our advantage to slow down the game until all of you almost recover, while the other team will have accumulated tiredness." Coach Nong said.

Merissa, Rebecca, Yoko, Noom and Charlotte go back to the sideline and rest, they were replaced by Bam and four others to play. While on the other side of the court, the alumni team are all trying to save their energy.