Rocky says goodbye to him and runs over to me, crawling on my lap.
"Mommy? You love me right?" She gives me the biggest puppy dog eyes.
"Nope..." Her lips begins to quiver, not knowing that I am playing around. I grab her and lift up her shirt, only exposing her tan tummy, and put my mouth on it, blowing, making a farting sound. She squeals and tries to get out of my grip, but I turn her back over and put my head in the crook of her neck.
"Baby I'm just joking! Of course I love you. What's going on?"
"Well, that mister over there-" she points towards the bleachers where the golden state warriors sat. "I mean over there!" She then points at the court as Curry shoots another one if his three pointers. "That mister!"
Curry turns towards the crowd, giving them his signature hand sign, holding three fingers up. But before he makes it down to the end of the court he smiles at Rocky and does a small wave in my direction.
"He asks if we can have a play date at the beach. Can we mommy? Can we, can we?" She jumps up and down in her seat. I can't say no to her...
"I-is it just him?" I stuttered? Why did I stutter?
"No, he is bwinging his daughter, Wiley! I'm going to have a friend!"
"Riley?"
She only nods and gazes at the court and squeals in delight as Curry shoots another one of his three's.
"Oh there you are!" I turn to see Coach jogging over to us with a look of relief on her face. "Rocky you had me worried sick! Where were you?"
Rocky fiddles with her fingers and looks away ashamed.
"I asked the mister why he was sad...I'm sorry that I scared you Ms. Lisa. Will you forgive me?" She puckered her lip out.
"Yeah will you forgive her Ms. Lisa?" I mocked.
She sighs and sits back down, "Of course I do. Now, what did I miss?"
...Every time...
"Rocky made a new friend."
Coach gasps and gives Rocky a high five. "Good girl! That's what I'm talking about. What's their name?"
"Curry... She made friends with Curry."
"Number 30? That Curry?" I only nod.
"He's scheduling a play date for Rocky and Riley to go to the beach."
Coach smiled, "Oh well that is lovely! You should go, get out and get some sun. You need some relaxation anyway." She nudged me.
Oh don't worry. I'm going to have a little talk with Curry after the game.
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The buzzer went off, indicating that game one was finally over.
"And the golden state warriors win game one, with a score of 108-100, going into overtime."
The warriors huddled together chanting and laughing. If they win three more games they will win the championship for good.
Rocky was fast asleep on my shoulder, thumb in her mouth, slightly drooling. My poor baby is utterly exhausted, Thank God she is a heavy sleeper... I think.
"I'm going to introduce you to the coach. Think you can handle it?"
I roll my eyes, "As long as they're not loud enough to wake Rochelle up, I'm good."
Kayla walks us up towards the team, still celebrating, and taps on Steve Kerr shoulder. Once he turns around they share a long hug, longer than I would imagine.
