"Today's practice you have a new coach! His name..." Coach John pauses suspensefully, "Micheal Jordan!" The whole team hoots and hollers... let's just say we weren't the type of girls who... squeal.
"JK!" He laughs
"You should have seen your faces!" He laughs so hard his face turns red
We all boo him but he continues to laugh
After he somers up he says,"Your real coach will be.... Austin Gates
"Who is he coach?" I yell as coach walks to his office
"Someone you'll learn to love, but have fun copying with this one Alex." He shuts the door to his office but not before giving me a wink
I roll my eyes, GREAT another addition to the team. My, best friend Anastasia looks over at me.
"Sorry Alex... I really thought he would let you coach today... I mean your the best player on the team." She whispers the last part
I snort, "As if... the only reason I look good is because all of you are trees compared to me so all I have to do is run through your legs."
I am vertically challenged at 5'3" and I'm a junior in high school. I see Austin walk towards the team as if he's the king of the world. I scoff at him.
"Okay... who's Alex?" He looks expectantly at all the tall girls and they all point to the miniscule twig beneath them
He laughs "No really..."
Anastasia looks at him with such hatred it could turn a fairy princess into the wicked b*tch of the west, "Want me to knock the sh--"
I cut her off, "I'm fine Ana! Thanks though!"
I walk up to Austin, "Yeah? I'm Alex... so?" I say nonchalantly
"It says your the star player #30 and the point guard." He points to a stack of papers
"I am a point guard." I say ignoring the star player nonsense
"Wow... okay then, sorry, well you're today's Co coach!" He chuckles scratching the back of his neck
I stare up at him in shock... HOLY CRAP I'M COACHING... ugh co-coaching...
The team bursts out in a chant of, "Go Alex... Go Alex... It's your birthday... Go Alex!"
I couldn't help but dance along. As I danced I felt a pair of eyes on me and smiled, still dancing... it just got intresting!
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After three long hours of practice I tell the girls what a great job they did and that they needed to shower. After they left I turned towards Austin.
"For a co-coach... you didn't do a lot of coaching I say pushing him hard, but playfully
"Yeah I don't really know how to play." His checks tint pink
"The he'll? So your a co-coach who can't coach!" I say looking at him in discussing belief
"Yeah..."
Seeing how he is already embarrassed as it is I decide to have fun with it, "Okay so basically you throw this thing called a ball... wait you do know what a ball is right," when I get nothing but a cold glare I continue,"and you throw it in the basket, oh wait let me dumb it down for you, I mean the orange circle with strings hanging off it. Got it?"
"This may sound insane but... I knew that!" He says sarcastically
"Nuh-uuh baby boy don't you speak to you mother like that!" I say sassily
He rolls his eyes
"Fine you wanna learn the game? Meet me here tomorrow after practice!" I say crossing my arms
"It'd a date Alex!" He tilts his head and smiles pushing a lock of my hair behind my ear
I blush but so he won't see it I slap him,"It's not a date and touch me one more damn time and you won't be able to have children any more!" I yell
He rubs his flushed cheek but laughs,"You hit like a girl."
"That's cause I am one idiot!" I hiss
He crouches down to my lever and moves his face so close to mine I feel his breath,"Really because I wasn't so sure sweetheart."
I could feel my face heating up and my eyes becoming glassy so... I kicked him in the place where the sun doesn't shine and left him there doubling over in pain. What a D-bag!
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Short but...
YOU ARE READING
Who's Alex?
Teen Fiction"Hello Beautiful!" He swoops in "So now I'm Beautiful?" I scoff "You've always been beautiful," He says looking deeply into my eyes, his own twinkling And for a fleeting second... I almost though he meant it.
