Make it work

Chapter 9

Daniel's pov
A whole freaking week has gone by since my dad called me into his office and I had exactly five days to give him an answer. But the problem is that I haven't even opened one of the files that was handed to me, I've been too sacred and too busy with my thoughts to even attempt opening them

I was currently in the school gym, or whatever it's called, with my classmates. Today was Wednesday and we had P.E class. And the P.E teacher thought it was a brilliant idea for us to practice our basketball skills today of all day!

After thirty five minutes, the teacher realised how bad that idea was because everyone was breathing so hard and also really exhausted but we still hadn't made even one basket

He looked at us like he couldn't believe people could be so bad at sports. Puffing out a breath, he looked to ward's the door of the gym. And I saw relief flicker in his eyes for some reason

"Sarah, please come here" he yelled towards the door and I think I know why he had that look now

I turned and saw Sarah walking into the gym with a textbook in hand, she was probably heading towards the library or something

"Good day sir" she said giving him a smile and then a look as if saying 'why did you call me' or something along that line

"Good day, would you be a darling and help me teach this kids how to play?" He said raising the ball that he had in his hand

"Sir I was just heading to the library because my final exam is commencing tomorrow. You do realise that sir?" she asked giving him an utterly amused look

"Yes I do, but what's five minutes out of your study time" he said giving her pleading look

"It happens to be a lot sir" she replied looking at him like he's lost it

"Sarah please just help" he said literally giving her a pout. 'Wow! this man sure is desperate' I thought

Other students joined in on his plead, so a lot of "please senior Sarah", "pretty please" could be heard in the in background

I guess the pleas where getting to her because she began to look a bit indecisive

"But not even dressed to play" she whined clearly about to give in.

"That shouldn't be a problem Sarah, you aren't really going to play, you just need to show them a few things" the teacher told her

"Ok let's get started then" she replied finally giving in, Making my class give a round of yays and cheers

The teacher immediately passed the ball to her which she caught easily something not one of us in the room had been able to do

Once she, that is, sarah had the ball, she made us make a circle and stood in the middle

"Well I'm really not a teacher but I'll just tell you how I play and what works for me. I have only two rules" she started

"One:don't rush it, take it easy and feel the ball" she said bouncing the ball a few times "Don't expect to start hitting three pointers from the beginning" she continued making every student give our P.E teacher a look because did the opposite of everything she said

"Two: don't over think it, just do it. Over thinking creates room for self doubt and on that note"she rapidly tossed the ball at me without warning and I, without thinking about it, caught it swiftly making everyone in the room cheer

She gave me a smile and signalled that I toss it back to her, which I did. She did the same to every one without leaving any one out.

When every one had successful caught her tosses, she made us each get a ball and taught us how to bounce the ball easily. Once we had gotten the hang of it, she made us try to make a basket standing close to the net. The better you got the more she increased the distance.

After less than an hour from her arrival , every one was at least a passable basketball player

"Guys I have to go now"she announced after checking her wrist watch.

"Awnnn" everyone whined

"Guys I have an exam tomorrow remember?" She reminded

"Ohhh thanks, bye" majority replied with pouts

"Thank you Sarah" the P.E teacher said

"It was my pleasure. Just remember, it took more than five minutes"she said with a smirk and walked out the gym, her book in hand.

After that, the rest of the day at school was uneventful, I went home deciding it was time to make the most life changing decision ever

I'm currently sitting on my bed looking down at the still unopened files. When I counted them they were surprisingly twenty in number, are that many people insane?

Picking up the top file, I took a deep breath and opened it. Inside I saw there was a document that contained the financial status of the company and what they offered, I also saw a picture of a girl, I'm guessing the daughter.

After going through fifteen of them I was already having an head ache. Picking up the sixteenth file and opening it, I was so shocked when Sarah's picture fell out. I was more shocked to see that her dad's company financial state was so bad. In fact they were bankrupt! All the company had going was their name

Putting Sarah's file beside me I looked through the rest and picked out the best one out of the nineteen.

Placing Sarah's file and the other one I picked out in front of me, I was so confused. I had two options; pick Sarah's and help her family or pick the other one and make my father proud.

Taking a deep breath I made my choice. All that's left now is to tell my dad hopefully he doesn't ask till next week's Monday when the two weeks dead line is completed.

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