Melo
Another week goes by. I got my official NBA jersey, did the press conferences and stuff, got to meet with Michael Jordan. This week has been good so far.
Now I'm on my way to Jordan's basketball game. She doesn't know I'm coming and I wanna keep it that way. In this sense, however, I'm going as a spectator and not her boyfriend. Our beef didn't go public, so people would assume that we're still friends. As far as they know, our break up was mutual. We'll see though.
I got Gelo, Zo, Dmo, and JJ with me. Since JJ has been wanting to see her play in person for a while now, today is his chance. I'm actually excited for them to officially meet.
"I'm not even gonna lie to you, I'm a little nervous to meet her." JJ said.
I chuckle. "Why?"
"I don't know." He answers.
I laugh at his response because it's very rare to see JJ nervous.
We finally pull up to the arena and see the rest of the gang is there waiting. I park the car and we get out, dapping up the rest of the guys.
"She has no idea you're here right?" Zo said.
"No." I answer.
We go into the arena and get our seats. They're court side by the basket, on the opposing teams side.
"Didn't you used to fuck with ole girl on the team?" Dmo nods his head toward the USC team bench.
"Yeah." I reply. "You know she still here right?"
"You deadass?" He said.
"I'm so deadass." I say.
Gelo and Zo's eyes widen at that. I purse my lips, thinking about the reaction I might receive.
Hey, whatever happens happens.
*****
It was a full house in here today, and the game hasn't even started yet. The teams came out for warm ups, that's it. Just from looking around the arena though, I could tell why this place was packed.
"She must be well known around campus." JJ comments.
"Yeah, I think so." I respond.
There are fans with cutouts of her face, and a few rocking her jersey.
"I guess I gotta cop, huh?" I snicker.
"I mean, whenever y'all decide to go public, yeah." Zo said.
I nod at his response. Seeing her get all this love here at USC really does make me think about asking her to come to Charlotte with me. I'm sure she will when she's ready, but she can't give this up for me.
"So my dumbass thought it was okay to ask her to come to Charlotte with me last week." I start.
"Jesus..." Gelo mumbles.
I know he's so over my shit.
"But she turned it down." I continue. "I've come to terms with knowing why she did so, and I commend her for that. I've put her through a lot of shit and it was a little selfish of me to ask her that."
"You think?!" Zo exclaims incredulously.
I chuckle at the face he makes with it.
"In the end, it's about making sure that we're down for one another. Regardless of what's to come." I say.
I'm really trying to convince myself more than anything because it's really not fair to put her through that again. She deserves the world.
About a few minutes later, the game is getting ready to start. They do their entrance and stuff, then it's game time.
Three minutes in, she's already getting fouled. She had put up a circus shot, which resulted in her getting the bucket and the foul. She has a habit similar to Steph Curry where she'll chew on her mouth piece. She only does it when she's frustrated though. Other than that, she wears it properly.
That's exactly what she was doing when she went jogging back on to the court for her free throw. The foul was a little rough, but she took it like a pro.
"1 shot, Jordan Lopez." The ref says.
She stands at the foul line gnawing on the edge of her mouth piece. The ref passes her the ball and she dribbles a couple times. Then she takes the shot and makes it.
The opposing teams coach calls a timeout right after that.
"She's about to go off." Zo called it.
Frustrated Jordan is a whole new person.
*****
When the game was over, USC had won 55-85. Jordan scored 28 points, 12 assists, and 8 rebounds.
"She just casually walked in to a double double like it's nothing." JJ shook his head. "It was just light work for her."
I nod in agreement. "She's a beast."
"You still wanna play her one on one?" Gelo smirked.
"Don't play with me like that." I warn him.
"Why? Scared you gonna lose?" Zo said.
I roll my eyes at their teasing. They insist that she can beat me.
"Y'all keep playing with me." I shake my head.
"How much you wanna bet she'll put him on skates tomorrow?" Gelo asks Zo.
"$100." Zo answers.
"So is nobody on my team?" I ask.
"I'm 50/50." JJ said.
"Same here." Dmo adds.
"That counts for something." I glare at my brothers.
They only chuckle.
Soon we see Jordan walking out of the arena with a few of her teammates. One of them being Kyra. Jordan walks over to us, but Kyra hangs back with the others.
"What's up guys?" She says.
She hugs Gelo, Zo, and Dmo. Then she shakes hands and introduces herself to JJ. While they talk, I'm trying to listen. But Kyra is standing over there giving me this murderous glare. All I have to do is hug Jordan and everything will go right back to the way it was.
The fact that I fucked up so bad to the point where I can't even hug my own girlfriend, is absurd. I'm assuming Jordan told Kyra nothing in regard to our situation.
"You look like you seen a ghost." Gelo claps me on my back.
"This is just me realizing how bad I fucked up." I chuckle nervously. "It's like...bad."
"We're glad you're finally noticing." Zo faked a grin.
I narrow my eyes at him but he ignores my look.
"Just go talk to her and tell her you're sorry." Zo shrugs. "I'm sure that's really all she wants from you."
"You think so?" I ask.
"She might curse you out-"
"She will." Gelo cuts Zo off momentarily.
"But at least you would have apologized and cleared your conscience a little." Zo continues. "Like you did with Jordan."
"Sure, she'll be mad at you and Jordan for being together again, but that's none of her business." Gelo added. "You want to protect you guys' relationship, and the best way to do that is to make sure that nothing can interfere with it."
I'm seriously letting them talk me in to walking over to the person that hates me most right now, and apologize. Like...I'm really about to do this.
I nod at what they say, before actually taking action. Kyra raises her brows as I approach her.
"What's up?" I say.
She furrows her brows now. "Nothing much."
"Can I talk to you for a second?" I nod my head to the right, signaling for us to move away from her teammates.
She narrows her eyes in question, before nodding. We walk a good distance from the groups that way we have a little more privacy.
"What do you want to talk to me about LaMelo?" She asks.
"I wanted to apologize for the way I treated you." I confess. "You didn't deserve that and I really am sorry."
"I just couldn't accept the fact that the person I loved wouldn't love me back, so I created distractions for myself that would help me get over her. Unfortunately, I ended up hurting other people while at it."
I'm debating on if I should tell her about me and Jordan. We've made very little contact for the time that she has been out here, so there should be nothing for Kyra to suspect. But it only feels right to tell her.
"Eventually, Jordan and I made up. Now we're together again." I watch her face for a reaction.
She raises her brows in shock. "Oh?"
She looks over at Jordan, who's still in deep conversation with JJ and the guys. Then she looks back at me.
"Well I hope you're happy now." She bitterly states.
"Thanks." I ignore her tone.
She gives me a blank stare before turning away from me and walking back over to her teammates. I exhale a deep breath as I go back over to my group.
"How did it go?" Zo asked.
"I think it went well." I respond.
"How did what go?" Jordan asks.
"I just got finished talking to Kyra." I say.
Jordan looks back at her teammates, then turns back to us.
"Oh boy." She exhaled.
I know she's about to get shit for it.
"Sorry babe." I slightly wince.
She gives me a slow blink as the guys chuckle. Then she says her goodbyes and heads back to join the team.
"I can't wait to hear the story that follows this." Gelo looked at me.
He's foreshadowing Jordan telling us about what happened between her and Kyra, if anything does happen.
We'll just have to wait and see.