The Best Player

4

"Y'all sit here and wait for school to start everyday?" I asked him as we were walking up. 

"Yeah." 

We sat down. 

"Hey Des!" Kayoni said. 

"Hey!" I looked at Isaak. "Let me see your phone." He took it out and handed it to me. 

I looked at his lock screen and it was a professional picture of him dribbling up the court. 

I smiled and looked at him. "You gotta unlock it dude." 

"You right." He opened it with face ID and handed it back. I typed my number in. 

"Here." I said passing it back to him. Kameron and I made eye contact and he raised his eyebrows. I covered my face trying not to smile in embarrassment. 

"Yo Des. We got our first game in one week." Diamond said excited. 

"When do y'all play?" Kayoni asked the group. 

"Day after y'all." Trevon said while leaning his head on his hand. 

"Better support us like we did for y'all at tryouts." Darrien said rolling his eyes. 

"Two things DD. #1 Imma be on the bench with y'all anyways. #2 Y'all better support us on Wednesday too." I said after removing my hands from my face. 

"Do we get to be on the bench for yo game?" Darrien asked mugging me. 

"Closest you gettin' is the bleachers behind the bench. You know Coach Sines don't play that." I said laughing with everyone else. 

"You right. You right." Darrien said looking off. 

"Bench or not, I'll be there to support y'all." Trevon said looking at Diamond. 

"Me too." Jayquan said looking at me. I dapped him up and we both snapped at the end. 

"But how though? Don't we have practice still?" Kameron said looking between everyone. 

"Not a problem. 7th grade plays first at 4:45. We play at 6." I said pointing at him and opening my water bottle. 

"Ohhhh." He said as Isaak looked at me. 

"Bet." 

We all talked until they released us from the cafeteria at 8:30. Isaak, Kameron, Kayoni and I all split from the rest of the group because our classes were in a different part of the building. We still had 10 minutes until school started, so we just walked and talked. 

"What are y'all doing after school?" I said looking at everyone. 

"Practice." Isaak said being smart. 

I hit his side. "You knew what I meant." 

"Calm down, I know, and I'm doing nothing." 

"Same." Kayoni and Kameron said at the same time. 

"You guys should come over to my house!" I said excitedly.