The Best Player

4

"Is your dad okay with that?" Kayoni asked looking at me with her head tilted to the side. 

"He won't be at home. He has an important dinner or some shit, that I can't go to. He'd rather me not be at home alone anyways. Better y'all than my neighbor." I said looking at her. 

"When you pass it by your dad, I'm in." She said opening her phone to check the time. "I'll see you guys later, my class is in the other direction." She said turning around. 

"Bye" We all said. 

"What about you two?" I said. 

"I'm down as long as Kam's down." Isaak said stopping at his class. 

Kameron looked at me. "I think as long as your dad is okay with it, I'll go. My mom doesn't get home until late anyways." Kameron said shrugging. 

"Alright, I'll ask during lunch." I said looking at Isaak. 

"Okay. Bye y'all." He said walking into his class. 

Kameron and I walked towards our Spanish class. 

"Soooo, you and Isaak?" 

"Man you was just WAITING to ask that question weren't you?" 

"I mean" He said putting his hands up in defense. "What happened to 'no objectification'?" He said laughing. 

"That was when we hated each other-" 

"For like a day." 

"Whatever KP!" I said smiling. "DD and I argue more than me and Isaak. Plus that's not objectification. Besides, we're friends now I think." 

He scoffed. "Bouta be more than that." 

"Go on somewhere!" I said pushing him as he kept making fun of me.

12:50

The bell rang indicating it was time for lunch. 

"Come on Kay, I need to ask my dad." 

We both grabbed our stuff and walked to the gym. We got to the gym and the kids who had PE were walking laps. We walked into the office and saw Coach Williams and my dad laughing. 

"Oh, what's up Ny?" I walked up to his desk. 

"Kay and I had a question." I said looking at him. 

"No sir! It's her question, not mine. I'm here for support." She said causing my dad to laugh. 

"What's your question?" 

"Can my friends come over after practice? Since you have that special dinner and I'll be alone unless the neighbor checks on me." 

"What's wrong with Mrs. Mabel?" He said leaning back in his chair. 

"Well to start, her name is Mrs. Mabel...a dead giveaway. I don't know her like that, and three, she's low-key creepy." 

He thought for a moment. "How many people?" He said sighing. 

"Kay, Isaak, KP, Diamond, DD, Tre, and Jay." I said quickly. 

He looked at me with his head slightly tilted. "As long as y'all don't tear up my house and they all have rides home cause it's a school night, then they can come over-"