“Jorey? Hey, you’ve never been this quiet. What’s up with you today?” Ashley huffed out while the two of them were running.

“You were right Ash.”

“Right about what? Because I’m not usually right about a lot of things.”

“I was into her.”

Ashley stopped running. Her mouth dropped open and her eyes grew wide, “Madison?!”

Jorey stopped a few feet ahead of her and tried to quiet her down a little, “Ash, shhh…people will hear you!”

Ashley was laughing to herself as she began to jog slowly towards Jorey, “Wait a minute. What do you mean you were into Madison? What happened?”

“Aiden and his fat mouth happened.”

“What?! I’m lost.”

“Last night after you all left Grey he kissed me. But I pulled away because I was thinking about Madison while he was kissing me.”

“And let me guess, he got pissed and told Madison that you kissed him?”

“Yeah, and I promised Madison before we left that nothing would happen between Aiden and I.”

“Damn girl, you just got yourself in a pretty good mess in less than 24 hours.”

“Tell me about it.”

The two of them kept running until the end of the period. Jorey took the rest of that time to think about her game tonight. It was a make or break kind of deal and she really wanted to make it. She had to forget about Madison in the hours to come. All she needed to think about was basketball. Plus all of the anger that she had built up should give her some good motivation on the court. At least she would be putting it to good use.

The game was getting ready to start and Jorey was sitting in the locker room with her fellow teammates. She stared into oblivion thinking about how she was going to focus on the task at hand. In less than fifteen minutes the King High Cobras were going to face the Northwestern Knights. As far as Jorey knew this was the toughest team of the season. The coach had been pushing all of the team hard this week to prepare for “the battle of a lifetime” as he put it. This was her make or break moment.

When the game started the Northwestern Knights took an early lead with four to nothing. The knights still held the lead at the end of half time. Jorey had been saving herself for the last part of the game. And now was the time for her to step it up a notch. Rebound after rebound, steal after steal, three pointer after three pointer; Jorey didn’t let up. She had used her small skills to allow the cobras to take the lead in the fourth quarter and the win. The King High Cobras were victorious and Jorey was now a star.

After all the commotion was said and done Jorey retired to the locker room. She was the last one to depart. As she was sitting down, tying her shoes the light brown beauty walked in. Madison was standing in front of her.

“Hi.”

“Can we talk?” Madison seemed upset but not an angry upset.

“Sure.”

“I’m sorry that I didn’t listen to you earlier. Its just that everyone who has ever promised me anything has always broken their promises. I’m sorry that I didn’t try to listen to your side of the story.”

“Who told you the truth?”

“Aiden. He found me before the boys game and told me what really went down.”

“Oh.” Jorey’s eyes traveled down to the floor. There was an awkward silence between the two of them. “Madison, I just want you to know that you can trust me and that I do care about you.”

Madison looked at Jorey. Jorey’s eyes finally looked up from the floor and into the other girl’s light hazel ones. The two were speaking without words but neither of them knew what the other one was feeling. Jorey sat still not making a move. Then, right when the seconds seemed like years, Madison quickly leaned down and captured Jorey’s lips. Jorey thought it was only a dream. Was Madison really kissing her? Their lips danced a lustful rhythm. This was only a beginning.