“ I need you too. I can’t get him out my head. My fears are weighing on me. I just keep crashing and burning over and over again.”

They lay on the bed next to each other each lost in thought. unable to voice the thoughts out loud but the eyes say it all. Maggie was at the top of the steps and heard everything (in her head Oh god she hanging on by a thread). Maggie made noises so it sounded like she was coming up the steps. Maggie walked into the room and Bette got off the bed.

“ I am going to my room for a bit. Come get me at five I have practice at 6 ok?” she left the room.

Bette laid out her clothes and went to take a shower.

Later, she went downstairs into the study where Maggie was on the phone with Mimo. They all talked to her for a few minutes and Bette told them she would see them both later, after practice.

Bette got to the CAC, and practice went well. Tonight they would play the Detroit Shocks. The tip off went to the Shocks with 5 minutes to go in the half. Bette was having a off night. She had 15 points, but was 1 for 10 at the free throw line. Coach Stayle took her out and put Carol Peck in off the bench. She gave them 10 points, which upped them up by two at half time. The coach said the second half they would run a 2- 3 screen with most play going thru Bette, but the shooters were Peck and Reese.

The second half was great. It went back and forth. Bette’s play picked up in the second half. She had 14 assists with more than ten minutes to go in the half. During a time out she told them that Katie Smith was getting too deep in the paint, and her shots were to easy. She wanted Porter and Marcinakic to guard her for the rest of the game. It worked. They limited her points in the paint to 3. After that, it made her pass the ball to Nakeshia Sales who’s three pointers were deadly, but Sofia Bush kept them in the game with her 10 points. The winning basket came from Peck. They won by one point, 99 to 98. In the team meeting she congratulated them on a hard fought win. The Coach made everybody have a seat. “I want to say this is the first time I have seen you all play like a team and it was a great thing. With the two week road trip starting tomorrow, we can have a winning road record. See you all at the airport in two hours.”