Look Before You Leap

Gabriella wakes up to her alarm bell ringing, it is already 8:00am and she has to attend her basketball practice which she's really bad at. Although she has so much passion for basketball, her talents were so horrible that she can't even make a correct pass. Her coach takes advantage of the situation to mock her.

******Gabriella's POV******

~stops the alarm~

~yawns as she sits up on her bed and rubs her eyes for a clearer vision~

*Another frustrating day to go to practice😫*

~groans~ (she falls back to her bed, buries her head in her pillow and groans even louder but her voice was swallowed by the pillow). (She finally gets off her bed and prepares for practice)

Later that day by 4:30 pm in the evening Gabriella is seen with her coach

"Coach please give me one more chance I won't mess up I promise" she begs her coach

"Gabriella you yourself knows that I have tried alot, I'm sorry Gabriella but there's no more chances" He said with a disappointed gaze as he left her behind

"..." (looking helpless)

*At leat I still have my personal coach 🙄 * she thought

*sigh😤* ~zz,zz~ her phones vibration interrupts her thoughts, she brings her phone out to check who's calling

*Private Coach, damn I'm late for practice again' *

~ picks up ~

"Hello coach I'm on my way now its a little hold up" she immediately found an excuse

"Listen Gabriella, I'm afraid I'll have to resign from teaching you, I have a very important contract to take care of" the voice from the phone said

"But I can still come on Saturdays when you're free right?" she asked

"You don't get it Gabriella, I'm really busy that I don't have spare time even for myself, I'm sorry I wish I could really be of any help"the voice which she calls coach said pitifully

"I understand" she said before hanging up

*sighs*

" what now? looks like I'll give up on this 'being a basketball ball star thingy' 😩" she mockingly qoute her dream of being a basketball star with a soured expression. She looks around and found out she's the only person left in the training hall

*well looks like it's time to go home and tell the family the good news😒*

Gabriella is an average looking girl, who shows signs of being really beautiful if she takes care of herself. She's average in height, light skinned with a roughly packed violet hair in form of a doughnut.She has a light purple eye that matches her hair. She's at her late 18 and preparing for her 19 years birthday and like most women she's matured and might even have extra on her breast part, but still doesn't change that she isn't taking care of herself. Gabriella doesn't come from a rich family but her parents respect and love her so much because she's the only child of all her siblings who agreed to stay with her parents while her siblings are furthering their education outside country with her rich uncle.

As she's walking on the road she's lost in her own deep thought calculating; how to tell her parents the news, if she should consider training with another person or give up and how many bad things can happen to a person in a day.

*~ ugh 😑~*she grunts in frustration, as she sweeps her gaze along the streets she sees her 'Busy Personal Coach' entering a store, she thinks of calling him but stops to think

*If he lied to escape training me that means he's really tired of Coaching me, well, who wouldn't be? I should probably go home and think of what to do next* as she resumed her steps without looking before she leaps, a boy who is around her age bracket hits her with his bicycle, she falls and screams in pain. Although it doesn't hurt that much she saw a chance to scream away all her sorrow and she couldn't ignore it.

"aaaghh!😵"

*And here I was thinking this day wouldn't get any worse*

she thought as she stopped screaming to notice that no passaby paid attention to her, she was about to increase her screaming volume as a shadow approached her, she traced the shadow to see a young man wearing a mask approach her. The young man panickingly approached her and bent towards her, he knelt with a kneel and ask her if she was ok but as soon as their eyes locked she couldn't stop staring at him; he has a light brown eye which matches his dark brown hair and a long eyelashes. his gaze was alluring like telling you 'never to look away'

*****Henry's POV*****

"Miss are you ok?" he asked but as soon as their eyes met, he studied her. Although she looks quite average her eyes gives him another vibe

*This miss will be beautiful if she takes care of herself* he thought then he studied her one more time before asking

"are you ok miss?" he noticed she too studied him

"Do I know you?🤨" an unexpected question from Gabriella fills up Henry's eardrum

"I don't think we've met before" he answered honestly,

"But does it hurt so much" he asked looking at a little cut on Gabriella's leg

"Don't worry it's just a cut" she said with a reassuring smile as soon as she noticed Henry's worry, but Henry doesn't want to buy the idea.

"Come let me take you to the hospital for a first aid treatment"

"I can't, my card expired and I can't get any treatment without a valid card"

"In that case please come sit here while I go get you some medicine" he helped her up to a bench located under a tree nearby, it was designed for tired passaby to sit and take a little fresh air

"I'll be back let me go get the medicine, sit tight" Gabriella couldn't ague due to his determination, she thought maybe he feels too guilty and the only way out of it is if she lets him help. He ran towards a nearby Pharmacy to get her a drug while Gabriella sits in wait at the bench.