Chapter three ★ a try

One hoop would have done the trick any basketball player could tell that, but the proximity of the player from the goal could mess things up. Alice watched intently as Justin leaped and threw the ball, and just like she had suspected, it hit the corner of the hoop and fell helplessly down. Justin groaned and watched his friends play on. Alice thought deeply, if he was two feet forward he would have made the shot. Something was definetly distracting him otherwise that would have been the most stupid thing she had seen that year.

"Alright guys take a water break and come back for twenty laps around the court", the couch told them.

Alice got up from the bleachers and grabbed five water bottles and tried to place them carefully in her hands.

She wobbled over to them and Viper was the first to take one.

Justin was last so Alice just walked over to him and offered him the water.

"Who said I want your fucking water Alice!".

Taken aback Alice's mouth dropped to the floor.

"Dude she always brings us water, what's wrong with you?", Keith gestured at his water bottle that was now half empty.

Justin glared at Alice "Well I don't want it today", and he stomped towards an empty corner and pulled out his phone.

Alice turned to the rest of the group for an explanation "What did you guys do to him?".

"He's just on his man periods", Viper tried to take Justin's bottle.

Alice stretched her hand far from his reach "I am serious guys, what did you guys do?".

"So you just automatically think it was us!", Dalvin snapped.

"Don't you dare-", she began to shout, what type of person can't answer a simple question?, she pointed a finger at him but Keith chimed in, "He walked into this school building pissed, and he doesn't want to tell us the reason why".

"Like that would have killed you to say!", She glared at Viper and Dalvin and groaned before walking towards Justin.

He had his right foot perched against the wall and he leaned back on it effortlessly.

Alice re-offered him the bottle and wasn't suprised when it was smacked out of her hand.

"Justin!", she whined.

He rolled his eyes and looked at her "Alice what do you want?!".

"I want you to tell me what's wrong with you, you not usually like this".

"It's literally everything".

Alice frowned "I've got all the time in the world".

"Yea you do, but I don't", and just like that he was gone to another corner. Far away from her.

Keith approached her "He will get through with what ever he is going on with. He always does."

Alice put a hand around Keith's waist "He shouldn't distance us, he shouldn't have to handle it himself."

"That's just Justin for us, he is always faultless, and imagine someone with no flaws admitting they are going through shit".

Alice thought sadly "He'd never admit it".

Keith patted her on the back "Exactly and as his friends we just have to give him all the space he needs till he remends himself".

"This isn't right", Alice turned back to give a concerned look at Justin.

"Yea", Keith agreed "But is anything ever right?".

Alice frowned and they approached the others.

Keith walked Alice back to the bleachers and returned for the twenty laps the couch had commanded.

"Couch can I run with them?", Alice yelled cause if she sat down to think she'd drag Justin out of the school, put a knife to his neck and command him to tell her what's going on.

"I fail to see why not?".

Alice smiled and joined Viper's side.

Luke limped over to them with a scowl on his face "What are you doing on the court?", he spat.

Alice blinked back at him with the 'if you say another word to me I'll pounce' look. She had a lot on a mind already. She wandered how all her short tempered friends where ruled by him, cause she for one wouldn't tolerate a smirk from him.

'BASKETBALL CAPTAIN', She thought disgusted. 'LUKE'.

"What are you doing on the court Alice!?".

"Oh will you fuck off!!", Justin stepped in and shoved Luke just when Alice was about to give him a quarter of a piece of her mind.

Alice grinned frivolously and refrained from pulling her tongue out at Luke.

Atleast she knew Justin wasn't pissed at her.

"I can simply just go and tell Walter".

The colour drained from Alice's face and she began to walk back to the bleachers.

"Tell him what?", Viper laughed "That Alice is running laps around the basketball court", he gave him an innocent look.

"Infact yea".

Justin molded his hands into a fist "I dare you".

Everyone knew that if Luke so as much looked at the exit Justin would beat him senseless. And hell knew Justin needed to beat something to cool that temper of his.

Luke scoffed and walked to one of the hoops and began his laps.

Where was the couch in all this?

Seated watching them intently he never once joined an argument.

Almost every team member had threathened to sue him for an unjust decision. Of course it wasn't possible but if you were as rich as the basketball players you could make a pig fly.

"Alice!".

She bobbed her head up in shock.

"Get your ass on this court now!", Justin pointed at it.

Alice gulped and ran onto the court and joined Dalvin.

"I swear I'm gonna burn him alive", he began to jog.

She couldn't agree more she truly didn't know what his particular problem with her was but it irritated every inch of her. It irritated her LUNGS!!!!.

"He should just trip over those plain ass nike trainers of his", Alice gritted her teeth.

"He should get shot".

Alice nodded, "He should drop dead".

They passed the couch jogging and he told Dalvin and Luke to remain on the bleachers because of their injuries.

Alice ran up to Viper and they jogged together.

"I've finally got an idea", he smiled at her in mischieve.

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