Page 9: The Secret Pawn Of The Basketball Team

Location: Sports ground

Point of view: Alexander and his friends, Derrick and Sam.

(NOT A DIARY ENTRY)

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The ball on Alexander's palms bounced vigorously for a few seconds. Under the dusk with the dusty sand gushing around them by the repetitive disturbance of the court due to intensity of the game, several boys from the highschool, Eight gathered around for a practice.

Sweat drooled from Alex as he looked at the fiery opponent beside him.

"Come on Alex! Pass the ball to me!"

Said the boy with light pale blonde hair and amber eyes.

It wasn't really a serious match. The boys were just practicing.

But, Alex seemed too much into this match. As he matter of fact, Alex looked angry. Like he had suddenly become a ferocious tiger rampaging it's naughty prey. And, All his teammates mentally shivered they were just not it.

"Alex! Hurry up!"

Derrick continued cooing without any sense of awareness.

In a gist of the moment, just looking at his face made Alex put his entire force unto Derrick Han and smashed his pretty visage.

Like expected

BAAM!

The certain ball mercilessly punchered the other teenager's pretty face and caused his nose to bleed.

As though Alex had actually finished the purpose he came to today's practice he packed his things and wiped his sweat drenched face with a towel.

"We are done. I am going home."

His words were short and crisp emitting an superior aura. The rest of his teammates were startled to get close to him.

But of course, Samuel Chung and Derrick Han himself were the exceptions.

"Ahh.. Alex. What was that about dude..? My nose.. It hurts..! Ahh.. Is this blood? You.. You actually caused me a nose bleed, Alexander!"

Derrick complained to him readily.

"I agree. Don't you think what you did is just too much? Just what the hell did he do to deserve it, Alex..?" Sam asked him.

His words instantly made Alex recall what his friend has actually done and glare at him again.

"Alex, will you pass me that water bottle?"

Derrick asked casually still trying to heal his nose by pressing it.

"He stole something that's supposed to be mine!"

Alex sulked passing.. -No rather, knocking the water bottle on Derrick's body again.

BAAM.

First it was his nose. Now, his head? Anyone can say Alex was super mad at his closest friend and no one knew why? Even Derrick himself.

Sam's eyes shrunk at Alexander's ambiguous behaviours since this noon.

Alex was almost never like this. He was smart, reasonable and was the type who doesn't easily get swayed by his feelings. Sam knew his past created this version of him.

The few girls from the audience side of the court cheered and squealed at the boys as they all move to their changing rooms.

Of course, due to his god kissed good looks, it was Alex who got the most fan girls. With his dark purple streaked hair, deep blue eyes, long natural butterfly eyelashes, fair moist skin along with his muscular abs and pec built body that perfectly aided by his cold and aloof bad boy looks, Alexander was clearly the most popularest guy of the team here too.

The second on the list was probably Derrick, who unlike Alex openly waved and greeted the ones who idolised him with a brimming smile. While Alex gave out an superior and unapproachable demeanor. Derrick was quite casual and fluid in his approaches.

As a matter of fact, there were more people charmed by the sweet words and smile Derrick flashes while talking to him than actually getting attracted to his looks. His white blonde hair, shiny golden eyes, rosy ruby lips and fluffy smile were so warm that even an angel would start to question his existence at the sight of him. That was the Derrick Han everyone knew about.

Even Sam acknowledged it.

Though there was just one unusual trait in him..

"What? You wanna meet me by friday..? Ah. It is not like that baby cakes. Alright..? So monday 8'O clock it is. I'll see you there.."

Derrick talked on the phone with probably some girl out of school while arranging his things in the locker with a towel rested on his shoulder.

He was a fu*king player!

"Another girlfriend of yours? Ah, you are so sickening.." Sam commented.

"No. Not girlfriend. Just a person I find as cute. I don't consider any girl as my proper girlfriend since I would break with them soon anyway, remember?"

Derrick reminded his two friends.

"But, you still just have to flirt with every single girl you meet and immediately accept them when they ask you out.."

Alex commented rolling his eyes while changing his shoes.

"Haha, but hey, girls are cute. And, I really can't help it."

Derrick laughed but, immediately shuddered when Alex gave him a death glare again.

"Dude, was there something I did that made you mad for real..?"

Derrick wanted to know for real.

"Hmm.. No. It's nothing."

Alex feigned ignorance again.

"I am only letting you off since, you said you would totally change your ways as a player when you meet the girl you are destined to be with."

"You are right. And, that's person I haven't met until now.."

Derrick smiled brightly.

It would all be fine as long as that girl is just not Amelia Jeong..

Alex could only add on his mind.

"Then, about that kid from Alex's class..? Do you find her as interesting or what..?"

Samuel Chung, the fellow Class D student of Alex's own grade asked him casually. He was a guy of 17 who had just had his birthday last month with a dark truffle colored hairdo and grey black eyes. He met Alex and Derrick in highschool and had gotten close to these two young men through the basketball club.

He was smart and a person who's overly sensitive to other's feelings. To sum up, though he had met the easy going Derrick and the Tsundere Alex just last year, he had better understanding of the two who were often treated as k-idols excluded from the normal world by the rest of the class.

Sam's question was supposed to be directed to Derrick. But, it was Alex who answered him zealously.

"Whaaaa? That girl..? Don't tell me you are actually interested in Amelia Jeong..?"

"Why..? Is there a problem?" Derrick felt confused.

"Of course not!" Alex raised his voice purposefully. "It's just that she's the student I personally tutor.." He then mumbled to himself half sulking again.

Alex was actually mentioning the only relationship he has with her, now. Though, he knows this isn't gonna take him any where. Luckily, thanks for the tutoring classes, he was finally on talking terms with Amelia unlike last year at freshman. After transferring back to this town, he felt Amelia had changed so much that he felt it difficult to talk to her casually without getting so nervous.

"Yes. She is. I remember." Sam agreed. "But, so what..?" He asked getting a bleak clue of where Alex was getting to.

"Yeah, what does you tutoring her do with any of this, Alex?"

Derrick asked him much to Alex's awkwardness.

"So.."

"Hm..?" Derrick blinked.

"Ah..Alex, don't tell me you actually think Amelia is cute t-"

"I think, Amelia is the most dumbest, stupidest annoying girl you would ever meet on this universe. She is extremely rude and not cute at all! I certainly do not recommend her to you, Derrick..!!!"

Alex roared like an infuriated little kitten cutting Sam's approaches.

Sam felt offended. But, by now he easily understood Alex's strange responses.

'Ah.. This Tsundere friend of his..'

'He likes her.'

He looked at Derrick with a bored and exhausted expression expecting him to have a similar expression as him.

But, unexpectedly Derrick looked at Alex bewildered and asked.

"What really? You really think Amelia is a girl like that, Dude??"

What?? Derrick didn't find out..? Was he really this dense type before??

Sam was very surprised.

Alex then, cleared his throat and replied Derrick with a straight face.

"Hah.. Yeah. Do you think I wouldn't have known that since I have been tutoring her for a while now..? She is such a geek."

'No. She's not!!!

She's a beauty. The most cutest girl in town. And, my five year long crush since grade school. But, do I tell her that? Of course not!

And, what's with me talking like this?? Ugh, I am such an idiot.'

Alex could only cry at his own inner monologue.

Even though I accepted her love towards Derrick for her own happiness, my heart is still unwilling to let her go..! Derrick definitely cannot see her plus points and fall for her.

Dammit.

"Oh.. You think.." Derrick thought about it lightly. "But, I really asked her favour with the shoe issue because she's the best in town for that. Do you know about the shirt she had given me a few months back? I had lost mine while shifting our house. But, it was really amazing how Amelia knew where exactly our school's sports community would buy them and bought one for me.. And, I had no clue about it, dude!

It really makes sense why she was called as the pawn of the basketball team in middle school."

Both Alex and Sam looked at Derrick feeling quite interested.

"What do you mean Derrick?" Alex asked.

"I am talking about her raw skills guys. Amelia might be sulking on her grades and even be called as the school's idiot. But, she..I don't know.. She's someone totally different when she's on the game. Amelia Jeong! She was a star at middle school. A phenomenon! But, I've heard she suddenly quit the basketball club in the middle and became a no body."

"But, why?" Sam asked him.

"No one knows.."

Derrick whispered mysteriously on purpose and walked out of the locker room's with a laugh along his two friends.

Hearing this strange information, Alex was pondering quietly to himself.

He didn't know of this, though he was he was her childhood friend. Something must have happened during middle school. And, it looks like it wasn't just her appearance. She had actually changed as whole. For starters, though she's still the same old cheerful, kind and happy loving girl he knows, she wasn't this careless and motivation-less when she was young.

But, with what he knew there is no way Amelia would ever open up to him now. She is too much of a reserved person who hates talking about her affairs to other people. It would take a hell a lot of time to actually get close to her.

Ching!

At this time, an unexpected notification message clicked to Alex's LINE id.

Was it Amelia?

Alex checked his phone quickly.

But, to his own dread it wasn't her. It wasn't her at all. But, rather a really troublesome and extremely clingy stalker of his since grade school who almost always does something or other to ruin his peace.

"Ah oho.." Alex panicked just at the single notification.

"Ah oho..? What..?"

Derrick asked him causing Sam to look at him. And, Imagine the shock when he did that!

"Dude!! Why do you look like this ...??! You look like someone has just thrown you into a haunted house!"

Sam shrieked looking at the shocked, preplexed, almost petrified, bluish looking face of his best friend.

"She's back, guys..!!"

Alex practically screamed his fright and thrusted his phone to Sam and Derrick. And, there it was. The death note of Alex's future days.

VANESSALOVESALECY: Hey, Alecy, Darling. Guess, who's gonna be back in a few week's time! It's me. Vanessa Choi, in case you pretend you forgot me. Silly boy. Hehe.

VANESSALOVESALECY: Wait for me. Love you! Hugs and kisses. Muumha!

"Vanessa Choi..? Who is she? Your die hard.. Fan-girl..?"

Derrick guessed.

"Not just that! She is a practical phycho. She's one of the daughters of the actress Emile Choi and the creepy twin sister of Holly Choi, the topest model of the Winter Season at Celestine Fashion runways.

She's been in this crazy delusion that I had seemingly confessed to her in the school drama we acted at kindergarten and has been stalking me endlessly since then. And, do you know what's worse?? She even followed me around to my new middle school when I moved out of town to study!!"

Derrick's smile flattered. But, his eyes sparkled in curiousity.

"Wooooah!.. So passionate. I like her.." He cooed half growling in excitement.

"Yeah, you probably will because you don't really know her." Sam nodded. "But, there are just some girls who are like this.. Just some... Psychotic Crazy bi*ches. You shouldn't talk a single word that's nice to them. If you do..they would just take advantage over it and get all over you.. That's probably how Alex got into this mess.. Right..?"

Sam asked Alex.

"You are right. There was actually a time when I was too kind to Vanessa since she was always a very stubborn cry baby."

An exhausted sigh escaped from Alex's lips

Derrick thought about this and then started, hurriedly rushing to the front and blocked the path of his two friends. He pushed his arms to the front.

"Then. Then. Dudes, what do you say...? I .. will stop this interesting girl from getting close to you when she comes with my flirty player skills. So, you can actually have some free time to enjoy for yourself. Just think about it! Isn't that too much of a favour?"

Sam was bewildered.

"You can really do that?"

However, Alex felt very unimpressed.

"Forget it. She won't budge. She's too ambitious for that."

"Then, what if I did impress her..?" Derrick argued.

"You wouldn't, Derrick." But Alex was pretty sure.

Derrick pressed again.

"Then, you vow me a favour. How is that, Alex..?"

Alex rolled his eyes and walked away more quicker than the two.

"Good luck with that, bro."

Derrick just laughed off and put his arm around Alexander intimately, almost strangling his neck.

"I will. I will. And, you will watch me make this girl fall for me. Haha.."

Alex felt pretty bored. His friend Derrick was on to something and there was nothing he could do. But, still he was doing this all for him when he couldn't have simply just ignored Alex's stalker troubles. That was just the type of guy Derrick Han was. The devoted type to go even extremes for his loved one's benefits.

This character of his was probably why.. Alex couldn't wish for the happiness of Amelia and Derrick.

Derrick was certainly the best guy in the world if he was in love with a certain woman.

But, if he wasn't..

An notification suddenly popped on Derrick's phone. Derrick looked into it making the rest go forward smiling brightly.

And, when their backs were turned and he checked his phone there was a complete reversal on Derrick's facial expression. He looked dark and scary almost as though he was suppressing all of his anger.

"Derrick, Aren't you coming..?" Alex asked him.

"Ah.. Y-Yes. I am, guys! But, your big brother Derrick has a very important stuff to do. Can you leave without me..? I'll meet you soon..!"

"Tomorrow, right? We have practice and school tomorrow." Sam asked him.

"H-Hm.. Y-Yes.." Derrick's smile flattered again. "I hope."

He said meekly and then rushed of the opposite direction with a brief goodbye.

But, if he wasn't..

There couldn't be a more nastier jerk on this world like this guy towards the girl..

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Sunday.

9: 00 pm.

Dear diary.

Amelia

I have finally bought the new fresh scented nike shoes with a bright floroucent border line. It looks wonderful and even feels so amazing when I tried to wear em. Even if it was for boys.

I feel like the moment Derrick Han wears them he would instantly fall for me.

I was just thinking about all this and was staying on my dream world with my crush for a little while, when something totally unexpected and exhilarating suddenly happened the moment I opened my phone to check my mail.

HOLLYHOLLYWOOD: HEYYY, Sister! It's Holly Hollywood here. Just kidding Holly Morgan. Let me give you a pop quizzy, darling. How will you react if I say that, I had finally finished the modelling sessions of this season and plan to crash land into your school for a few months..?

HOLLYHOLLYWOOD: Will you be excited..? Cause I totally am, baby!

Was that a question..? I mean, Was that really a question..?!? Holly is coming back.. From the States..!! I can't believe it!!

Ahhhh...!! This is insane.

This is gotta be the best day of the year..!!!

Ahhhhh!.

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